TBURKE
Guest
I've been OOA a couple of times myself.
The first time was A blown disk at 90ft. It started as a hiss and developed into a scream then the air was gone. I switched to my pony and did a safe controlled ascent. No problem.
One time it was my fault. I was inattentive. But I had my pony so it was no problem. I did some serious soul searching and gave myself a mental tongue lashing.
Another time a helpful rescue student turned off one of my doubles just before I entered the water. Surprise.
I witnessed a few OOA situations.
As a DM I saw a buddy team, one with a stream of bubbles coming from her valve. I brought it to their attention. He had 2600psi and she had 600psi. I took them back to the anchor line where she switched to her pony and I accompanied them to the surface.
I had a "pick up" buddy on one dive. He found a lobster and couldn't get it out of the hole. After a lot of shaking and pointing at his SPG I left. He had 200psi left. When he got back to the boat he had an empty pony and no bug. He was banned from the boat and the shop.
On a vacation dive I stopped a guy with a stream of bubbles coming from his safe second. He was letting it drag in the sand.
On a dive in the Bahamas, a member of a buddy team ran out of air. (short fill?) He spit out his reg and raced to his buddy. His buddy saw him coming, panicked and started swimming backwards as fast as he could. They had to keep them separated back on the boat.
As long as divers have a finite supply of air, someones going to run out.
The first time was A blown disk at 90ft. It started as a hiss and developed into a scream then the air was gone. I switched to my pony and did a safe controlled ascent. No problem.
One time it was my fault. I was inattentive. But I had my pony so it was no problem. I did some serious soul searching and gave myself a mental tongue lashing.
Another time a helpful rescue student turned off one of my doubles just before I entered the water. Surprise.
I witnessed a few OOA situations.
As a DM I saw a buddy team, one with a stream of bubbles coming from her valve. I brought it to their attention. He had 2600psi and she had 600psi. I took them back to the anchor line where she switched to her pony and I accompanied them to the surface.
I had a "pick up" buddy on one dive. He found a lobster and couldn't get it out of the hole. After a lot of shaking and pointing at his SPG I left. He had 200psi left. When he got back to the boat he had an empty pony and no bug. He was banned from the boat and the shop.
On a vacation dive I stopped a guy with a stream of bubbles coming from his safe second. He was letting it drag in the sand.
On a dive in the Bahamas, a member of a buddy team ran out of air. (short fill?) He spit out his reg and raced to his buddy. His buddy saw him coming, panicked and started swimming backwards as fast as he could. They had to keep them separated back on the boat.
As long as divers have a finite supply of air, someones going to run out.