Had a first stage turn into a grenade at 60 ft in the Ginnie ballroom once. Audible BANG and hiss from air gushing. Shut down the tank and flashed a buddy, but there was a second where the air was gone and I was holding my breath that took all my self control to stay cool. Big props to this guy.

@ppo2424

Жыл бұрын

Are you sure it wasn't the o ring on the tank that went?

@Sherwoody

Жыл бұрын

I had my reg freeflow once. The water temp was 5°C and my regs froze. My dive buddy grabbed my BCD and guided me to the surface. I sipped from the stream until my tank emptied and shared his tank the rest of the way up. Luckily we were only 45 to 50 feet down. A week later my buddy had the same thing happen to him 90 feet down on a wreck in Lake Erie.

@diverdave4056

Жыл бұрын

what brand name failed on you ?

@Sherwoody

Жыл бұрын

@@diverdave4056 my first stage is a Cressi. I’ve used them in cold water before (under ice) and have had no issues. Both my primary (Cressi) and my octo (Sherwood) free flowed. I took my regs in for service and had them inspected. The tech couldn’t find anything of note, and just cleaned them up. I get them serviced every year. They worked fine the rest of the season. I would have hated to be under ice when it blew.

@visionofmalkav

Жыл бұрын

@@diverdave4056 in my case the brand wasn't at fault. The tech who'd serviced it cross threaded and stripped the main bolt holding the stage together. Once it had cycled between 3000psi and ambient a few times the stress popped that main bolt out of the housing on the fourth dive. We went back down afterwards on backup gear to find all the parts because we wanted to see how it failed.

Over 20 years as a PADI instructor, I have never seen this happen. Glad he was a calm diver!!

@Jbmc65

Жыл бұрын

Darrel, I am a padi certified diver. I have not been diving for 2 summers, I want to get a book to go over the course again to refresh my brain. I am also going to take a refresher course prior to diving but would really love to obtain the manual again, where can I get one?

@annabizaro-doo-dah

Жыл бұрын

What would happen if it happened and you lost your air just as you breathed out...Woody always says blow bubbles on the way up to avoid lung expansion injury. If you've no air in your lungs do you just hold your breath because ? (Non diver here obvs)

@darrelrhyne4332

Жыл бұрын

@@annabizaro-doo-dah buoyant emergency assent, drop your weights and get to the surface as fast as you can and hope somebody there knows how to deal with a scuba emergency. Probably get the “bends” depending on the depth and amount of residual nitrogen in your system

@paulchristopher8634

Жыл бұрын

Sorry but he doesn’t look like a calm diver to me. He ascending to the surface too fast putting himself at risk of the bends surely

@BobMuskFan

Жыл бұрын

Man you should always have a plan b otherwise you're just an amateur.

Videos like this are the reason that I’d always prefer buddy diving, even for a dive I’ve done a million times. Also a brilliant demonstration of why redundancies in diving are important.

@Abyssdiver

Жыл бұрын

I would dive solo before diving with you or any other stranger for that matter. I can rely on my extra gear and training, I can not rely on someone with low skills that is more apt to get me into trouble and drown me. Yes I am solo certified

@maksdegek1

Жыл бұрын

@@Abyssdiver so you are automaticaly asuming someone else is less experienced... lol bruh you back must realy hurt from carrying all that ego around xD

@Abyssdiver

Жыл бұрын

@@maksdegek1 Umm no I am not automatically assuming because I know.... There are only a HANDFUL of us out there with the training and experience I have and you ARE NOT one of them. How do I know this you ask? Because I don't know you that is why. Now you can think what ever the hell you want "bruh"... Are you certified for rebreathers? Are you certified for deep saturation diving? Have you made $35,000 in one month from your diving skills? Did you train to dive initially with a Seal team? Are you just running your mouth? The only yes answer would be the last question. The only reason my back hurts is from carrying around weak low IQ people like yourself that think they know it all. Try carrying around a log all day long on the ocean front getting beat by waves and watching your buddy next to you drown just to be revived and keep on going. Put that in your fkn pipe and smoke it ya PADI-WACKER soi boi diver....

