Watch this video of the Blue Hole of Dahab before it is deleted

[almostDIR]

Discover Oxygen Toxicity and Basics of Buoyancy Control courses combined with Advanced Hand Signals specialty?

 

[Miyaru]

This is 50 Shades of Wrong

Just wondering after hearing many stories from diveguides in Sharm / Dahab. What if someone pays you to guide him to 100m depth, pays upfront for all gasses and shows a full trimix card?
These days, anyone can easily print a card. PADI and SSI have an online verification of dive certification, how about other agencies?

This guy clearly printed his own card!

 

[Neilwood]

I have no experience with doubles, stages, long hose, trimix or any tech diving experience at all but I reckon that even with my measly sub 100 dive count could do better than that!

Buoyancy control - abysmal.
Awareness of surroundings - abysmal
Trim - abysmal
Finning - abysmal

The only things it looked like he did OK were to signal OK and perform a mask clear!

 

[flyboy08]

Come on guys, this was a PADI specialty dive....you know, the “OK Sign” specialty!

 

[JBFG]

I thought it was the first step in the PADI zombie dive certification. You know the part where they make the zombies.

Honestly, this made me sad.

 

[AJ]

Even PADI would kick them out I guess , what a mess Funny to watch though

 

[flymolo]

Wonder why the guide waited until 67m to turn the dive- should have thumbed it at 6m.

 

[almostDIR]

Even PADI would kick them out I guess , what a mess Funny to watch though

or at least make them pay for a OW refresher course before going back water with them

 

[Storker]

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[almostDIR]

I watched the video again... is it normal to mount stage/deco tanks like that in some situations, the neck bolt snap attaching to the end of a long piece of webbing hanging around?
is it quicker to descend that way or something?
the other divers seem to use it as well. a bounce dive setup of a kind?
It looks like a bit uncomfortable to me