Hey gang,
I had the interesting experience of having a crimp on the second stage hose of a rental regulator blow out on a dive today. That was a first.........I've had o-rings go before, but it didn't sound anything like this. A loud deep boom, followed by the sound of my air draining out at a nice pace. Anyways, after a fabulous demonstration of air-sharing procedures.....I surfaced safely from my 12 feet deep near death experience. It could have been worse (on a deeper dive), but as it turns out, it was a good opportunity to show my buddy/student how to remain calm and handle that kind of situation. Always look for the silver lining right?
Point being, after spitting out the second stage, and not realizing the hose was no longer attached, it ended up in the sand, and is currently resting on the bottom about 30 yards west of the first reef slightly north of Hibiscus St. We couldn't locate it due to the poor vis today.
It's an older model Mares with a chrome faceplate. If anyone finds it, I'm sure the shop owner would be grateful if I returned it to him. I'll buy you a drink or an air fill.....and you'll have my gratitude. The shop owner doesn't hold me responsible for loosing it, and returned my rental fee. I'm just glad I was the one using it.
Jeremy
PS - First dive today went great......looks like it's starting to finally calm down out there.
And Mike.....we saw a decent sized shark betwen the first reef and the beach.....not sure what kind. I saw him cruising along from the surface. Wish we'd have gotten a better look. Probably 4 or 5 feet long....heading for the pier at a good cruising speed. That's the first one I've seen out there, other than the usual nurse sharks.
I had the interesting experience of having a crimp on the second stage hose of a rental regulator blow out on a dive today. That was a first.........I've had o-rings go before, but it didn't sound anything like this. A loud deep boom, followed by the sound of my air draining out at a nice pace. Anyways, after a fabulous demonstration of air-sharing procedures.....I surfaced safely from my 12 feet deep near death experience. It could have been worse (on a deeper dive), but as it turns out, it was a good opportunity to show my buddy/student how to remain calm and handle that kind of situation. Always look for the silver lining right?
Point being, after spitting out the second stage, and not realizing the hose was no longer attached, it ended up in the sand, and is currently resting on the bottom about 30 yards west of the first reef slightly north of Hibiscus St. We couldn't locate it due to the poor vis today.
It's an older model Mares with a chrome faceplate. If anyone finds it, I'm sure the shop owner would be grateful if I returned it to him. I'll buy you a drink or an air fill.....and you'll have my gratitude. The shop owner doesn't hold me responsible for loosing it, and returned my rental fee. I'm just glad I was the one using it.
Jeremy
PS - First dive today went great......looks like it's starting to finally calm down out there.
And Mike.....we saw a decent sized shark betwen the first reef and the beach.....not sure what kind. I saw him cruising along from the surface. Wish we'd have gotten a better look. Probably 4 or 5 feet long....heading for the pier at a good cruising speed. That's the first one I've seen out there, other than the usual nurse sharks.