@maksdegek1

Жыл бұрын

@@Abyssdiver i stopped reading after the first sentence bruh u need to calm down man nobody is even gonna want to dive with you if you keep talking like this

@Abyssdiver

Жыл бұрын

@@maksdegek1 "BRUH" You are fknclueless aren't you... You can run the fknmouth and not listen. Be careful because your padiwacker dive buddy may just drown you... Now you can proceed to gofkyerself with your cheap $3 dive knife you PADI-WACKER

I’ve told the story of THIS EXACT failure happening to me about 20 years ago many times. I was lucky enough to have just completed my Rescue cert 3 days earlier AND my dive buddy that day also took the course with me. He spotted the primary stage failure immediately. We managed a controlled ascent, from 103’ with safety stop all while sharing air, and got a burger and beer after. That was the last time I ever dove rental regulators. Freaked me out a bit, but I was in the water again, with my newly purchased regulators, that weekend. I still check the O-rings on tanks religiously.

@ms.bunniesarecute2287

Жыл бұрын

Do the o-rings rott quickly with salt water? Or is just beginner divers not respecting the rental equipment? That sounds so terrifying 😳

@toadou8127

Жыл бұрын

Sun exposure (UV), kills O-rings on Yolk valves, because they are exposed to the environment. DIN regulators do not suffer from this, as the sealing O-ring is on the Regulator, and is protected by a "dust cap".

You know why he is so chill? He's got a 13 lb pony tank.

Commend this guy for keeping his cool and getting to the surface. I wouldn't solo to that depth. He got lucky nothing else went wrong.

I am absolutely shocked at the calm this guy has over losing his main air supply. Legend. 😦

@danko1764

Жыл бұрын

Don’t have much choice but to be calm when it’s your life on the line

@ThatGirlMintz

Жыл бұрын

@Lucie abrac idk man. He seemed way to calm and knew exactly what to do as a “noob”

I use my AL13 as the O2 bottle for my choptima. And that’s it. My deco stages or pony bottles are 40s. I gotta saw the only reason the 13 worked for this dude is that he is extremely calm, almost like nothing happened, which is not how most of us would react. Good on him man,that’s impressive. I mean spearos are really a different breed man

I gotta say to Gus and Woody that your guys styles really compliment each other, your ability to break down situations thoroughly while keeping it interesting/entertaining is second to none, it really comes through how serious you guys take what you do and genuinely use the footage and situations to teach people from making mistakes and/or what was done correctly with respect and care, true professionals here, well done as always fellas.

I love the funny episodes where Gus and Woody disagree.!🤣😂 their reactions to each other are hilarious. I love this channel. My favorite Channel on KZread!

@StandedInUtah

Жыл бұрын

They remind me of an old TV show from the 1970's, The Odd Couple. Gus is being so logical and serious about something and suddenly Woody will start talking about Octopuses and their alien origins. Gus just will just lose the plot after being reminded of the fact that Octopuses are Aliens!! Just love their chemistry.

@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293

Жыл бұрын

I know, I've been deep in the Dive Talk rabbit hole for the past week 😅. Excellent channel, so engrossing every time.

I agree that a 13cf bottle is too small for most situations. I took your advice on a previous Q@A and purchased a 40cf tank. I think on a deep dive like this one having that extra bit of air even if it wasn't much is worth it. It kept him from panic and ultimately probably saved his life. Some redundancy is better than none at all, and you can't always rely on a buddy to save you, like in the situation with Gus where they got separated and he had his incident alone. You guys are the best, keep up the good work😎

@fkrioters1000

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. It very much depends on depth what minimum size is appropriate. For 130ft or less, I like to have a 19cu, which is enough to handle something like a light-entanglement, ascent, and safety stop. I rarely go to 130ft, and almost never deeper, so it works for me, and I carry it on every dive. It's pretty mind-blowing he managed this on 13cu, I fully expected him to just blow through the safety stop.

