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And/or given the other divers time to find her if she was stuck on the bottom (i.e. for some reason couldn't ditch enough weight and/or couldn't remove her rig). When you suddenly run out of air, I'd imagine you don't have much chance to stop and think about your options, realistically you have...

I received a wake up call at a dive site close to where this incident occurred with the size of my wing. I was diving with my drysuit when one of the zip seals failed and the suit flooded. It was extremely difficult to swim to the surface, I had to fin as hard as I could and each time I stopped...

What a terrible tragedy. I doubt it had any bearing on the outcome but dry suit shore diving in Sydney is very strenuous at this time of year. It's very warm out of the water and most of the sites require a moderate walk (this particular site is a couple of hundred meters walk from the carpark...

The supermarket is a great dive, although the operator I dived with wouldn't take beginners there as it's a drift dive in deepish water plus it was remote from the resort i stayed at (Tokoriki) so they also didn't want to go there without a reasonable number of divers due to the fuel cost (I...

Did anyone attend Paul Raymaekers talk at Oz Tek? I talked to him before hand and he said he would talk about this accident in detail.

My understanding was they did hit and kill at least 1 shark. It was reported that there was several circling. NZ police don't carry side arms so they wouldn't have been using a pistol.

Apparently this was a 60m tech dive (there's a number of wrecks in the area and not a lot else). The deceased got into trouble (possibly medical as it as mentioned by the attending paramedic that he was treated for cardiac arrest) and his buddy skipped stops to bring him to the surface and is...

Oh dear!

I agree, planning increases safety, computers are simply a tool to assist execution of the dive plan.

When I dived in Bora Bora this was standard practise on every dive! Not only chumming but all the DM's had fish carcases in their BC's to attrack sharks. There's no mention of this practise at any of the resorts or the dive operators website.

The inquest into this accident is/has been held over the last couple of days - Daniel Waata Stoneham, Tyron North | Dive Student... | Stuff.co.nz, media is apparently making a lot of the fact that they didn't have torches or cutting devices and that there needs to be more regulation of dive...

Reports I've seen on the media say they were diving for crayfish. None I've seen so far mention if they were freediving or on SCUBA.

I'll second this, please don't be embarrassed to seek help. I cannot imagine what you must be going through.

Good point, forgot that the inflator button needs to be depressed. I guess that's one of the issues here, not fully understanding/dismissing the potential consequences of this particular failure mode.

I thought the deflator button was missing but the BCD could still be deflated using the secondary release hence why the dive wasnt called (or am I misunderstanding)? If this is the case even if OOA the BCD could still be orally inflated preventing the diver from sinking when being towed?

How distressing. So you're saying the diver had manifold twins but only a single regulator?

So do I, it rained all summer long!

Check out this site for a very comprehensive list of Sydney and NSW dive sites Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Web Site. For boat dives http://www.frogdive.com.au operate a rigid hull inflatable off the beach which gets you to and from the sites quicker than some of the bigger boats which...

Hi, If someone has a Hollis DG05 and knows how to access the "WiVi" screen in order to pair it with a transmitter could they please share. I looked and looked and I cannot find this screen. Regards Dave

You can read Michael's full description here, it's a good account. Plus a great site if you're visiting Sydney Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Web Site