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Are you sure what you saw being carried and placed in the ambulance was a rebreather and not an AED ?

I think if the establishment you are frequenting be it a cafe or dive shop charges less than the others in the area they are keeping their costs lower somehow - doesn't take much to conclude in some cases this is by operating under the host country legal radar.

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The dive shop web site lists him as a divemaster I know someone who has done 1000s of dives and holds no official certification - and I know "dive masters" who can barely function ... certification level is not a true indication of training level or experience

Rather sexist don't you think saying the guys should have been looking out for the girl ? The female diver was he shop owner The other 2 a DM and the out of town guest / boyfriend It is POSSIBLE that the DM was paying more attention to the out of towner as he simply the least experienced...

the first post in the Mishap Analysis section has a pretty much undisputed sequence of events one diver is back in the US and more or less recovering but I doubt they`ll be diving again - at least not with a doctors blessing one diver is in hospital or rehanb in Coz - still unable to walk -...

That is the first I ever read of a 4th diver at 150 - I did read there was a completely seperate group that did a dive to 150

I don't think it make much difference if they had a video or not - nothing can make the judgment calls by these divers much worse and I am not sure what else a recording of events could tell us - I think we all know how dumb this dive and the subsequent actions were regardless of the finer details

Moot point - 2 of 3 did not have any kind of insurance - But either way - cheaper insurance options for anything provide limited liability cover - be it car, medical or DAN - the more expensive options cover just about anything - if you crash your car while driving drunk - insurance still...

it was several yeas ago and I have trouble recalling what I ate for breakfast most days ... in short .. no idea - but my point was assuming there is a good reason that there is no boat could be a mistake - in my friends case I know it was a rarely dived part of the island and they all commented...

I think the question was more a case of why did BOTH of them go back in - surely if the rational was to rescue the first diver should they pass out having 2 people breathing off one tank is only going hinder that effort

friends of mine surfaced in Cozumel to find no boat - you would have been in for a seriously long wait if you had taken your course of action in their case - the boat had sunk while they on their dive - during the couple of hours it took them to swim to shore they didn`t see another boat

No matter what you can not leave divers in the water without boat cover - what if another diver surfaced with an issue - How would anyone know the boat was coming back and to just wait ? How long are you going to wait on the surface certain that someone would come back .. until you have...

There is a fine line between customer and friend. Someone was paying for that boat. IF there were other divers on the boat and they were also doing a dive past recreation limits I am not surprised they are keeping quiet. But IF this is the case it goes someway to explaining why the decision was...

Really the capt had 3 seriously bent divers on his boat and he was changing tanks ?? .. how about getting on the radio and raising a distress call - or tending to the divers I guess the boat only had 1 O2 mask .. as divers are supposed to go about in pairs would you not expect they may get...

There really is no choice you have to stay put until all the divers are collected or there is another boat to collect them - what should have happened is the capt should have been banging the ladder like a crazy person to get the divers down back on board.

Most likely because of inter hospital relationships and the willingness of the hospital she is in now to admit someone without insurance. They may have thought they would be able to get her off the ventilator to treat her. This is also the likely reason why Mercy is reluctant to admit her - she...

I have wondered how much pressure may have been on the staff involved in this incident given the boss was one of the divers. I would expect there would have been little protection extended to a captain or DM who stands up to a dive shop owner and gets fired.

Remember there were 3 divers involved - all operating under the effects of narcosis to some extent. It is quite possible that the attention was not on the diver who ended up at 400 ft continuously - this does bring up the debate on the advantages or disadvantages for a 3 way buddy team v a buddy...

Well - you could ask the same question - what more is there to see at 100 ft that isn`t at 50 ft To answer the general question of why go that deep ( as oppose to why these 3 divers did this specfic dive ) To plan and execute a safe deep mixed gas dive To plan and execute a safe deep air...