@arjanwesselink3418

Ай бұрын

😅​@@fkrioters1000

When I was reading the book Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson. Which is about famous wreck diver John Chatterton. His buddy is a captain of a dive boat in New Jersey. The captain picks up something on sonar at 200 feet off the New Jersey coast. He takes John Chatterton out so he can dive on it and see what it is. John finds a German U-boat resting on the sea floor and about craps his pants 😂. There is no record of a U-boat off the jersey coast. In the book you get to read about the accidents and people die trying to solve this mystery. John calls one of his buddies a Sand Dart in the book. Its what they call people who rocket from the surface to the bottom and rocket right back to the surface. On a dive to the u-boat his buddy goes from the surface to the bottom in like 30 seconds and is out of control and freaking out. He slams into the sand at 220 feet. Then immediately inflates his BC as full as it can get. Then careens back to the surface like a rocket. So John started calling him Sand Dart. The guy was ok and didn’t get the bends. John thought since his bottom time was basically nothing and he descended and ascended so fast. No time for nitrogen to build up. This episode made me think if that. If anyone hasn’t read the book it’s one of my top favorites and it’s a true story. These wreck divers find a German U-Boat right off the Jersey coast. They check the WW2 records from our Navy and Germanys. No mention ever of a U-boat off the Jersey coast. So they are Giddy with a school boy glee. They spend 7 years trying to figure out what U-Boat it is and trying to hide what they are doing. Diving at around 220 feet on air makes things interesting. They change the history books. It’s just a incredible true story. I highly recommend reading it.

@mechanikos84

Ай бұрын

Just ordered it. Thanks!

Racing those bubbles to the surface baby!!!! Dude gets to the surface after a near miss and is like, oh, let me cut this line out of the prop!!!

The prairie dog gif over the pony bottle got me 😂

Actually I've seen this happen. Happened to a dive master in our OWD course five years ago. Stayed calm, communicated with our instructor, he shared his alternate air source and we went back to the surface as a class. It was a powerful lesson in why I would never solo dive and why you should always stay close to your buddy. Diving is beautiful. But it's even more beautiful if you can enjoy it safely.

“I kinda freaked out” most calmest freak out i’ve ever seen! great video!!!

Is it me or do I see a shark at around 9:40 when he is closer to the surface. If so, im extra impressed that he was so calm.

@petergianakopoulos4926

Жыл бұрын

Just you

Moments like this reaffirm your personal commitment to your own training. He handled this well.

When woody said "and we slowly come up together and hold each other." why did I picture gus having to carry woody up to the surface like a groom carrying his bride over the threshold? 🤣

I would be terrified to go diving without a buddy. It’s the only risk mitigation that makes sense with such catastrophic (but entirely possible) equipment failures. 😬 Love the vids. 👍☺️

Found ya'lls channel a week ago, and I can't stop watching. I knew nothing about diving in any capacity, and I've learned SO much from you two. Thank you both for the amazing content and sharing ya'lls knowledge with us all! Love it!

Thank you both for always taking the time out to re explain things for non divers. I've learned so much about diving and cannot wait till I am able to do. You guys are the best...

@jandedick7519

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I’ve learned so much about diving from these two. Not that I’d ever go diving . I prefer to be on land breathing.

