Have you ever run out of gas, or been close?

[Ottoman Diver]

I have been out of air once when my reg went in to free flow towards the end of a deep dive (32m) I didn't panic me and my buddy stayed close and went up when the reg became hard to breath i asked for his Octo and went up no problem I'm guessing the important thing was keeping my cool during the whole process

 

[EastTNDiver]

I've never even come close. I'm with TSandM...just don't understand all the OOA incidents...too easy to avoid.

 

[robbcayman]

Not in my car or while diving. I pay attention to details that could leave me stranded or possibly kill me.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Nope ... never. It seems so increadibly easy to avoid, I can't even fathom diving with such little regard for my situational awarness.

 

[dkktsunami]

Excluding mechanical failure there is absolutely no excuse for running out of gas. I have never been surprised by "running out", have never been close, but have done so purposely in shallow water.

 

[miketsp]

Many years ago, when I still had very few dives after qualification I was doing my 2nd or 3rd night dive. It was just me and the instructor. We'd been under for a long time and after being deeper we were just looking around in about 6 or 7m. When my SPG was at 60bar I showed it to the instructor. The answer came back "just a little more". The same thing happened at 50bar and at 40bar and at 30bar. Then at around 20 indicated I pulled my last breaths from the reg and surfaced. No biggie, we were shallow except that while we were under the weather had changed. We started the dive in a flat calm and came up into a howling gale and we were about 300m from the boat. What would have been an easy and comfortable return just below the surface turned into a really miserable surface swim against the wind and waves, even with a snorkel.
For me that was an important lesson early on.
Never trust an instructor.
Make your own decisions.
Always keep a reserve of air.

 

[ajduplessis]

Touch wood (hand on my head), never. I would also like to keep it that way!

 

[ajduplessis]

... during an unnecessary safety stop at the end

So I just popped up from 4m-5m.

...

You scare me......

 

[nielsent]

I have ran out of gas twice. Once was during a pool session of my OW course, I was given a tank with a faulty J-valve, It read 500psi, but there was no air coming. I figured out how to do a CESA without instruction . Second, was during Ocean dive #1 of my OW course. Another faulty J-valve! Just my luck right. Only this time it happened while i was getting out of the water and exiting while waist deep from shore, so i just spit the reg out and started breathing.

This taught me to learn as much about gear as I possibly could. I now make sure all my gear is in exact functioning order whether it is mine, or someone else's.

 

[AreJay]

Never had a OOG unexpectedly underwater, I ran tanks way low (to the point of breathing resistance) twice last time in Cozumel when I surfaced with plenty of gas but then put the regulator in waiting for others to get on the boat when I can smell the diesel exhaust, I hate exhaust. I have also intentionally run a tank low to see if the breathing resistance felt the same in shallow water, and it did.