Scuba Diver Pulled Down 300 Feet Below by Giant Tuna

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must be spearfishing... and if he is, he deserves to be dragged down.

Scuba Diver Pulled Down 300 Feet Below by Giant Tuna
By JOHN CARLO CAHINHINAN
October 25, 2010, 6:16pm


MANILA, Philippines — A scuba diver was accidentally pulled down around 300 feet below the sea surface by a giant tuna fish while conducting pleasure diving activity in the waters off Kiamba in Saranggani, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Monday.

Lt. Commander Armando Balilo, PCG Public Information Officer, said scuba diver Ramir Te, who was on a diving expedition, was 80 feet below the surface when he was pulled down by a giant tuna fish at the waters off Kiamba afternoon of Sunday.

The victim was immediately rescued by members of the Coast Guard Special Operations Group (CGSOG) rescue divers but due to the critical condition of Te, they sought the assistance of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) helicopter in Cagayan de Oro City to conduct a medical evacuation and brought the victim in a hyperbaric recompression chamber inside the PCG search and rescue vessel BRPSan Juan (SARV-001) which was on a deploy mission in Cebu City.

“Base sa investigation, nasagi ng malaking tuna yung portion harness rope ni Te kaya nabatak sya pababa. We sought the assistance of PAF because sila yung may pinaka malapit na chopper sa area at kailangan ipasok yung victim sa bariatic chamber dahil hinde sya nakapag recompress ng matino sa baba,” Balilo said.

"based on investigation, his portion harness rope (what the hell is this?) was caught by the big tuna and was dragged down. We sought the help of PAF for they were the nearest agency with chopper. The victim needed to be chambered due to not being able to do proper safety stops,"

PCG hyperbaric doctor Commander Eric Guieb is treating the victim inside the vessel.
 
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Smells fishy to me.....

should have taken him to 1050 ft if he was spearfishing
 
Is it illegal to spear on scuba in the Philippines?
 
The victim needed to be chambered due to not being able to do proper safety stops,"

here we have it again. the importance of safety stops.
 
Sounds like spear fishing but you never know - any theories on how it could have happened without a spear gun type grip (portion harness rope?) on the fish?!

Maybe if this gets some international coverage we'll see a PADI "Giant Tuna" speciality soon! :)

I think 300ft tends to need more than 'safety' stops :) - This could easily be covered in the speciality course!
 
Sounds like spear fishing but you never know - any theories on how it could have happened without a spear gun type grip (portion harness rope?) on the fish?!

Maybe if this gets some international coverage we'll see a PADI "Giant Tuna" speciality soon! :)

I think 300ft tends to need more than 'safety' stops :) - This could easily be covered in the speciality course!

:lol:
 
Reportedly, the Tuna got it's head caught in the divers Speedo, panicked and fled for deep water. They are now treating the Tuna for post traumatic stress due to having the divers crotch in it's face for a long period... :rofl3::rofl3:

Sorry, if it's spearing... Shooting a fish that can weight several hundred pounds and swim 50 km/h non stop... not smart...:no:
 
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