OOA etc POLL Please read instructions and descriptions.

[redrover]

Poll to go along with ScubaBoard - OOA Frequency thread, the frequency of some form of two divers on one air source. I was unable to find another poll like it. There is a poll ScubaBoard - Snatching the primary... a real world poll you may wish to add to.
Details of your experience are better located on ScubaBoard - OOA Frequency but explanations are welcomed below regarding frequency.

For purpose of the poll this is definition of the following terms:

PRACTICING = the sole reason is to practice and excludes extending one divers dive time.

OOA = Out of Air, a divers tank is empty.

LOA = Low on Air and making a safer return to the surface, tank is not empty.

BSA = Bumming some Air to extend dive, assent, deco or safety stop time.

INVOLVED = have been directly involved.

SEEN = I witnessed it or was in a company of divers that had it happen and I heard first hand accounts of the experience and does not include ‘I heard someone….”

ONE DIVERS SOURCE = One diver intentionally uses another divers personal or dedicated use air source such as primary tank(s), pony, small cylinder or deco bottle.


To maintain accuracy please read the terminology descriptions and all options before posting, the choices are in random order and multiple choice.

What statement best describes your experience with 2 divers breathing from another divers source of air?​

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May you always have the air you need ​

 

[redrover]

Rats! I cannot edit the Poll part. hopefully you'll read the tread beginning.

 

[TSandM]

Well, I misspoke. I said "none applies, will post", but I should have said BSA, because I've been involved in air-sharing to extend or equalize air supplies on multiple occasions. I've also been involved in practice air-shares that panicked people who saw them, and I've been involved in an air-share that was a result of a freeflow, but was begun well before there was any shortage of gas as a result. Where does that put me?

 

[TimAZ]

Shortly after my O/W certification I went to earn my "advanced" card (sea conditions prevented completion at the time - got it done just ten years later though). On a fun dive from the shore, my buddy went OOA and we performed air-share and ascended as trained. Upon safely reaching shore, I chewed my buddy out and explained that if he didn't pull his head out or find a new hobby Darwin would have his way with him. This soured me on the "random buddy" for years. (I have since become much more constructive in my criticisms)

 

[WarrenZ]

I have seen it (BSA) done to extend one persons dive and think it is very poor form but as long as they dont endanger themselves or any one else I will look the other way but if they get into trouble I hope they 1 survive it and 2 learn not to do it again.

 

[redrover]

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[captndale]

When I started diving spg's were just beginning to find their way into use. At that time OOG occurances were common. When it happened, one just swam back to the surface - no problem. Today, unfortunately, divers are taught to *FEAR* the out-of-gas occurance. The result is panic when it happens. Panic is the real problem, not the loss of gas. That said, if divers would only plan their dives and monitor their gas supplies, 99% of all OOG situations would never happen.

 

[WVDiver]

None yet, but I expect to see it happen some day.

 

[HowardE]

I've never actually seen an ooa, but I heard 2 people on a boat one time discussing how "oh yeah, we do that all the time... she's an air hog, and I always have to share air with her" - I was honestly appalled that people would actually share air to extend BT on a regular basis. That seems pretty dumb to let it happen all the time. They were supposedly frequent divers, it seemed like she should just get a bigger tank if her buddy has a better SAC, or just end their dives earlier.

 

[TeddyDiver]

I've never actually seen an ooa, but I heard 2 people on a boat one time discussing how "oh yeah, we do that all the time... she's an air hog, and I always have to share air with her" - I was honestly appalled that people would actually share air to extend BT on a regular basis. That seems pretty dumb to let it happen all the time. They were supposedly frequent divers, it seemed like she should just get a bigger tank if her buddy has a better SAC, or just end their dives earlier.

Sounds more like BSA, which basicly is just the same as practicing if there's no LOA involved...