Scuba Diving emergency, out of air in a fast current! St. Lawrence River

The high pressure line came off of the SPG guage, causing a rapid loss of air. After 2 breaths no more air was coming into the regulator. The third breath was water! This occurred in a high current area between the wreck A E Vickery and the dive boat. An emergency ascent was the last resort due to the heavy traffic of small boats and sea faring ships. The buddy system works and so does being calm!
Man a lot of you must not read this part. No more air was coming out of primary regulator... about a minute later in the video I try to use the octo and it is airless too.

[@southaussielad2496]

Dude, where's the secondary reg!!! Mines about 6ft or so and bright yellow, it stands out like dogs balls for this exact reason. Stay safe people👌

[@jackmarshall3214]

Wym? His own second reg didnt work cuz of the air loss and the buddy had an integrated secondary in his inflater hose

[@Justins-Adventures]

@@jackmarshall3214 he's asking about the buddies secondary. The buddy has a dual inflator/secondary

[@jackmarshall3214]

Justin thats what i said

[@kimberlyfendt8282]

I was taught to dive using my bright yellow reg. If my buddy is in trouble, it takes less time to grab out of my mouth and shove it in theirs. I know where my backup is, instead of someone who may be in a panic or medical emergency looking.

[@cameronwalls9727]

@@jackmarshall3214 your always supposed to have a secondary regulator for you dive buddy just in case

[@Superduper666]

I like how that person in the beginning gave up their mouthpiece without second thought

[@gameonyolo1]

No shit

[@SpearingWithSlurpey]

@@gameonyolo1 ​ Its not the typical safe thing to do is give up your own then you're out of air. Supposed to give the octo and hold onto your buddy who has no air.

[@MrDjladd24]

When someone hits me with the oh shit signal I give them my reg cause it’s already cleared and helps with panic. And once they get calm we swap.

[@Imozart0341I]

@@SpearingWithSlurpey I hear but I’m the military we’re told to share and head back to the surface. Sometimes you suck in air more than you should. In heavy currents i practically drink my air supply

[@ejstras]

@@SpearingWithSlurpey A lot of advanced divers actually use a primary donate set up with a necklace octo, so you donate your primary regulator thats on a longer hose wrapped around you and then put your octo into your mouth which is on a shorter, easily accessible necklace. This allows you to do this much faster and emulates the more likely scenario in which a panicked diver rips the reg directly out of your mouth to use themselves.

[@raywickham682]

Instructor here - if you're offering criticism, shut up. These guys probably aren't tech divers and they did what they should. They learned and lot from this and will more than likely change their configurations to improve it. However, they me the #1 rule - they came up alive!

[@demitriosvekkf.z.7768]

that is definitely the #1 rule yep

[@thierryberthy1735]

You don't have to be a tec duver ti know the basic rules mister instructor

[@braedengriffiths4249]

Thierry Bertholino “The point he made” “Your head”

[@dannysplace7]

@@braedengriffiths4249 His point's bullshit. This is a perfect case everyone can learn from and you do that by criticising it, criticism isn't a bad thing.

[@ktman36]

Just a question, can the console be disconnected from the 1st stage by a buddy? Would the stop the leak?

[@charlie12590]

They didn’t panic👍 and that’s number one ☝️ good job

[@fabriziomonti8579]

Actually they did panic a bit, look how fast the breath is😅 the important thing is that they handled it!

[@frankcuba5231]

You think he DID a good job. . ? ? . . like nobody plan the trip. . neither brings an octopus.

[@Engineer9736]

Can't really properly see what they're doing... seems like in the beginning the guy did get the primary of the guy next to him, and the donating guy took his (black colored) octopus. Not sure why they went buddy breathing after that, seems unnecessary risk. They should have started focusing on getting out ASAP (but with deco stops)

[@serofu]

Geez man. Glad you guys made it to the surface safe and sound. I haven’t seen buddy breathing like that in a while but it is a skill worth being trained in. Excellent teamwork and excellent communication. Looks like everybody was offering you their regs.

