Unknown Chinese diver's body recovered - Kakaban Island, Indonesia

[justinthedeeps]

The Indonesian S&R footage shows single-tank divers apparently easily diving to 80 metres on single tanks of air, which while clearly not wise, frankly isn't actually all that hard to survive on a bounce dive in calm conditions

So it's likely there was more going on here than just an ordinary dive, a chill safety stop, and a simple customer mistake.

Many Indo guides would easily beat the customer down to retrieve an important dropped item under most conditions, without a second thought given. They are that awesome. Something doesn't add up

 

[Dan]

Many Indo guides would easily beat the customer down to retrieve an important dropped item under most conditions, without a second thought given. They are that awesome. Something doesn't add up

It happened to me when I was in Komodo last December. I dropped one of my weight pouches before the skiff pilot had a full grab of it when I handed it off to him before I removed my BCD on the water & climbed up the skiff’s ladder without dive gears. So, I went back to the bottom at 20m depth to retrieve it. I didn’t realize that my DM shadowed me down. I searched for a couple minutes to no avail. Went back up to the skiff. As I removed my BCD off, the DM tapped me on my back and handed me off the darn weight pouch.

My lesson then is to climb up the ladder with my BCD with weight pouches on it. Think as a good leg exercises for the day.