Your BC fails now what??

[Charlie59]

Swim up. Air is good. Loose weights if needed but shouldn't be. Likely to have to ditch weights at surface unless you arrive at boat.

Of course, if the above didn't work, jetison bc and swim to surface. DCI more treatable than drowning.

 

[ScubaDivaDivemaster]

I agree with the good captain.

C U underwater,
ScubaDivaDivemaster

 

[Melicertes]

In a wetsuit, you should be diving aluminum tanks.

Since when?

 

[Adobo]

Since when?

OP did say 100 ft and planned deco, right?

 

[rockjock3]

I would utilize my smb. I only have 30# lift with my wing, my SMB is 52# lift so I shouldn't have a problem.

 

[dannobee]

I was diving with a buddy a couple of weeks ago who forgot his wing. He did have his drysuit, though. He swapped his STA for his doubles and completely forgot to put his doubles wing on, leaving it on the kitchen table. We decided to let him do the dive (there were three of us watching him, so he was in good hands). We did a quick bouyancy check on the surface, and down he went. He completed the dive with only his drysuit as bouyancy. He added a couple of pounds of weight for the second dive, and everything was uneventful. After talking to him about it, he felt that he could have just swam the rig up.

If you have some experience, and have some form of bouyancy, it's not that big of a deal. I've done dives without using the BC inflator, just for practice.

 

[Melicertes]

OP did say 100 ft and planned deco, right?

Is there some reason why aluminum is prefered above steel when you start deco diving that I am not aware of? Coz I don't know of any such reason for dives to 100', so I'm concluding that your assertion has to have something to do with going into deco. :huh:

In fact I'm having my trusty 15L steel shipped from South Africa to the US for the very purpose of diving 100 ft+.

 

[JeffG]

Is there some reason why aluminum is prefered above steel when you start deco diving that I am not aware of? Coz I don't know of any such reason for dives to 100', so I'm concluding that your assertion has to have something to do with going into deco. :huh:

In fact I'm having my trusty 15L steel shipped from South Africa to the US for the very purpose of diving 100 ft+.

Do a search on "Balanced Rig"

 

[Sharky1948]

OK. Real life example.

My luggage failed to show up in time for boarding a liveaboard. So, I used a borrowed BCD from the boat. (Had my own reg and computer with me.) I tested the BCD on the boat and surface...everything seemed fine.

Went down to about 80 feet and kept noticing that I had to add air to maintain trim. So, I stopped, removed my BCD and inflated it to see if there was a leak. Sure enough, the gasket was missing on the inflator elbow.

So, I just easily swam back to the surface. (Steel 95, which was what the boat had.)

Properly weighted = no issues getting back to the surface.

Master the basics...it makes most of these issues become annoyances rather than problems.

 

[captain]

What's a BC?