Unknown Father dies during diving tour with 14-year-old son off Juno Beach FL

[TekprimeMIA]

according to the news report the son surfaced and told the boat staff his dad did not have a regulator and pushed the son away towards the surface?

Maybe a single stage failure? If he wasn’t attempting to surface, pushed the kid away instead of buddy breathing. Maybe panic or another more grim conclusion.

 

[johndiver999]

I would not expend a bunch of energy trying to speculate on possible scenarios based on a few words in a lay person's news article. If the equipment was faulty, it should be discovered. Perhaps his tank valve was off, but most likely, it was a medical event that had little or nothing to do with diving.

Pushing someone to the surface makes zero sense if their equipment was working and yours was not. Didn't the news article say that the young kid was training to be a dive instructor?

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Didn't the news article say that the young kid was training to be a dive instructor?

At 14? I think the dad was the one training to be an instructor.

 

[Jai Bar]

according to the news report the son surfaced and told the boat staff his dad did not have a regulator and pushed the son away towards the surface?

Maybe a single stage failure? If he wasn’t attempting to surface, pushed the kid away instead of buddy breathing. Maybe panic or another more grim conclusion.

Take whatever is written in the news with a salt of grain, most of the time these are inaccurate, at best

That said, it is most likely not a 1st stage failure- these are very rarely the cause for accidents.

I wouldn't say panic, it appears that the father's last act was to deliberately try to save his son, sending him up.

We are very good of reaching conclusions based on zero information, but it may well that we will never know what really happened, only speculations. Especially in the US, when sometimes some sleazy lawyer comes up with a lawsuit, and information on what really happened may jeopardize the case?

 

[jadairiii]

....We are very good of reaching conclusions based on zero information......

Unfortunately, we have the problem of one, or both, divers on this dive lacking basic rescue skills. And this is not uncommon with divers of any age and not the "fault" of the 14 year old.

I've conducted quite a few rescues and the common denominator was one, or both, "buddy(s)" didn't just stop and think through the problem.

 

[boulderjohn]

I have been reading and waiting for something that makes sense. I haven't seen it so far. I am sure we do not have any real idea of what happened at this time.

 

[jadairiii]

I have been reading and waiting for something that makes sense.

99.9% of all diving accidents dont make sense. Mainly because the root of the accident starts at the dock.

Sheck Exley's A Blueprint for Survival should be required reading for all divers.

 

[boulderjohn]

99.9% of all diving accidents dont make sense. Mainly because the root of the accident starts at the dock.

Sheck Exley's A Blueprint for Survival should be required reading for all divers.

I stepped away from this, but I disagree.

In the overwhelming majority of dive incidents. I can usually figure would with a high probability what happened. Yes, there are cases where it is not true, and this is one of them. I do not believe the information we have on the details of the case are accurate, which is why they don't make sense.

The fact that I can see what happened does not make what happened the result of good thinking--it just mean I can see why it happened as it did.

Exley's fine book revolutionized cave diving, but little of it speaks to the average recreational diver.

 

[Knockneed Man]

As the dad of a current 14 year old I dive with, this hits home. Truly tragic. Sending love to that young boy…

 

[jadairiii]

Exley's fine book revolutionized cave diving, but little of it speaks to the average recreational diver.

Proper navigation, Air supply, "safe" depth, understanding the equipment, addressing panic, knowledge of emergency procedures, equipment emergencies, physiological emergencies.....sure, why would the "average" diver need to be proficient in those topics?