FL Keys mini-season fatality

[peterbj7]

Or you could just inflate your drysuit and surface...

If that works. I know from experience that many drysuits can't hold much excess air before it bubbles past the neck seal.

 

[letterboy]

if you have a properly weighted rig, it only takes a few bursts of air to make you positively buoyant.

YMMV

 

[Capt Gary]

Sometimes in an emergency the only option is to remove your BC. This is a skill that is taught to all our open water students, but sadly is not practiced very much after there initial class. Guess this is a good indication why that might be a good skill to review.

My thoughts and prayers are with the family for their loss.

Good/Safe Diving,
Capt Gary

 

[John_B]

if you have a properly weighted rig, it only takes a few bursts of air to make you positively buoyant.

+1!

Or exhale into the manual inflator. (For those that still dive BCs with manual inflators...)

 

[grey2112]

Something that a LOT of people, even those who HAVE manual inflators, forget about in a panic situation - I know before this thread I hadn't much thought about it - sort of makes me want to paint my manual inflator mouthpiece neon orange.

+1!

Or exhale into the manual inflator. (For those that still dive BCs with manual inflators...)