Unknown Coasties searching for missing diver - Pompano Beach, Florida

[MaxBottomtime]

 

[The Chairman]

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Neither opens for me.

 

[Pavao]

What would you call it? I call it sitting down into the ocean. I don't do giant strides and prefer that.

However, I've done several "sits" from 12 feet and a few from a bit higher.

Fall backwards? Go in backwards? I don’t think it has its own term like giant stride and backroll.

Some people with back problems sit on the platform facing water to alleviate weight of tank/gear and just “rolls” forward, leans forward into water, we certainly don’t call it a giant stride.

Similarly, just because we (I almost always go backwards) enter the water with our backs, facing away from water, need to call it a backroll.

 

[Pavao]

Neither opens for me.

A pic should suffice

 

[KeenBlaze24]

Hello, I am a friend of the missing diver Jack Levine. This is a terrible tragedy and I am devastated.

Jack was an adventurous spirit. He loved to travel and experience everything in life. He always had a wide grin and people were drawn to him. I witnessed him help newbie snorkelers and divers and he never lost patience, he just wanted to share his love of the ocean.

He will be remembered. I pray that his brother finds strength through this difficult time. He should not hold any guilt and I sincerely hope he doesn’t. He was only recently certified. I wish that these brothers were not parted so soon. It’s a tragedy.

 

[KeenBlaze24]

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[The Chairman]

The victim was an experienced diver but his brother the dive buddy was only certified within the last 1-2 years.

Families see things differently. You can't blame them for that. It's why we recommend that they avoid threads like this one.

 

[lowwall]

@divezonescuba - I'm confused by your "disagree" tag. Are you saying that you did screw up the definition in your video?

 

[The Chairman]

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@divezonescuba - I'm confused by your "disagree" tag. Are you saying that you did screw up the definition in your video?

This trolling. It was a thinly veiled diss.

 

[Blackwater Hunter]

In diving, AIR is LIFE. That is what keeps you alive and you are ultimately responsible for make sure that you get it. Two very simple tests, after everyone else has touched your gear, before you enter the water are to hit your BC inflator button briefly to see if it works and is connected and to then take three (not several) good deep breaths from your regulator, as you look at your SPG. Both to be done after everyone else has had their say with your equipment and no one touches it after you do these tests. All of the other problems can be solved as long as you are breathing.

For some reason, some SCUBA divers forget this and somehow override their brain into forgetting to breathe. Out of all the equipment required for SCUBA, the tank and regulator stages are the most important. Having good trim and buoyancy is good, but it's not critical. Having a computer is EXTREMELY useful and safe, but SCUBA existed before they were created, essential but not a critical component. Heck, FINS are essential but not critical. The old fins of the 1940's are tiny, albeit also heavier, compared to their modern brethren. Only three components are critical to SCUBA...it's SCUBA part. The "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus". That's the tank, the second stage, and the first stage. That's it. If all those work, and you had literally nothing else even your mask, you still have a MUCH better chance of survival than a diver with everything except a functioning tank, regulator, or valve.

At that point, the other diver just has a very sophisticated method of drowning. A malfunctioning BCD is a cause for alarm and the dive should be aborted, but it's not a sudden threat to life (Only in Rec Diving, for Tech Diving this is a MUCH more dangerous scenario). It could become one quickly, but it's not one yet (Hence the quick disconnect, mouth inflater, dump pockets). A sudden regulator or valve failure is an immediate danger which has to be remedied in haste. Checking and maintaining a tank and regulator system has to be religiously done, because it's literally your life once underwater. I know I'm an extreme novice OW Diver right now so I obviously don't speak from experience, but the basis of all SCUBA diving is those three parts. I don't know about you, but I'd prefer not to drown. Don't be in a hurry to get into the water. That's where mistakes happen. Rebreather manufacturers PREACH about their checklists, well honestly Open Circuit should be treated with the same respect. Don't overcheck it either, that's a good way to become paranoid really fast.

Remember the Golden Rule of SCUBA. "Keep breathing, and never hold your breath". Also most importantly, don't become complacent. Complacency can erase thousands of dives worth of experience with one mistake.