Diving "Etiquette" and the lack thereof

[ScubaSteve]

NUTTIN happened

Or were we just proving we could count down form 25?

 

[Lee Taylor]

JoyfulLee - Two questions:

1) Can you expand in detail on the exact nature of the gear failure?

2) Did you witness any of the interaction between the two divers, or did you just hear about it after the fact?

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I enjoyed your postings, so I will respond for Joy. I am the "Lee" in Joy's post.

My gear was a 5mm jumpsuit, 5mm high boots, 2mm hood, HP steel tank .. 100 cu in .. 34% EAN, 2 weight bags .. 12 lbs each, back inflation BC.

Joy and I were both about 3 feet under the surface. I had my inflator in my left hand and was holding it above my head. I was pressing the discharge button and slightly tugging upwards on the mechanism. While I was discharging air, my corregated inflator hose seperated from the bc as if it had unscrewed. The bc filled with water.

I knew I had a problem but was not aware of precisely what had happened. My decent was at an appropriate rate so I prepared for landing. When on the bottom, a diver showed me the end of the detached inflator mechanism. He signaled me that he did not know what to do. He then swam off to catch up with the others.

My thought process was that my dive was over. My plan was to go to the surface in a controlled manner.

I started swimming the rig to the surface. At twenty feet off the bottom (83 fsw) I noticed that I would soon be over-breathing my reg and blacking out was a possibility.

I jettisoned my weights. My bouyancy became neutral to slightly positive. I made my assent slowly, conserving my energy.

Addendum: The root cause of the gear failure is under investigation and is currently inconclusive.

 

[Splitlip]

One!!!!

:balloons::jb::wave:

 

[Splitlip]

Sorry Lee.
I was replying when you were I guess. No offense intended.

 

[ScubaSteve]

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I enjoyed your postings, so I will respond for Joy. I am the "Lee" in Joy's post.

My gear was a 5mm jumpsuit, 5mm high boots, 2mm hood, HP steel tank .. 100 cu in .. 34% EAN, 2 weight bags .. 12 lbs each, back inflation BC.

Joy and I were both about 3 feet under the surface. I had my inflator in my left hand and was holding it above my head. I was pressing the discharge button and slightly tugging upwards on the mechanism. While I was discharging air, my corregated inflator hose seperated from the bc as if it had unscrewed. The bc filled with water.

I knew I had a problem but was not aware of precisely what had happened. My decent was at an appropriate rate so I prepared for landing. When on the bottom, a diver showed me the end of the detached inflator mechanism. He signaled me that he did not know what to do. He then swam off to catch up with the others.

My thought process was that my dive was over. My plan was to go to the surface in a controlled manner.

I started swimming the rig to the surface. At twenty feet off the bottom (83 fsw) I noticed that I would soon be over-breathing my reg and blacking out was a possibility.

I jettisoned my weights. My bouyancy became neutral to slightly positive. I made my assent slowly, conserving my energy.

Addendum: The root cause of the gear failure is under investigation and is currently inconclusive.

Thank you very much for joining this thread to share this information. I am certain your information will add volumes to what people have been looking for.

I have one question. What exactly is a 5mm jumpsuit? Is that a shorty? Sorry but I am a cold water diver so I have never heard this term.

 

[Cave Diver]

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I enjoyed your postings, so I will respond for Joy. I am the "Lee" in Joy's post.

My gear was a 5mm jumpsuit, 5mm high boots, 2mm hood, HP steel tank .. 100 cu in .. 34% EAN, 2 weight bags .. 12 lbs each, back inflation BC.

Joy and I were both about 3 feet under the surface. I had my inflator in my left hand and was holding it above my head. I was pressing the discharge button and slightly tugging upwards on the mechanism. While I was discharging air, my corregated inflator hose seperated from the bc as if it had unscrewed. The bc filled with water.

I knew I had a problem but was not aware of precisely what had happened. My decent was at an appropriate rate so I prepared for landing. When on the bottom, a diver showed me the end of the detached inflator mechanism. He signaled me that he did not know what to do. He then swam off to catch up with the others.

My thought process was that my dive was over. My plan was to go to the surface in a controlled manner.

I started swimming the rig to the surface. At twenty feet off the bottom (83 fsw) I noticed that I would soon be over-breathing my reg and blacking out was a possibility.

I jettisoned my weights. My bouyancy became neutral to slightly positive. I made my assent slowly, conserving my energy.

Addendum: The root cause of the gear failure is under investigation and is currently inconclusive.

Lee, thanks for posting. Will be curious to hear what your investigation turns up.

 

[Splitlip]

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I enjoyed your postings, so I will respond for Joy. I am the "Lee" in Joy's post.

My gear was a 5mm jumpsuit, 5mm high boots, 2mm hood, HP steel tank .. 100 cu in .. 34% EAN, 2 weight bags .. 12 lbs each, back inflation BC.

Joy and I were both about 3 feet under the surface. I had my inflator in my left hand and was holding it above my head. I was pressing the discharge button and slightly tugging upwards on the mechanism. While I was discharging air, my corregated inflator hose seperated from the bc as if it had unscrewed. The bc filled with water.

I knew I had a problem but was not aware of precisely what had happened. My decent was at an appropriate rate so I prepared for landing. When on the bottom, a diver showed me the end of the detached inflator mechanism. He signaled me that he did not know what to do. He then swam off to catch up with the others.

My thought process was that my dive was over. My plan was to go to the surface in a controlled manner.

I started swimming the rig to the surface. At twenty feet off the bottom (83 fsw) I noticed that I would soon be over-breathing my reg and blacking out was a possibility.

I jettisoned my weights. My bouyancy became neutral to slightly positive. I made my assent slowly, conserving my energy.

Addendum: The root cause of the gear failure is under investigation and is currently inconclusive.

OK. You did everything correctly to to mitigate the circumstances. Were your 100 tanks steel or Al?

 

[ScubaSteve]

OK. You did everything correctly to to mitigate the circumstances. Were your 100 tanks steel or Al?

Steel....

 

[DandyDon]

A jumpsuit is a long, one piece - like all of mine: 1, 3, 5, 7.

 

[Splitlip]

Steel....

Yeah. Just re-read Lee's post.

Lee, you did fine in resolving the situation, but I would say you were over weighted. Especially considering you still had to swim to the surface without any of your ditchible weight.

I dive 100cf. ~10# negative. With a 3mil suit and a 2.5 mil hooded vest I carry 6 to 8 # depending on the dive. I am 5-11 195+.

Welcome to Jupiter. LOL.