Gelirfella
Contributor
This is a general hypothetical question. Let’s say you are at depth on a wreck with a decent current. You are personally able to swim against it but it’s definitely hard work. You finish your dive (let’s say you thumb it because of the current). You and your buddy make it back to the upline. You notice another team has been blown off the wreck and are struggling to make it back to the upline. One diver is okish making small headway but seems to be flagging. The other is farther out and not making headway.
What’s the appropriate procedure? Let’s say you have plenty of gas. Depth is 110, you’re on 28% and have only been down 10 minutes in your twinset.
I was floating in my mind that you might consider tying off to the upline (using your Smb spool, assuming you don’t have a true reel) and swimming out to both divers assuming they are reachable and putting them on the line. You already know you can swim against the current so not a huge risk of not getting back and you are on a line. But wondering what the likelihood of breaking that line is with 3 divers in current/are you just creating an entanglement hazard?
Maybe the best plan is just to keep an eye on them as you surface and alert the captain? Do you fly an Smb just so the captain is alerted to a potential problem and might consider dropping a diver to check it out?
What’s the appropriate procedure? Let’s say you have plenty of gas. Depth is 110, you’re on 28% and have only been down 10 minutes in your twinset.
I was floating in my mind that you might consider tying off to the upline (using your Smb spool, assuming you don’t have a true reel) and swimming out to both divers assuming they are reachable and putting them on the line. You already know you can swim against the current so not a huge risk of not getting back and you are on a line. But wondering what the likelihood of breaking that line is with 3 divers in current/are you just creating an entanglement hazard?
Maybe the best plan is just to keep an eye on them as you surface and alert the captain? Do you fly an Smb just so the captain is alerted to a potential problem and might consider dropping a diver to check it out?