Before I sound like a complete a***ole, I am truly glad he made it alive. Saying that, I find it harder and harder to empathize with people attempting such dives with such gear and training. It's simply like watching a dive accident in the making: He decided to go at 180feet: 1) With no buddy 2) In practice on a single tank and no meaningful redundancy (at least in a twin set instead of panicing you simply close a valve and switch to necklace) 3) Carrying also extra (fishing) gear with no streamlining (given the type of his console) 5) Ascending by inflatting his BC. 6) And I would nitpick the brass bolt snaps on the DSMB that shows poor instruction, given than no instructor told him to opt for the steel ones. It's the same as if I hear a story of a driver that attempted to drive drunk a fast car at a german Autobahn, with loose brakes, steering wheel that sometimes stucks, and 15-year old tires. Well, I hope they make it home, but if they don't they tried their best not to. P/S: Was he diving trimix? :P

This dude is a pro Zen master! Major respect for the chill and just do step by step

@TheGologozo

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that was impressive!!! Probably too angry to be afraid...?? 😁

@lawrencediver2720

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGologozo he is also a freediver

I’m totally not a diver so I really appreciate you guys taking it down to my level every once in a while. Love this channel and always have found it super interesting as a non-diver. Great video guys!

8:25 That exhaling the whole way up is a creepy concept. I was on submarines in the navy and during escape training they told us, had we ever needed to escape from a downed sub, once we exit the escape hatch we need to go "ho, ho, ho" continuously the entire way up. Like you said, so our lungs don't explode. Creepy.

@Shadowm572

Жыл бұрын

I remember doing that in submarine school. We had the benefit of having the hoods which would act like an air pocket while ascending to the surface and also inflating. Because we had the air pocket that’s probably why they said say ho ho ho. Too bad that’s one drill we never practiced. Would have made life on board a lot more entertaining. 😂🎉

@philhughes3882

Жыл бұрын

@@Shadowm572 - That’s pretty much the same method used in WW2 to escape from those floating tank things used on D Day. When it came to practicing it, the drop out rate was unusually high. So these tank crews were ok about potentially being blown to bits but couldn’t hack just practicing escaping from a sunken tank. And they still use the same 80yr old method?

@Shadowm572

Жыл бұрын

@@philhughes3882 Don’t know about 80 years ago but I went through BESS in 2001 right out of boot camp so probably. EDIT: the government doesn’t believe in changing things that have already proven to work. Even if their are more efficient and safer ways of doing things. Especially if it’s going to cost money. That’s bureaucracy for ya.

@TheNuckinFoob

Жыл бұрын

@@Shadowm572 haha the Steinke hood! That's what we had, too. I heard they have full body suits now but I never saw them. Did you get the briefing from the corpsman about piercing your eardrums prior to escape? It sounded awful but I bet it still would've been a crazy experience.

@TheNuckinFoob

Жыл бұрын

@@Shadowm572 BESS in 01? Who are you? I went through in 01.

Stay calm. Calm under pressure. The only way out..thank you for sharing this. Nuggets of wisdom at every turn.

Hi guys, just wanted to say thank you. I'm getting my first scuba certification this weekend aiming to one day get to cave level. Thank you for being such an inspiration for us. Love you guys

@iamgroot4080

Жыл бұрын

We had a terrible instructor and give up on diving. I hope You will have better luck

@ppo2424

Жыл бұрын

One step at a time,enjoy the journey.

I appreciate seeing a video of a diver calmly handling a pretty gnarly at depth situation. It is good to have that image of calmness stored in the memory bank … just in case. He did a great job. I wonder if he practices skill drills (like out of air) on a regular basis. I didn’t sense any panic at all. I also appreciate the informed discussion around Pony Bottles. i am getting ready to purchase one, so this info is great to have.

Gus: "That's my ankle." 😂

Gus & Woody, thank you for another fun video. Also, thank you for explaining the stages. I'm a non-diver and I didn't know what they were. I remember when I first heard about 1st and 2nd stages the diver was on open circuit and diving doubles and I thought the stages were the different tanks. So, thanks again for continuing to explain stuff to us non-divers. I have learned a lot from your videos and I use what I've learned from you guys, plus showing the video of Fangorn Forest, to get friends and co-workers to check out your channel. Love you guys!

