Deac in the Wake
Contributor
We've been pondering this a while and figured this is the place to ask- and it's as close to finding out as we're interested in.
Assume that you're down non-deco (say 40-50 feet) and you find you're out of air- not low, but out (for whatever reason). Assume you've been down for 50-60 minutes at said depth.
Your dive buddy isn't close enough to intervene so you drop weights and head straight for the surface. After a few minutes at the surface (say 5 minutes), either your buddy or another diver swims to you.
Assuming they have sufficient air, is there any benefit to getting their octo and descending to 15 feet for a safety stop?
Let's say you emergency ascend right next to the boat and another diver immediately gets with you as you surface. Should you proceed to exit onto the boat or is there anything gained by securing another air source and returning down the safety line/bar to 15 feet?
Assume that you're down non-deco (say 40-50 feet) and you find you're out of air- not low, but out (for whatever reason). Assume you've been down for 50-60 minutes at said depth.
Your dive buddy isn't close enough to intervene so you drop weights and head straight for the surface. After a few minutes at the surface (say 5 minutes), either your buddy or another diver swims to you.
Assuming they have sufficient air, is there any benefit to getting their octo and descending to 15 feet for a safety stop?
Let's say you emergency ascend right next to the boat and another diver immediately gets with you as you surface. Should you proceed to exit onto the boat or is there anything gained by securing another air source and returning down the safety line/bar to 15 feet?