I'm sharing this for newer divers or those who may not have been diving in a while. Now, before bashing me, realize I take full responsibility for this and own it 100%. It was a HUGE learning experience. Here is the link to the original thread. Cozumel incident but lesson learned. It was recommended that I post it here for a learning moment:
My wife and I had a "bad" experience in Cozumel last year (2017, last week of October, first few days of November). We had a personal DM recommended to us by a friend and hired that person for the day. Long story short, I ran short on air (not unusual) but at 1000PSI I frequently communicated with him my air status; 700, 500, 200.... He felt it necessary to not heed that and I was simply too stupid to take control of the dive at that point (hindsight). I was sharing air with the DM at the safety stop and all was good. He then drops a weight, points at the surface then descends for the weight literally pulling the regulator out of my mouth. Now, I will admit I was quite surprised. I then followed him down, took another breath from his octo and once again he pointed to the surface. I swam up as fast as I could, breathing out as I went. I took a breath off my wifes 2nd stage and ascended. I had showed the DM my air status from 1000 PSI down to 200. He knew I had no air. So, own your own dive. If it gets scary or doesn't follow the dive plan, ABORT THE DIVE. I/we learned more from this dive than probably any other thing. DON'T BE ME! From this point forward my wife and I will begin our safety stop at 700 PSI, deploy a SMB and ascend on our own if needed. Have a plan with your buddy before you get in the water. Hope this benefits someone. Thanks
My wife and I had a "bad" experience in Cozumel last year (2017, last week of October, first few days of November). We had a personal DM recommended to us by a friend and hired that person for the day. Long story short, I ran short on air (not unusual) but at 1000PSI I frequently communicated with him my air status; 700, 500, 200.... He felt it necessary to not heed that and I was simply too stupid to take control of the dive at that point (hindsight). I was sharing air with the DM at the safety stop and all was good. He then drops a weight, points at the surface then descends for the weight literally pulling the regulator out of my mouth. Now, I will admit I was quite surprised. I then followed him down, took another breath from his octo and once again he pointed to the surface. I swam up as fast as I could, breathing out as I went. I took a breath off my wifes 2nd stage and ascended. I had showed the DM my air status from 1000 PSI down to 200. He knew I had no air. So, own your own dive. If it gets scary or doesn't follow the dive plan, ABORT THE DIVE. I/we learned more from this dive than probably any other thing. DON'T BE ME! From this point forward my wife and I will begin our safety stop at 700 PSI, deploy a SMB and ascend on our own if needed. Have a plan with your buddy before you get in the water. Hope this benefits someone. Thanks