@ppo2424

Жыл бұрын

You have stage tanks, not to be confused with first and second stage on a regulator

Thank you for explaining the equipment at the end, Gus! I was confused by what actually happened (non-diver) so was gonna comment with that exact question

I've been watching a channel where they rescue seals; and that fishing line is an actual nightmare for the marine life. It wraps around their neck, then as they grow; it begins cutting their head off because the line doesn't stretch.

Its not the cursing for me it’s imagining being this person. Its instant empathy. 8:59 maneuvering with those gloves would have drove me nuts. He was good. No panic

Impressed with how calm he was great video guys

I don't even do long hikes or long bike rides alone. There is always the chance of something unexpectedly bad happening & being alone just adds to the risk.

Hello guys! Can’t wait to see what’s on today’s adventure! I’m Not working right now but when i find something I want to become a member. You two are great!

I have always wanted to learn how to SCUBA dive and get myself certified until I had my tonsils removed when I was almost 19yrs old. About a year and a half later I was swimming in a pool and went to do a flip turn in 3 feet of water and almost drowned...Nobody bothered to tell me how beneficial tonsils are when it comes to swimming. I was a special facilities lifeguard for Wet N'Wild, captain of my high schools varsity swim team was a swim instructor for 1 summer blah blah blah. I'll be 45 years old this December and I am still not SCUBA certified I've never even tried snorkeling because of almost drowning doing a flip turn in 3ft of water 25yrs ago. Glad I found this channel. You guys are great. And I know im not the only one who learns a lot from watching your videos👍😘

As a non diver I really appreciate the short explanations about what things mean.

Such a hard video to watch! Thank you guys so much for showing no matter how experienced you are every dive is dangerous. 🙏 Much respect to you guys I truly have learned so much watching your videos! 🙏💪❤

Awesome work guys, I will never dive, but your experiences help understand what I'm seeing, thank you 🇨🇦🍁

@petergianakopoulos4926

Жыл бұрын

You vote Trudeau?

@marionbowler5440

Жыл бұрын

@@petergianakopoulos4926 NO, NOT EVER 🇨🇦

@petergianakopoulos4926

Жыл бұрын

@@marionbowler5440 you are ok then

Thank you for making incredibly informative and approachable content on diving that even lay people with a fear of deep water can understand! Random question, what are y’all’s shirt sizes? I’m feeling inspired.

Any type of redundant supply is useful, because... how does that saying go? We can fix bent but we can't fix drowned? He has a small pony for practical reasons, as it attaches directly to his primary steel bottle. Easier than side-slinging an AL40 for example, lighter than doubles, etc. Another reason his 13cf tank was enough is he didn't panic - that takes a lot of experience. Still have no clue WTF he's doing at 180ft on a single tank, most likely on air (21%), etc.

This is a fantastic emergency safety discussion for this reaction.

I'm new to your channel, discovered it just a few days ago, and have watched many episodes already. I find it all fascinating, a bit scary and wonderful all at once. Thank you for explaining the first and second stage terms. I'd heard them in previous videos but did not know what they meant. Every episode I learn something new (ex: NDL today) which makes the following videos more interesting because I know what this word or that term means.

Glad he was able to make it out alive!!!!! Great video guys!!!

It happened to me in Cozemel on a drift dive. But only at 45ft and just moments after reaching dive depth. I was not alone and could never imagine diving alone.

@petergianakopoulos4926

Жыл бұрын

Your story isn't better

@juliebarsky6761

Жыл бұрын

@@petergianakopoulos4926 was not a competition. Not a better story. Just sharing it happened to me. So sorry to disappoint yfa

@petergianakopoulos4926

Жыл бұрын

@@juliebarsky6761 most people do

I am not a cave diver or diver of any kind but I am addicted to your videos! I am collecting a weath of knowledge I am sure I will never use, but it is so damn entertaining! lol I havent see you react to any movies but I recently watched "Thirteen Lives" about the Tham Luang cave rescue and I think it would be so interesting to hear your guys take on the situation and the actual practical skills of the reenactors! Fingers crossed. Stay awesome.

