There was more to it than that. But on of the errors the team committed was to do a safety stop when
one diver was critically low on gas. He wound up running out of gas before getting to the surface. Details available here:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/accidents-incidents/430827-fatality-off-point-lobos-california.html
I think you missed a few of the related replies prior to my post. In short:
- someone was talking about staying at the surface for 5-10 minutes after a dive. The idea being that avoiding strenuous activity immediately after a dive could further reduce the risk of DCS. Apparently, this is a practice that some cave divers observe.
- another person suggested that this could be viewed as some sort of best practice.
- I personally was commenting that while I do not see anything wrong with this practice, I find its benefits for recreational dives to be questionable at best. Further, this practice might be largely inconsequential in a spring but out in the ocean on a boat dive, things are a little bit different.
Now that I have clarified what I was referring to, if you have objections to what I have posted, please feel free to re-state.
Thx for the link! No objection to re-state since you made that clear. I didn't realize your were talking about the 2nd safety stop... LOL. I would have to be in complete agreement now that I know what your talking about. The exposure in this case would far out weigh the advantages in most cases especially in open water. Then again you may have to wait that long to get the boat to pick you up anyways lol.