[@darrellgrainger212]

Someone just pointed this video out to me. I've seen people test hose failures. The high pressure hose is a pinhole opening. So the air loss is usually quite slow. The low pressure hose (regulator) is a much bigger hole. It was made to deliver a lot of air because that is what is needed on a regulator. I'm quite surprised that a rupture in the pressure gauge caused such rapid loss of air. I guess all high pressure hoses aren't made the same. Nice job staying calm. Not as pretty as practicing in the pool but if everyone walked away okay then it was a great recovery.

[@DonFassbender]

Modern HP hoses do in fact have a pinhole opening because they need not deliver a large volume of air as you've stated. This is not by accident. I have vintage HP hoses that look more like a low pressure hose with a larger internal cavity for air to flow. Sometimes we learn from our mistakes. Perhaps the diver had this leak throughout the dive and it worsened during the dive creating the perceived emergency? With a constant leak he could have drained his supply quicker than his buddies and so upon ascent needed to share air. They appeared to have handled themselves efficiently enough and I was glad to see one donor continue to vent air while his regulator wasn't in his mouth. They did well all things considered. It appeared to me to *almost* be a practice run or training session. Well done.

[@Levi-wk2hg]

Absolutely correct. I suspect the SPG HP line had been leaking for much longer than the "2 breathes" the OP indicates. Which tells me someone isn't monitoring their air on the regular like they should be. The video linked below demonstrates the difference between a LP and an HP line rupture. The HP took 56 minutes(albeit at 3 ft) to deplete as opposed to 3 min for the LP line. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH3VYmpvpcqdarM This video also illustrates why a BC inflator/octo setup is dumb, and why a pony bottle or even the "spare air" would have been a nice option to have while the group got their shit organized.

[@kentac1911]

Your dive buddy saved you for sure. They are a true buddy! I would dive with them anytime! They were calm and did not hesitate in donating you their air! Great buddy work!!

[@never2old-sd638]

This video shows how inconvenient is the new system of not having a regular octopus and instead having a mouth piece in the bc hose. I am sticking to the old octopus system.

[@HinMLee]

I would agree. I had an inflator/regulator combo and decided that it was not going to be useful in case of out-of-air. Everyone understands a yellow octo hose/regulator.

[@SuperBamagolfer]

Complely agree

[@penguin12902]

I would be very uncomfortable giving up my primary 2nd stage in an emergency, and having to get myself onto my inflator while worrying about my buddy getting air at the same time. I would much rather have an octopus. Hand buddy the octo - he purges and breathes, we go up alive. Easy, and safe. Plus, the yellow hose makes it obvious which one to grab...If I'm in trouble, I don't even need my buddy's permission or assistance....just grab the yellow hose and purge.

[@penguin12902]

@@fanatictsx Not at all how I was trained...and again, as a new diver would make me very uncomfortable. I wouldn't want to take my reg out of my mouth in a high stress situation like that. Why complicate it? Hand buddy the yellow octo hose. Done.

[@rickflippin1]

fanatictsx I agree to me it seems like a great set up with your Octo right at your neck on a bungee and enough room with the primary just in case needed I dig it gonna try it thanks

[@DollhouseTutorials]

I have to say as a diver when you are under water things happen super fast and you only have a split second to decide what to do. You can't judge them because this was not your experience, this was theirs and they all survived. I'm sure they will learn from this experience and I am sure this experience scared the bageebeezzz out of them. ●DON'T JUDGE JUST BE THANKFUL THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO STAYED CLOSE WHILE DIVINGE AND SHARED AIR●

[@Scooopdog]

Laurie Heisler that’s fair enough but what I seen here was a bad choice of equipment by others. The standard setup especially in recreational diving shouldn’t be just for yourself, I think they done well under pressure if that safety line had have given way I’d say we’d be reading a different story.

[@palipalie]

You always have time to think or take it

[@DieVorleserin2013]

Absolutely amazing - wonderful how each one cares for the other one.

[@jeffcarter1310]

I love that the guy out of air pulled the guy in the middle back to the line. That current was gonna take him for sure. Quick thinking under pressure!

[@fishingsouthwestflorida1586]

people should watch these kind of videos while learning to dive. scare them to be safe!

[@LogansAdventures]

+Luke Mancuso It would be good at really emphasizing the buddy system and how it works!

[@rickflippin1]

Fishing SouthWest Florida exactly why i do

[@DontSayItToMe]

What I'm doing, lol. How does this happen , am I seeing things right? Are they sharing a regulator?

