Divers lost at sea for 24 hours rescued alive

[Scubaroo]

Two (un)lucky divers adrift for 24 hours in shark infested waters off the coast of Africa were rescued, after drifting 65km (40 miles)...

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=522&art_id=ct20020927194611275D120179&set_id=1

I'd be buying a lottery ticket if I were them!

 

[Dee]

It can happen so easily!

 

[dotyj]

That's fantastic news. I'm happy they were rescued alive.

 

[MissAmberDiva]

Glad they were rescued!
That's really scary.

 

[Scubaroo]

...and people roll their eyes when I clip a safety sausage and strobe light to my butt d-ring when boat diving...

 

[MikeS]

bengiddins once bubbled...
I'd be buying a lottery ticket if I were them!

I’d be making a sacrifice to the scuba Gods!

Mike

 

[Rooster1]

Thank God they made it..what an incredible story

 

[Jonathan]

what can I say - amazing!

I will definitely continue my policy of diving with 2 SMB's and 2 reels especially for offshore deco diving.

 

[dc4bs]

They are two very lucky divers.

My instructor for decompression procedures had a saying about gear redundancy.

"Two is one and one is none"

This is in reference to any single peice of gear that can fail or tangle or whatever at the wrong time during a dive.

From reading the story, it sounds like they only had 1 reel & bag between them.

A second bag could have solved the problem. Well... Provided that it did not get tangled during deployment as well.

On any dive that might require a lift bag and or reels my buddy and I both carry at least 1 of each and usualy 2nd reels as well.

I have been looking into getting a safety sausage as well as my bag but havn't yet. I DO however have a signal mirror in a neoprene pouch on my left shoulder webbing. It sits flat under the BC inflator hose. I hope I never need to take it out for any reason other than vanity and/or cleaning after dives...

 

[Scubaroo]

A safety sausage is only $20. Anyone diving open water should have one.