Three of us were all suited up and about to jump. One divemaster and two advanced divers. No real designated buddy. Drift diving. I noticed very slight bubbling from my primary reg connection. I had sprayed soap earlier to check for leaks but didn't see anything. Now it was just barely "fizzing" tiny bubbles. The divemaster glanced over and said "solo un poco" and waved it OK. We dove with no issues, although admittedly I was nervous. Would you have called the dive until the hose reg was fixed? Please don't flame me. I feel dumb enough posting this considering I have over a thousand dives.
Leaky regulator issue
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your call
it could be that the hose connection just needs to be snugged up, a bad oring, or you could have a failing hose. tough to say.
on a group dive that is not an advanced type of dive (overhead, deep, heavy current etc) it probably would not be an issue as you have help close by.
perhaps on a more advanced type dive, you might wanna play it safe and fix it before continuing.
fyi....i have seen a reg hose come apart. it is not something you want to happen underwater if it can be avoided.
it could be that the hose connection just needs to be snugged up, a bad oring, or you could have a failing hose. tough to say.
on a group dive that is not an advanced type of dive (overhead, deep, heavy current etc) it probably would not be an issue as you have help close by.
perhaps on a more advanced type dive, you might wanna play it safe and fix it before continuing.
fyi....i have seen a reg hose come apart. it is not something you want to happen underwater if it can be avoided.
It depends on the dive. One does not embark on serious overhead dives with such gear, but easy open water diving at 60ft max is a different thing - if you are capable of a calm emergency ascent would the o-ring completely fail. If it is a paid once-in-a-lifetime dive, you might want that leak fixed so that you wouldn't need to abort it if poop hits the fan.
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