[@zerkergames9459]

Fishing SouthWest Florida i do lots of diving and all this video made me thing was why didnt the other diver have a spare regulator

[@miguelmartinez4888]

buddy system work but I dive alone most of the time 99% of the time that why my buddy its a mini air bottle for emergency.

[@blakestampley6041]

Know your gear and know your buddies comfort levels!! Only Rescue Diver certification level here but I was fortunate enough to learn from Naval dive officers while active duty. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

[@rallzam]

this is so freaking awesome, im so happy you guys did work so nice together, very great job guys! all of you rock.

[@Sfbaytech]

Good job staying calm and making due with the equipment they had available.

[@dsanti4069]

The buddy who helped the Out of air diver had a safe second BC combo system . He was loaning the OOA diver his primary reg . It got chaotic with the 3rd buddy tried to offer his traditional octupus. Instead of adding more confusion they should of kept it simple and let the original buddy continue to provide secondary air

[@seskipper806]

That's what I was thinking. Everyone survived though, so it was a complete success. I think they learned something and so can we by watching these types of videos. Maybe the lesson to be learned here is that if everyone is breathing, focus on getting to the surface.

[@trevorduncan9580]

Great job all of you. Amazing to see how your buddies quickly assessed the situation and ensured you had air when needed. What a nightmare though when that regulator started free flowing like that! Can't believe you were able to stay calm.

[@jayhome2715]

Not having a proper 36" bright yellow octopus under your arm, ready at your chest to rip away and give to a buddy is irresponsible in my opinion. Another good video on proving why having a pony bottle on you is valuable!!! Knowing that you are in a strong current with anchor ropes on site, it makes sense having a 2' rope with 2 caribiners on each end equipped with you. When you looked at your SPG it was already reading practically 0. You were lucky you even noticed it at all with a couple of seconds of air left that essentially were precious seconds to grab a buddy reg! Truly amazing! Just imagine if that was at 60 or 100' and your closest buddy was 15' away!!!

[@AG-di5uj]

I just ran out of last week but I knew it was coming . Thankfully my buddy was there for me and we were able to managed safely but it is truly the worse feeling I have experienced. This guys made it alive and it what counts . I will keep my bright yellow octopus. Check ur air every 3 mins- seems this guy had a big leak

[@MarcinEsperanto]

Good video! I think your buddy's second was free flowing because of the current which I see was quite strong and might push the diaphragm. Good to see all ended up ok. Safe diving!

[@TheMrMarkW]

You did amazingly well. Calm under pressure. And failures of HP gauges are more common than people know - they still have an o-ring in which can fail.

[@alexanderhay5500]

This is one reason why my recreational kit is setup just like my tech kit....I use a 7ft hose and a short hose on a necklace....this would have come in handy for the troubled diver.

[@alisongrundy9977]

Alexander Hay spot on

[@chipperdrewski]

Best possible setup

[@edmundsisino2285]

Alexander Hay stay within the rule of thirds. Configuration can only get you so far. I dive long hose on a single as well, btw.

[@AuburnAquanaut]

I live fairly close to the St.Lawrence and have dove there a few times. The current can be crazy at times, nice job staying calm.

[@Yggdrasil42]

I see I made the right choice to go with a sidemount setup with long hose. It’s nice to have redundancy and be able to feather my valve. The long hose is definitely easier than this mess of having the octopus integrated with the inflator. Thanks for sharing this vid. Always educational to see.

[@chrisgreenwood271]

I know nothing about diving, but you guys managed to stay calm job well done.

[@paakss]

dude that is a friend you have there perfect team work!

[@lizzylizzy7550]

whoaaaaaa good job on not panicking and the teamwork!

[@luxlifecoaching]

I've done that dive, and made the mistake of letting go, That current is unreal (and I'm an experienced diver) but well done. Unless you've been in those waters, it's hard to understand the pressure trying to manouver with that current. I for one would probably not done as well.

[@dime275]

I love the Vickery. No need to use the rope coming back. Simply leave the bow of the ship, hit the wall and slowly ascend while following the rope the whole way. I only need the rope when up and over the wall in about 30 feet of water near the big basket.

