What would you attempt to fix without surfacing?

[PfcAJ]

Since this is in the advanced forum. 1800 feet back in a cave, you better be able to fix anything and everything or your dive will become someone’s recovery dive.
In cave diving there is no rescue dives, only recovery dives. Except the very rare instance.

Be still my beating heart.

An equipment failure (or two) should not be life threatening.

 

[Roger Hobden]

As said above, at our AOW and Rescue level, "scuba 2" we teach all sorts of in water repairs of gear. Removal of the scuba unit to fix cam bands, second stage cover removal to clear debris and how to breathe on a compromised second stage, how to purge a regulator down and tighten a fighting that came loose and caused a leak *while air-sharing*. None of this is "technical" diving, it's just stuff that you can fix without having to surface because there's no point in surfacing to do it when it can be done easily in the water.

Sounds really excellent ! I will try to locate in my area an instructor or shop that has a course that teaches these things.
Most useful, indeed.

 

[Attreui]

- managed diarrhea.


Cameron

You have my attention. How is this done?

 

[northernone]

You have my attention. How is this done?

Delicately put. That's where the "doff and don scuba gear underwater" to remove a wetsuit becomes very a practical and helpful skill.

Glad I was solo diving.
Cameron

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Do a search for the Warhammer Maneuver at your own risk.

 

[Preach]

Since this is in the advanced forum. 1800 feet back in a cave, you better be able to fix anything and everything or your dive will become someone’s recovery dive.
In cave diving there is no rescue dives, only recovery dives. Except the very rare instance.

If you mean by fixing just pick the next piece of equipment, then yes. If i'm cave diving with a buddy team of 3, there at least 9 torches, 6 regs and all my buddy's dive in drysuits (even while in warm water like mexico). Even if a buddy loses all of his gas (very unlikely with doubles), there wouldn't be a problem.

So actually repairing stuff wouldn't be necessary.

 

[clownfishsydney]

Most things, including pulling a second stage apart and putting back together at 30 metres.