dylanfromwinnipeg
Registered
This was a TECH diver who drowned. I’m now really curious what their configuration was. Are there any doubles/SM divers who don’t have one of their regs on a necklace?
I always have a reg on a necklace while diving (SM). However, I could understand how somebody could get complacent and get in this situation.
I've never done shore diving, but I dive cenotes all the time and I imagine there's a lot of similarities. I dive SM and I always put my tanks on AFTER entering the water, and if the water happens to be very shallow at the edge, I'll usually grab a tank and drag it over to water that's at least chest deep to make it easier to put on. At that point, I don't have a reg around my neck or in my mouth/hand, it's still stowed against the tank. My BCD inflator won't be connected yet, and the tank may not even be turned on at this point (I try to remember to turn on all my tanks before they touch the water, but it's easy to forget).
The way I stay safe is always always inflate my BCD before getting in the water. But if somebodies gotten complacent, thinks the bottom is just gently sloping, and is trying to wade out to slightly deeper water to make it easier to gear up....