Dan
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October is the beginning of rainy season. If they were still in Strait of Sunda and landed on an island, they might be able to collect some fresh water.
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Google translate linkFound this diver blog interesting. He experienced similar situation to those 3 lost divers.
Terseret Arus Bawah di Sangiang — matriphe! personal blog
This similar incident happened in October 29, 2012 (7 years + 5 days before this incident)
The English translation text would be too big (> 3900 characters) so I just translated the important parts.
"...But towards the end of the dive, the situation changed. When doing a safety stop (diving at a depth of 5 meters to release the nitrogen content), suddenly there is a down current.
This current came without us knowing. I even thought that my dive computer was broken because it suddenly showed increased depth even though I was trying to ascend. From a depth of 5 meters, it immediately drops to 12 meters in no time! But the Submersible Pressure Gauge (pressure gauge and depth located on the regulator hose) shows the same thing.
Not to mention that I suddenly lost my buddy and orientation. Around me is the blue! I panicked, but still tried to calm down. Moreover, the air in the tank is only a quarter. In order to avoid drifting deeper, I decided to rise to the surface.
Once on the surface, then I know my position. It turned out we were all scattered quite far. The ship immediately came to pick us up one by one. I am grateful to be able to escape the terrible downcurrent. My dive computer recorded a maximum depth of 24 meters with a 47 minute dive.
The current in Sangiang added to my experience to keep trying calm in facing difficult situations. Although you could say this is nearly death experience, I am grateful and happy with this trip."
I dove there in November 30, 2008. Thank goodness nothing happened. Smooth diving in murky water with lots of volcanic ashes from the Anak Krakatoa covering the corals.
I found the story you mentioned:That's a heroic effort, but I doubt there is any real hope after a week without drinking water. Miracles happen tho. I gave up on a group of divers off of Komodo island, then they were found throwing rocks at dragons on the island.
Good find. I was amazed that one of them still had her weight belt on when they reached shore. Here is the lengthy thread, where I am sure I said that they had no chance: Missing Divers - Komodo National ParkI found the story you mentioned:
Stranded divers had to fight off Komodo dragons to survive
they were very lucky indeed
PLBs are effective and affordable, depending on good local SAR is.I have Nautilus Lifeline but not convinced of its effectiveness in Indonesia.