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[34109411]

Where do you put your torch, PLB, 2nd cutting tool (as required for solo diving) and what do you use for additional signaling devices (also required for solo). You don't take pictures?

The retractor on the knife is low tension it isn't going to surprise me

ahh the light (two of them) on my diving helmet. So primary cutting tool is on my right side(cressi alligator) . Line cutter (dive rite) on my wrist. Whistle and small mirror in a small pouch on my belt integrated to my bcd.

 

[USdiver1]

USD jetair single stage DH regulator, twin 72s with j-valve manifold and cotton harness, dive watch, oil filled depth gauge, farmer john nylon 1 side 5mm wet suit, weight belt with amount of lead to let me be neutrally buoyant at 40 ffw, bfk, mask, fins.

 

[Celt]

USD jetair single stage DH regulator, twin 72s with j-valve manifold and cotton harness, dive watch, oil filled depth gauge, farmer john nylon 1 side 5mm wet suit, weight belt with amount of lead to let me be neutrally buoyant at 40 ffw, bfk, mask, fins.

Fabulous 72,s lovely trim in a wetsuit. Like a fish. Great to see.

 

[Blackcrusader]

I don't have any night diving experience with fishing nets I guess they're very hard to see since most divers don't see them and get snagged in them.

Yet you can tell me about my situational awareness on night dives where there might be part of a stray fishing net dragged over a wreck

 

[OMyMyOHellYes]

Where'd you find that old Gulfstream 2 lying around?

 

[USdiver1]

Where'd you find that old Gulfstream 2 lying around?

That, my friend, is Gilboa quarry in northwest Ohio. The jet rests in about 40 feet of water, and my dive plan was to visit it, several other sunken sights on down to the tubes at about 60 feet. Using the tidal volume of my lungs, no BC here, I could dive comfortably down to about 60 feet without having to kick to remain neutral, provided I had weighted myself for 40 ffw neutrality beforehand.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

The primary reason I carry the stony bottle is not because I'm converned about an OOA situation. I carry it and use it on every dive even if I never take a single breath from it which is most dives. Because I've got a full 19cf or 30cf cylinder, I draw my main tank lower than "normal", thus extending almost every dive. If the dive is particularly interesting, I will draw my main tank to around 700 psi (varies depending on depth) switch to the stony bottle, breathe it down to say around 1000 psi then switch back to the primary to ascend, and typically be on the boat with less than 200 psi.

A bonus of carrying the bottle is of course in the event of needing more time at depth to solve a problem such as an entanglement, or a gear issue, or accidently ending up off the dive site and under an area where I'm hearing heavy boat traffic and a slow cautious ascent is needed.



If you dive off of other commercial dive boats and especially if the boat is live, you are going to end up far from the boat at times and have a bit of a wait. A signaling device makes it much easier for the boat to spot you, and is much safer when it comes to other boats seeing you and avoiding you especially if deployed from depth. An audio signaling device can also be useful to get the attention of a boat when it can't locate you.

I'll wager to guess you don't carry a PLB either. Divers do get left behind, lost, swept away in random directions from current.. It's a tough ocean out there and conditions can be unpredictable.

I had a buddy who did the same thing. He flooded his pony twice by emptying it in the water. He ran out of air multiple times, and no longer dives with me.

I avoid diving in current. If I'm on a trip with currents, I either sit out the dives or carry a signaling device for that dive. I only carry what I need for a dive.

What about equipment failure?

Never had one. I take care of my gear.

 

[Blackcrusader]

I had a buddy who did the same thing. He flooded his pony twice by emptying it in the water. He ran out of air multiple times, and no longer dives with me.

I avoid diving in current. If I'm on a trip with currents, I either sit out the dives or carry a signaling device for that dive. I only carry what I need for a dive.

Never had one. I take care of my gear.

I've been on many dives that started with no current and had fast current drift dives during the dive. I've has fast drift dives that petered out halfway during a dive. I bring a signaling device along with my DSMB and Dive torch on every dive. I have two video lights. Each one has an SOS signal capabaility.

 

[Soloist]

Where do you put your torch, PLB, 2nd cutting tool (as required for solo diving) and what do you use for additional signaling devices (also required for solo). You don't take pictures?

The retractor on the knife is low tension it isn't going to surprise me

What are you talking about? Required by whom? Are agency officials, dive ops and DMs inspecting your gear for obligatory redundancy or are you voluntarily drawing attention to this enigmatic ensemble? I've never actually had to show my solo cert and have NEVER had anyone inspect my kit for compliance.

Look, you do you dude. Your BC is almost as fantastical as it is perplexing. One question, at risk of adding yet more fuel to the dumpster, is there a backup mask hidden away somewhere in your voluminous jacket of potpourri? Or a rabbit perhaps?

 

[MB NZ]

Never had one. I take care of my gear.

I've never had one either, but it doesn't mean it can't happen. Still, it's not an unreasonable approach. I may extend the depth to which I dive without redundant gas.