2 Russian tourists died while scuba diving in Verde Island in Batangas City

[tridacna]

I had a similar experience at Verde in November last year. It is truly scary. I held onto that wall like a limpet. Getting back on the boat was equally challenging.

Ironically, I decided to do Coral Gardens on dive #3 that day while others did Washing Machine. They had zero current while we were washed around in insane currents. I called that dive after 15 mins of absolutely no control. I've done that dive 4 times previously with zero current. Totally unpredictable.

 

[Centrals]

That's a strong current, but not a downcurrent

LOL.
It is so obvious, isn't it?

I had a similar experience at Verde in November last year. It is truly scary. I held onto that wall like a limpet. Getting back on the boat was equally challenging.

Ironically, I decided to do Coral Gardens on dive #3 that day while others did Washing Machine. They had zero current while we were washed around in insane currents. I called that dive after 15 mins of absolutely no control. I've done that dive 4 times previously with zero current. Totally unpredictable.

Down current gives no warning.

 

[touny71]

Actually some of the best videos i've seen despicting downcurrents in Indo were always in a freediving setting, where you dont see bubbles flowing downards but can definitly see the waterfall effect.

These are 2 greats examples
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[Blackcrusader]

Wow! YouTuber named Visions actually posted the Blue Corner downcurrent experience. You can actually see the bubbles going down.

I was diving in South Lombok. Video from the others showing my bubbles going horizontal then down.
Sure has some adventure diving there. That's why the dive operator is called Wild Scuba Indonesia.

 

[Centrals]

I was diving in South Lombok. Video from the others showing my bubbles going horizontal then down.
Sure has some adventure diving there. That's why the dive operator is called Wild Scuba Indonesia.

Have you seen bubbles going down together with an inflated smb!!
Happened right in front of me and I do need any video to prove.
You get so much to learn.

 

[Dan]

That's a strong current, but not a downcurrent

If you have been to Blue Corner in Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia, you would understand that dive site profile. Deeper section is shear vertical wall and the wall gets less steep to a sloping wall in the shallower section.

Camera angle can distort the image. Shooting a footage in vertical on a vertical wall can make the vertical profile looks like horizontal.

 

[iho]

Here is dive profile from the computer of first diver who ascended but passed away. Start of down current - 12th minutes of dive. He had 15l 200bar of air. Rough calculations with normal SAC 20 ( he only one has 15l tank all others 12l might sign he had big SAC) and stress SAC X2 from normal shows that at the end of 90 m stage he should spent 3600 l of air obviously more than tank volume Second diver had 12l EAN 32.... So ...

 

[Dan]

Thanks for posting the 1st diver dive profile. Could you please repost it with the x-axis, dive time in minutes?

 

[iho]

Thanks for posting the 1st diver dive profile. Could you please repost it with the x-axis, dive time in minutes?

Nope, this is from report posted by dive center who organised this trip on some russian telegram channel. No any additional pictures/info only that emergency happened on 12th minutes of dive on 23 meters

 

[iho]

So if it has happens on 12 minutes I would say using same scale descend from 23 to 95 takes about 6 minutes ~12m/minute