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As HALEMANO states, "Evidently there is some terminology/training breakdown here. In the PADI OW training, the order of priority when low on/out of air is; normal ascent (low but enough), alternate ascent (buddy accessible), controlled emergency swimming ascent (CESA), buddy breathing (buddy with no alternate), buoyant emergency ascent (last resort)."
Guys to me 25ft is not a real number. Why not swim up? You'll be at the surface alot sooner than messing with anything else. But every situation is different. Lets say we are at 80ft and have been there for close to 35 minutes and our buddy is 40 ft away? What do we do for a safety stop? What if your an old diver and made 100's of dives at 80ft for 40 minutes and went straight to the surface without being hit? And at 1 foot in 1 second all the way up. How many times have you practiced free ascents lets say from 120ft.?
What I'm saying training is the key here. Why run out of air in the first place? I think you know better. You have X amount of air, your buddy has X amount you are diving together remember we take turns one leads the other follows. We check each others air supply along the dive. What's up with this running out of air ...
Guys to me 25ft is not a real number. Why not swim up? You'll be at the surface alot sooner than messing with anything else. But every situation is different. Lets say we are at 80ft and have been there for close to 35 minutes and our buddy is 40 ft away? What do we do for a safety stop? What if your an old diver and made 100's of dives at 80ft for 40 minutes and went straight to the surface without being hit? And at 1 foot in 1 second all the way up. How many times have you practiced free ascents lets say from 120ft.?
What I'm saying training is the key here. Why run out of air in the first place? I think you know better. You have X amount of air, your buddy has X amount you are diving together remember we take turns one leads the other follows. We check each others air supply along the dive. What's up with this running out of air ...