[@Yggdrasil42]

scot shanley No need to be condescending. She already recognizes she would’ve performed worse. Hopefully that’ll lead her to take more training and do OOA drills during regular diving. In the meantime these divers made some big mistakes but also did plenty of things right and succeeded to reach the surface relatively safely. Lots of things they could’ve done better obviously.

[@davidoski]

Use always too second stages, one separate from the other, and the emergency one with extra centimeters.... This is a crazy video and lucky you for handle the situation, hope for the next you learnt how to do it faster!

[@mcpower116_lI]

Buddy system works nicely. Congrats. This is very important video for who don't mind the buddy system. Safety is the most important thing.

[@Engineer9736]

Someone who followed any diving course will know that they need a buddy and an octopus (alternative air supply). Someone who has not followed a diving course should not be diving.

[@OutdoorSurThrival]

Great buddy/team work!

[@marianobarrionorte]

Great Job, guys!!!

[@zacharmy2011]

These guys have nerves of steel good job

[@TheMuhaAdventures]

Anything can happen, when I dive with my girlfriend and kids I’m always on them to check their gauges!! So important. This team of divers did a good job ! Getting to the surface and sharing air

[@thegamerboneless2864]

O man this was rough to watch, I’m very glad you guys made it out. Way to improvise.

[@piter85hh]

Great team work

[@InfiniteBlue_]

Imagine how this could have ended without the rope.... Good Teamwork guys!

[@fabryvr59]

molto bravo il compagno!

[@mike2652]

Thank goodness everyone was close by. Things like this can end tragically if you panic.

[@sharathpaps]

Excellent team work on the part of everyone involved, especially in not panicking. Congrats. I got a SpareAir for myself for exactly situations like this.

[@MyScubasteve]

no you have not? no diver carries a spare air?

[@TheMrMarkW]

I dive a twinset with dual 1st stages and the ability to shutdown each side and isolate. Best case scenario would be a pony here in this situation. a spare air at 25m is 3 breaths. Not enough to get you anywhere near the surface without getting bent.

[@MyScubasteve]

@TheCuilinn No You are wrong, at the very minimum I carry a pony when single tank diving. When I dive a twin set I have two easily isolated sources of breathing mixture. I did a test at 30 m with a pony when I worked abroad as a DM. From 30m a 3 lt pony will only just and I mean just get you to the surface at 18m per min and that is without taking into account stress factor and a higher ROB and in warm water! Thats when I went tech. I carry a 7lt stage now for anything over 30m. Previously as a DM for the busiest cert centre in the world I saw loads of arrogant, stupid people. I remember saving one guy who confident and arrogant he was bounded over to me with a zero contents gauge at 30 m. I was not HIS DM BTW. Spare air's are for life guards plain and simple.

[@MyScubasteve]

@TheCuilinn Thats ok you re a wanker anyway.

[@MyScubasteve]

@TheCuilinn well because I had to carry out an inwater rescue for one guy who died because he was a stupid as you are? As you are so clever what is the weight difference between salt and fresh and how would that effect absolute pressure? or raising an item from depth?

[@denniswilcox6658]

I used to dive that wreck back in the late 70's early 80's with 2 other divers and my wife. The shallow part of that wreck has extremely fast current as I can attest to. Matter of fact the deepest dive I ever made in the St. Lawrence was off the wreck with one of the guys I used to dive with. We were recovering some stuff from the bottom in 195'. This the wreck just south of the AlexBay bridge or actually west I guess it would be. You can actually swim under it on the stern. I had a similar situation on the Keystorm up river a few miles when certifying an open water class. We carried all manner of safety gear though, I had a 30 cu.ft. bail out on my main tank with separate regulator and also a BC with a bottle fill device that could be used in a dire emergency for breathing if one had to. I look back on it on some of the dives we did back then and being much older now I am amazed we did what we did! Great fun though. Stayed at Kewaaden State Park and kept our boat up there outfitted for diving there all year.

[@BihansGMVs]

I’m a diver and love watching videos like this. What they did right what they did wrong how to deal with the situation next time etc. I refuse to dive with anyone who I don’t feel comfortable with and they gotta have a octopus 😂

[@ereynoldful3974]

As Jill Heinerth says, don't dive with someone that's FEAR-LESS. prep for every single thing that can go wrong. And yeah, a lot of videos everyone has an opinion. I mostly learn from KZbin videos that there are a lot of "dive Instructors" 🙄 these days. I see a lot of vacation divers being weighed down too much.

