Disturbing advice given

[Uncle Pug]

No pen... but it has staples.

 

[SeanQ]

The pen is safely back in my custody. All I can say is that the pen is in good condition and is currently resting. I have no futher comments.

 

[JustAddWater]

So I'm not supposed to touch the coral, even if I'm just petting it?

If a tree hugger falls and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

 

[solo_diver]

My dive instructor C. Bloom told me that most dive accidents could have been prevented had the diver just simply dropped his/her weight belt, but still in the event of a downdwelling from 65 to 150 feet my first response is to grab something. I've been caught in ripcurrents and been drug through some very rough substrate. Instead of fighting it I sucked myself down into the eel grass and held on for dear life. Had it been a coral reef I wouldn't have cared one bit. It's only natural to participate in self-preservation. Once you're in the water, acting as a fish, you have every right to react naturally should your life be in danger. Oh and if you do drop your weight belt be prepared for the possibility of a lung overexpansion injury. Best thing to do is stick both arms and legs outwards to hopefully slow yourself down. I always imagined that if i were in a sudden ascent I would be in a head down, fins up position and try to maintain my upward speed by kicking..

 

[grazie42]

solo_diver

I've been caught in ripcurrents and been drug through some very rough substrate. Instead of fighting it I sucked myself down into the eel grass and held on for dear life.

Did you learn that in a course?
The reason I´m wondering is ´cause I have this female divebuddy that...

Nevermind...back to the off-topic on-topic whatchamacallit...

 

[MikeFerrara]

My dive instructor C. Bloom told me that most dive accidents could have been prevented had the diver just simply dropped his/her weight belt, but still in the event of a downdwelling from 65 to 150 feet my first response is to grab something. I've been caught in ripcurrents and been drug through some very rough substrate. Instead of fighting it I sucked myself down into the eel grass and held on for dear life. Had it been a coral reef I wouldn't have cared one bit. It's only natural to participate in self-preservation. Once you're in the water, acting as a fish, you have every right to react naturally should your life be in danger. Oh and if you do drop your weight belt be prepared for the possibility of a lung overexpansion injury. Best thing to do is stick both arms and legs outwards to hopefully slow yourself down. I always imagined that if i were in a sudden ascent I would be in a head down, fins up position and try to maintain my upward speed by kicking..

Weighted properly you shouldn't be heavy enough to prevent you from swimming to the surface. Dropping weights is a move to be done at the surface to make sure you can stay there but shouldn't be needed in order to get there.

People started saying rediculous things like this a few years ago when DAN published a stat on how often dead divers were found with their weights in place. Readers took it on themselves to blame the accident on weights not being dropped. I'd submit that some had their underwear in place too but I don't think that's what caused the accident.

 

[cmalinowski]

...I'd submit that some had their underwear in place too but I don't think that's what caused the accident.

I don't wear underwear while diving: I go comando

 

[novadiver]

I'd like to thank you all for making this one of the most viewed threads last week, keep that hate mail coming, or tell use about that piece of coral in your den

 

[mempilot]

I'd like to thank you all for making this one of the most viewed threads last week, keep that hate mail coming, or tell use about that piece of coral in your den

I could start a thread about how others give the disturbing advice of how we shouldn't touch fish, but how it's neccessary when spearfishing. You HAVE to touch fish in this case and those who say never touch fish are wrong. LOL I'm sure there would be several hundred posts over the course of a week, and like this thread, none of it would be worth the time spent reading through it. So, yes, your thread got a lot of views, but if you read the responses, they were pretty much backing up that this thread was a big waste of peoples time.

Sorry, if that hurts.

 

[Spectre]

My dive instructor C. Bloom told me that most dive accidents could have been prevented had the diver just simply dropped his/her weight belt

But what about the damage the weight belt does to the coral?