penguinpete
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We were just diving in Belize over the 4th of July. On the boat ride back in my regulator line broke at the tank end (I may not have the correct jargon). The dive that we just completed had an enclosed swimthrough about ten yards long at 85 feet deep. It occurred to me that I may have been in trouble if the line would have broken in the swimthrough.
I am assuming that I would not get air to my regulator if the line broke at the tank end. I also assumed that my octopus should still work, so the safest thing for me to do would be to grab my octopus and start breathing through it. If that did not work then I would have to catch my wife (dive buddy) and use her octopus. I would appreciate any comments on this scenario as to what would be the safest thing to do.
The regulator hose blowing out brought another situation to mind. We doing a drift dive in about 40 feet of water with strong current. The dive site was Mini Reef out of Puerto Morelos MX. When we surfaced I was joking with my wife that everytime I looked for her she was twenty yards away and going the other direction.
We got in a discussion about what would be the safest thing to do if the regulator hose blew on that drift dive and I could not use my octopus. I say that I should inflate my BC and head for the surface. She thinks that maybe I should try to swim to her and use her octopus, and she would be twentty yards away and going the other direction.
Any comments about the safest way to handle either situation?
I am assuming that I would not get air to my regulator if the line broke at the tank end. I also assumed that my octopus should still work, so the safest thing for me to do would be to grab my octopus and start breathing through it. If that did not work then I would have to catch my wife (dive buddy) and use her octopus. I would appreciate any comments on this scenario as to what would be the safest thing to do.
The regulator hose blowing out brought another situation to mind. We doing a drift dive in about 40 feet of water with strong current. The dive site was Mini Reef out of Puerto Morelos MX. When we surfaced I was joking with my wife that everytime I looked for her she was twenty yards away and going the other direction.
We got in a discussion about what would be the safest thing to do if the regulator hose blew on that drift dive and I could not use my octopus. I say that I should inflate my BC and head for the surface. She thinks that maybe I should try to swim to her and use her octopus, and she would be twentty yards away and going the other direction.
Any comments about the safest way to handle either situation?