[@frankie7348]

Brilliant teamwork

[@IJ_uk]

it's good to see the comments here. I've been looking at alot of diving incidents on KZbin and out of the 10 or so I've looked at this seems to be the only one where the the divers seem to do things correctly. Other videos seems to be inexperienced and stupidity. I'm currently setting up a new recreational kit and I'm using a long hose configuration as I feel there is a significant benefit. I'm also removing all hose protectors which you get on the ends so it's possible to fully check for damage. (I'm not suggesting poorly maintained equipment in your video though). thanks again for your feedback on this dive.

[@tal7960]

This is why is it important to practice out of air drills with buddies

[@robmiller5818]

I'm a new diver (recently got my aoc) and have a question. I 100% understand wanting the long hose, but why not have it as the bright yellow octo hose? I'm not comfortable giving away my primary (why have two people trying to put in and clear a reg) as opposed to having a long hose octo? The diver with the inflator reg seems to be having issues keeping it in their mouth? The bcd i have (dimension i3) has a place to fold your octo hose over and tuck it in, just leaving the reg stickin out front with the rest of the hose tucked under my arm against my body. My dive buddy and I have practiced a few times and it's very easy to see and grab the reg and just pull the hose out for use, while keeping the line tucked up so it doesnt get entangled.

[@jwj500]

Well done guys!

[@obliviousdude9437]

This looked fine at first. Nothing wrong with the integrated octo, at least at first. Out of air diver signals, second diver hands him his primary, and starts breathing from the integrated octo. But then at some point somebody is actually buddy breathing with the out of air diver. WTH is that about?

[@newaysss]

i also thought the same..why did they change and started buddy breathing if everybody already had a reg lol just end the dive as is.. maybe more info for the viewers

[@boldtravelerph5072]

Its stressful situation but managed to get into surface... Im glad no one hurt.. Double check your gears before jumping into the water guys

[@dang2651]

Glad everyone was safe.

[@indianmarine2313]

No panic, team work, Technics.... Good job guys!

[@nachodelvallee]

0:15 he shake it just in case it is stuck lmao

[@benz110hr]

Very good buddy

[@H2Dwoat]

Hi, when you say came off was it a failure of the connector or was it accidentally disconnected?

[@Hartleymolly]

I don’t know what happened, but i’am glad they are alive my God

[@wesniper]

Dude you guys don't carry octopus!

[@divingquokka]

Are you blind? He gets his buddy's octopus (after first taking his regular). His own octopus would be useless because of the pressure loss in the system.

[@austinbowles2103]

Waseem Mattar like the guy infront could not find it at first saw it im the bwck floating around

[@chookchack]

the buddy is using a octo integrated inflator, as you can see he gave his primary 2nd stage to his buddy then used his inflator as octo. the second guy has an octo but wrong hose color, should have a bright yellow hose. im intrigued why they kept on kicking even though they are holding on a rope, you're just consuming more air. Nice buddy breath though.

[@HinMLee]

His HP is leaking, not his second stage.

[@HinMLee]

The buddy is using a integrated inflator/regulator and that hose is normally black. I have not seen a yellow inflator hose for sale yet so maybe someone ought to make one.

[@kathyweigelhi-lophotovideo2984]

You better buy that buddy a beer:)

[@jjoaocostalima]

I want to slap the diver. Taking others oxigen like its mine ... Punxh him.

[@samuelbadger4371]

@@jjoaocostalima he would’ve died...?

[@jjoaocostalima]

@@samuelbadger4371 so would the other?? He must stay calm and wait for his turn...

[@ChiII_BiII]

Only thing I would prefer to see is one diver stepping in to be the air donor before the ascent starts. The divers are all so close to each other and fiddling with gear while also trying to climb the line. One step at a time, secure the diver, provide air, make sure they are okay, and start the ascent. Easy to say here from the couch. Just glad it ended okay.

[@Bahcrie]

Well handled 👍

[@fatbottomedgirl8535]

What happened to the other reg that you had to share air?

[@elisaq8956]

Awesome well done

[@RichardSlater]

Calmness saved lives that day

[@chriscussion]

How deep were you before you realized your equipment malfunctioned?

