scubakat
Senior Member
Tonight I had a kindof scary experience. I went out for an evening club dive and buddied up with a diver that I certified with & his newly certified wife. As we entered I decided to abort because my drysuit was leaking & I didn't feel like the long surface swim were about to embark on would be worth it becuase viz was 5-10' at best and I didn't want to be the third diver. My buddies carried on without me. I played in the shallow end with my suit trying to find the leak for about 10 minutes then I dismanteled my rig and waited for the divers to return.
After about 15 minutes I saw a diver break the surface alone and do a surface dive, complete with split-fins in the air. I signalled an OK, but he was gone before he could see it. After another minute or so the diver was back at the surface waving frantically and yelling for help. 911 was called and the rescue boats & aid cars came within 5 minutes. At about the same time the distressed diver's buddy surfaced. It seems that the couple was seperated. The husband surfaced immediately after he realized he was alone. The wife decided that she had to do her 3 minute safety stop, hence her delay in surfacing. I think we can agree on the problem with that .
MY question is... What are you supposed to do if you are on the beach? I was already out of my gear, though I would have put it back on & swam out to help if I was the only person on the beach. There were three other divers who had just exited who did swim out. I haven't completed a rescue class yet, though I will. I fealt like I should have been doing something.
-kate
After about 15 minutes I saw a diver break the surface alone and do a surface dive, complete with split-fins in the air. I signalled an OK, but he was gone before he could see it. After another minute or so the diver was back at the surface waving frantically and yelling for help. 911 was called and the rescue boats & aid cars came within 5 minutes. At about the same time the distressed diver's buddy surfaced. It seems that the couple was seperated. The husband surfaced immediately after he realized he was alone. The wife decided that she had to do her 3 minute safety stop, hence her delay in surfacing. I think we can agree on the problem with that .
MY question is... What are you supposed to do if you are on the beach? I was already out of my gear, though I would have put it back on & swam out to help if I was the only person on the beach. There were three other divers who had just exited who did swim out. I haven't completed a rescue class yet, though I will. I fealt like I should have been doing something.
-kate