I watched the show and was amazed. This is an experienced navy diver. Besides going solo on the dive and not keeping orientation to the boat while chasing the lobster, Why didn't he have any safety devices. Anything and everything can be a asset if your adrift so if it's not hurting you, I don't know why you would get rid of anything that is buoyant. He did not have a single safety device that might have helped the boat see him from the start. He used his mask to flash a plane and that was the best he could do since he apparently had nothing else to signal anyone with. I've carried a vhf radio in a otter box for 10yrs for the small chance I come up and I'm far enough from the boat they don't see or hear me and I always tell the captain to listen to the radio if I'm missing. In theory, the radio is good for five miles but regardless of the range, it's much better than anything else I carry and at $100 it's pretty cheap insurance. I carry on all dives a light, mirror, radio, smb, dye pack, 6' of tether rope, light stick, whistle, air alert. 25yrs of diving, 500+ dives in both oceans, and never used any of it and hopefully never will, but it's there if I need it.
