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Unlike many of the threads here, this one doesn't involve anyone dying or being seriously injured. My wife and I recently returned from a week of diving in Bonaire. One afternoon while following the line back to the pier at Capt. Don's, I came across a diver laying on the bottom in about 12" of water. I asked if he was OK and he rather frantically signaled me to come over. He showed me his dive computer which indicated he still had 24 minutes of deco time remaining. He then showed me his pressure gauge which indicated about 400 psi remaining. At 12', that should be enough air, but since he looked a little stressed, I wasn't sure. I motioned for my wife to come to the surface with me where I told her what was going on. She had more air remaining than me, so she went back down to share air with the diver while I went up to the dive shop to get a fresh tank and regulator. They seemed a little surprised when I told them why I needed a regulator. I took the regulator back to the diver and my wife stayed with him until he cleared his deco time. At that point, he just swam off, leaving the tank we had brought for him, so my wife brought it up with her.
While this was going on, someone else in our group had gotten out of the water and saw the diver's buddy on land in dry clothes. He told him about his buddy still being in the water doing a deco stop. The buddy's reply? "I wasn't sure what his computer was saying so I just went ahead and got out." What the....? I think the diver needs a new buddy!
Turns out it was the divers 3rd dive of the day and he had gone to 137 feet, which takes some effort on that shore dive. Sometimes you have to wonder if some people paid any attention in their scuba class. At least no one got hurt.
While this was going on, someone else in our group had gotten out of the water and saw the diver's buddy on land in dry clothes. He told him about his buddy still being in the water doing a deco stop. The buddy's reply? "I wasn't sure what his computer was saying so I just went ahead and got out." What the....? I think the diver needs a new buddy!
Turns out it was the divers 3rd dive of the day and he had gone to 137 feet, which takes some effort on that shore dive. Sometimes you have to wonder if some people paid any attention in their scuba class. At least no one got hurt.