Missing Divers Found Safe & Sound

[ketchumid]

Snoopig

A great post- way to learn from it and more importantly share so we can all learn- be safe and I'm sure you will have a great holiday with your loved ones-

 

[DandyDon]

Thankyou for your comments. I dont know how this forum functions. If you guys want to repost this imfo anywhere else that more could see --have at it
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Snook, again - my heart goes out to you all three, as I am sure you were all just frantic, and I am so glad you had a happy ending.

I'm half guessing here, but from your post - I gather that they carried no signaling devices? Perhaps they took it as a simple dive they've done so many times and took the risks too lightly? I am not nearly as experienced, but I am guessing that this could happen with more easily with more experienced divers.

As I said above, I carry a lot of devices on every dive, and I think for my Bahama liveaboard in a few weeks, I think I'll add a white trash bag. Even at night, one could use a dive light shinning up the neck into the inflated bag to make the whole thing light up. The ones I have on hand are flimsy; I'll buy heavy duty next trip to the grocery.

 

[1_T_Submariner]

Snook Thanks for the descriptions of the events.

Good to hear everything turned out OK. I'm agreeing with carrying the signal equipment. A boat that I was on required every diver to take one of theirs even if you had your own. I guess it can't hurt to have 2.

 

[EastEndDiver]

It is always good to hear a story with this kind of ending.

 

[fire5man]

Yeah, but look at the account. They were found early Sunday morning in the middle of some long stretch of road by the police. Afterwards, they were taken home by their families. I think it's very safe to say they were alone, wandering and still looking for help at that point, not ignoring a pay phone while drinking beer in some pub.

If it was so easy to contact the dive shop, don't you think they would have called their families to tell them they were OK, or at least called a cab to get them off the highway?

I think your on the right path.

 

[deeper thoughts]

I would not call Tennesse Reef the Upper Keys I live at MM 68 and Tennessee Reef is out my back door. I would say it was a dive boat from Marathon or maybe (maybe) out of Bud n Marys or Whale Harbor. I don't know to many that take trips that far for Tennesse Reef. MM72 is where they were found and if they were on land when they were found that's a heck of a swim to shore. Heck that's a heck of a swim if they came straight in from the reef to MM68. Thank god they are ok.

Maybe I am wrong but isnt Tennesse reef research only diving?

 

[DandyDon]

:lol2: With that spelling this thread shows up right away on a Google search, but under the correct one - this is the best write-up I saw: Tennessee Reef - The Middle Keys - The Florida Keys - Robin's Scuba Instruction So where did you get the idea that it was research only?