[@robsenz.]

Intense vid, what depth were you at approx here?

[@carlokop556]

No air as result of a high pressure port leak is rare. It can take over 30 minutes for your tank to be empty. Yes ok this is at the end of a dive with already low air. One thing I know for sure, I will never dive with someone who only has a secondary reg on their inflator hose.

[@DiscoveryDiversTokyo]

This was my thought, too...also wondering the reason for water in the regs...

[@BigJoe4189]

Good drill 👍🏼 don’t panic, the only way to survive

[@bloudiving5643]

really, you just kidding

[@BigJoe4189]

Blou Diving If you a diver , one thing that will keeps you alive is not to panic, act quick. It’s one thing he is not checking his gauge, I check mine every 5mins.

[@pandabear870]

Wow! Good job staying calm! This is a perfect example as to why I have a 19cf pony bottle. What Happened to your other buddies secondary?

[@LogansAdventures]

+bryce andrade I am very not sure. I know one of his secondaries was on a long hose and probably got knocked out when all of this was happening.

[@pandabear870]

+ScubaLogan. Either way good comunication between you guys. Thats for sure.

[@VetInTheWater]

Really good video! I'm starting the Divemaster course and have just been looking around for videos of divers in emergency situations, just to get a sense of what could happen and how the poeple reacted in those situations. This is the best one! You did everything right and it's very educational, shows the importance of the buddy system and always remaining calm! What happened at mid-video though? It looked like your uddy started drifting/ascending?

[@AlexPoutineVids]

Yeah, this was a comedy of errors. Not at all correct procedures, and I'm hoping that during your dmt they teach you why.

[@timonkittlaus3120]

okay yes they made some errors but we weren't in the situation so I find it hard to judge here. in the end it worked out...

[@gabewilliam1780]

Dude I like the one guys computer,I think it's an Aeris Atmos AI like mine😂👍🏼

[@henerymag]

This anywhere near Brockville Ont.? I dove on the Eastcliff Hall a few years after she sunk. Quite the current there.

[@Magdroq]

Good job they stayed together and managed to get up safely. Imo there was some panic when he couldt find an octopus. When there was an octopus available this would have been so much easier and less stressful.

[@pjmvdbroek]

Consider using a long hose (7ft) on your primary reg, because the out of gas diver has more room to manouver

[@NZBloodshoT]

Entanglement?

[@pjmvdbroek]

In a Hoghartian configuration hoses run close to your body, so entanglement is not an issue

[@NZBloodshoT]

Good to know. I did have to search up what a Hoghartian configuration it seems like it would a good set up I think Id have to try it first to put my mind at ease though, Ive been entangled before and its always in the back of my mind now.

[@HinMLee]

I got a long hose to alleviate jaw stress and I have not regretted it.

[@boris2342]

this is why we check our equipment before every dive

[@o.antonio]

Thank you for sharing this, but i don't understand, the buddy didn't had an octopus and used the hose?!

[@justriley9157]

Best video ever great dinner you can have after

[@scubasteveandunderwaterroc3547]

Wait did your Buddies reg fail to?

[@tylerozzy4443]

May be a dumb question but why couldn't he pench off the line that seems to me to dead head into that regulator/ monitoring device where the air seem to be leaking from.... I know nothing about diving as you can tell. And if you exhale through that jobby that was leaking well then you'd just let off of the line then pinch it off again and breath? Am I wrong?

[@Yggdrasil42]

That’s not the same hose you breathe from. Yes, bending it to block it would’ve worked probably. But the diver also commented that both his regulators had trouble too, almost like there was a loss of pressure in the first stage, making breathing off them impossible. Really strange and I’m now sure how that would happen. Makes a good case for bringing a truly redundant setup though.

[@k956upg]

I keep my main on a longer hose as that’s the one people grab..my octopus is equally expensive apecs & hangs round my neck by my chest in yellow so I can find it in pitch black super easy. Having twins with isolatable sides then 2 gauges 2 inflators & one reg each side with a mixer valve helps too.

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

They were like 3m under water?

[@bryanlee1887]

A longhose configuration would have been perfect for this kind of situation...

[@olivermatich2818]

Bryan Lee forreal. This video makes me want to switch to the hogarthian hose setup a lot.

