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shugar:I've done coconut point... my infamous dive #10... i'm not surprised that the group got separated...
i've heard of divers dragged down to depth by down-currents or those washed up by up-currents... but to hit 300ft??? is that possible w/o a diver being able to notice?
too bad for the guys though... disturbing news... too bad the article didn't add details as to experience level, prior dives, possible stress contributors... sigh
Jag
In the case of the two divers, they went beyond the safe diving depth of 130 feet, as indicated by the data on their portable dive computers.
Pascobello said one diver registered having gone to a depth of 100 meters, or about 300 feet,
kraken:THey dive both metric and imperial, but 80% is metric. Imperial is part of the american influence. Raymond was a personal friend, i've dove with him a number of times (most recently multi-week trips in Dec/July). He was an experienced diver and skilled, although I was a little surprised by the depth. Deep diving is very common there for both locals a tourists, I've seen people from europe bounce to 250 before. The up/down of the computer leads me to believe something happened that dragged them back down (dropped something and were narc'd?????). I was supposed to meet up with him and rest of the Nerds (local dive club) next month to dive Apo.
Raymond was a good man, always there to help and crack a joke (even when it wasn't in the best of taste).
While we are all reduced to speculation on many items, one can also get some info by reading the news reports carefully. For example, "Pascobello said the two divers, bringing two scuba tanks each, entered the water ahead of their companions " ---- this sounds like the two divers had doubles, not a single cylinder.Taipeidiver:As for the cause of the accident, we are all reduced to speculation. It would have to be a pretty foolhardy diver to risk 90m on air with only a single cylinder, ....