underthedeepblue
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I was diving recently (novice 60 dives AOW cert) and to cut a long story short I retreated from a situation that I felt wasn't safe for me and lost my dive companions who had gone into quite a long swim through that was covered and I lost sight of their bubbles so basically I was alone.
I stayed down too long in retrospect (five to seven minutes) - I should have 'safety stopped' immediately and ascended.
However during this situation I felt a continual bumping from behind and I kept turning round and there was nothing there - became anxious - and I realised my tank had loosened from the velcro and was hanging on its own without support.
I stayed down and completed my safety stop and ascended and everything was cool though when I was on the surface it was obvious my tank was just free of my BCD and I had to be helped.
My question is - and I have been anxious about this since the event - could my tank have disconnected from the valves due to the fact it had come away from the velcro BCD attachment?
What really scares me about this is that I hadn't realised until after the dive that I didn't know how to do a *quick release* of the BCD and weights because the BCD wasn't one I had used before and the weights were in my pockets
Please don't finger-wag about me checking my own stuff - I know that now: simple question.
The Dive Op were very determined that we *shouldn't* check: I tried on several occasions and the local guys were saying that it was their job and we should relax. I felt I was offending them if I insisted.
Long story
I stayed down too long in retrospect (five to seven minutes) - I should have 'safety stopped' immediately and ascended.
However during this situation I felt a continual bumping from behind and I kept turning round and there was nothing there - became anxious - and I realised my tank had loosened from the velcro and was hanging on its own without support.
I stayed down and completed my safety stop and ascended and everything was cool though when I was on the surface it was obvious my tank was just free of my BCD and I had to be helped.
My question is - and I have been anxious about this since the event - could my tank have disconnected from the valves due to the fact it had come away from the velcro BCD attachment?
What really scares me about this is that I hadn't realised until after the dive that I didn't know how to do a *quick release* of the BCD and weights because the BCD wasn't one I had used before and the weights were in my pockets
Please don't finger-wag about me checking my own stuff - I know that now: simple question.
The Dive Op were very determined that we *shouldn't* check: I tried on several occasions and the local guys were saying that it was their job and we should relax. I felt I was offending them if I insisted.
Long story
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