[@danmarelli551]

One buddy has a safe second/octopus and one doesn't, I thought the training industry had standardized this. But when you take a 2-day or 2-weekend scuba training course anything is possible. The failure was either a result of the HP hose separating from the fitting or the HP fitting becoming disconnected from the gauge (the latter is unlikely because the HP fitting would have had to thread itself off the gauge and the diver would have noticed leaking from the console for a while). This potential failure would have been caught by inspection and oring replacement during annual service. Thye did pretty good on air sharing except I don't understand why the diver is sharing with multiple divers, one who is unequipped to help their buddy.

[@GeeDee1810]

I‘m new to diving and just did my open water. Just curious, why did they share the main regulator instead of giving the out of air diver the secondary emergency regulator?

[@nicklievore1739]

GeeDee1810 a air 2 setup uses a backup setup that only the user can use. KZbin air 2 and it may make more sense. Primary reg having the longer hose in this case goes to the one in trouble.

[@J__Mitchell]

They didnt have an octopus setup for a spare regulator, so they shared the main one. Important note: it might look like they're panicking but they did a very good job at taking care if each other, look at 1:27 he caught the diver that let go of the line even though they're under so much pressure in that situation. You can see how strong the current is by how fast the bubbles are pulled away from them. They did a good job 👌👍👏

[@dianebays5484]

And that, my friends, is why you always have a dive partner.

[@briangrafton2156]

How was this diver after r resurfacing?

[@jonathanbreckenridge4758]

Im confused. Isnt there supposed to be 2 breathers from one tank for situations just like this? Why were they sharing one??

[@macguyification]

Some of these guys need their certs revoked if we’re being honest.

[@lisakn27]

Wasn't his fault..it was equipment failure.

[@twayne4608]

Read description. Divers handled this situation so well 10/10.

[@jonathanbradley4896]

They did fine, how would you have handled a high pressure hose/spg leak any better?

[@romanzalyautdinov]

Очень эмоциональное видео, сам как будто это пережил. Ныряю часто один, очень отрезвляет

[@snandlal2766]

Where is the buddy's second stage regulator octopus? Why are they buddy breathing?

[@mkmorg484]

This is why I have a pony rig ALWAYS! I’ll gladly take the little weight of a 20cf to be self sufficient when doubles aren’t being used.

[@gdolloway]

This looks like maybe the Vickey? I hope they did better training after that. And dumped that integrated air. Yes everyone is alive and made it is the good part. But the cluster that was there shows the lack of training. Glad you’re all ok, hope you furthered your education.

[@mustlovemusic45]

Do you remember the PSI of your buddies?

[@ros879]

What happened with his air? Did it leak out?

[@user-ru1yg2ig5y]

What's the depth there?

[@agent.4715]

Why did the first guy not have an alternate air source? And why did they pannic so much, it’s easy to solve you just need to relax and tell Your buddy out of air so he can give you his alternate air source? It’s a part of the cert course

[@saketgokhale4291]

Recently about a month ago, I was at 30 meters with just 10 bars left.. Had gone down to 48.3 meters as there was a Thresher Shark just a few meters away from me. Was there at that depth for some time and when I checked at the oxygen left, it was just 60 bars left at 48 meters.. Fortunately there was a dive guide with me so we started coming up and at 30 meters I had just 10 bars left so had to use the octopus of the guide. Decompression time was 14-17 minutes.. Crazy! However the guide had enough air left and we made the safety stops and came up.

[@UWfalcin]

You better keep checking that air dude! Especially at those depths, god damn

[@saketgokhale4291]

@@UWfalcin :-)

[@jalspach9215]

You said "oxygen". You're not a diver.

[@saketgokhale4291]

@@jalspach9215 I realized that mistake immediately after I wrote it but was too lazy to correct it 😛😃

[@christopherthomas8722]

Am I the only one who noticed how the donate always ended up being the primary after the diver fiddles for a brief second trying to find the octo? Doesn’t this just reinforce primary donates philosophy?

[@pn9358]

I would never dive without a buddy with an octo on his rig.

[@alohapetrovsky]

У меня такой вопрос...а где второй регулятор запасной?

[@scubamarilu]

Some divers don't know the word: maintenance

[@oceanman3804]

Didn't they have emerges regulators?