Absolutely love you videos guys. Binge watching all of them. I'm not a diver. I have done it when I was younger, early 20s. Fell in love with it when doing it in the red sea. Had full intentions of training and getting certified had all the money saved up and had most equipment bought. Then i was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in my mid 20s and never really done anything else about it as I didn't know if this would put a stop to me being able to dive. Keep the videos coming. Love the reaction ones.

I just found your channel always been fascinated with diving even tho I have a phobia of the ocean (idk how to spell it) I love you guys videos so much very interesting and awesome keep up the good work

Hey guys can't wait to watch, hope you all have a good week, cheers 😊 always have ya buddie.

I'm not a diver but man do I love your channel! Thank you for the content!

In open water, I always dive with a 19 cu ft pony below 60'. You don't like ponies (they are a bit of a complication), don't dive with them. Sure, keep close to your buddy but one still has an option when the buddy takes off after something or you're otherwise separated. First stage free flows at depth, no problem. This guy knows what he's doing. Impressive. Good vid. Thank you.

@diver11b1p2

Жыл бұрын

I think they don't like pony bottles b/c it gives you a false sense of security!

Thanks for the upload, guys!! Love that jacket Woody! Such a fine wine

I love that you guys take the time to explain all of this stuff, I have never dived in my life but have always been fascinated by it; I'm just too chicken shit to try it. Love your channel, thanks guys.

@christenagervais7303

9 ай бұрын

My feelings exactly!

Hey Dive Talk, new sub here! Not a diver, but find your videos fascinating. There are a few phrases that are glossed over like what an SNB is / how useful it is. Love all your knowledge, you two are lovely together!

I am really curious as to what caused it to fail like that. Certainly a frightening situation and props to him for keeping a cool head.

@TheOitzu

Жыл бұрын

Looking at the point of failure... Maybe cross threaded screw?

@scooterdogg7580

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was a reg tech for for years , first stages tend to fail in the open position , generally causing severe free flow of second stage , extremely rare usually caused by neglect or improper service , Apex used to make regs for zeagle , I would really like to see what the regulator looked like inside , something odd there

Maybe he was super calm because he had reassurance of the 13 cu ft. Therefore the pony did have a use. As always, great video and learned something. Thanks Guys

Hey guys 👍cool Video as always 👌i think solo diving is such a big risk. He was extremly calm and knew what he was doing. If He would have paniced the outcome would be different, especialy alone.

I love that Gus puts in the metric to SI units and vice versa.

This is a crazy situation. At least he made it out safe, should have had a buddy with him as-well

180 feet? Oh you mean 54 m? Ah ok 😀

If you were going for the CMAS two star calculations (that's advanced open water diver, he is clearly on a better level than that). You would calculate a SAC (surface air consumption) of 20 liters/minute, but a stress factor of 2. Depth at 55 meters, giving 6.5 bars of surrounding pressure at the bottom, but the whole ascend the average pressure is half (3.25 bars.). 6 minutes ascend (for every start of 10 meters you add one minute). This gives you 20 liters/min * 2 (stress factor)* 3.25 bars * 6 minutes = 780 liters, which would give some 27.54 cu ft of air needed for ascend without safety stop. He made it on a 13 cu ft bottle, because he could keep calm, and had a very good air consumption. Some details I do find very interesting not disclosed is whether if he was on pure air, when it happened, because then the he could have been pretty narced, while 56 meters is the MOD for air, the partial nitrogen pressure at that level is no joke. It is pretty impressive how he handled it.

@1985rbaek

Жыл бұрын

​@@FreddyNietzsche. I agree, and would probably also do the same, and get positive buoyancy as quickly as possible adjusting the rate of ascend afterwards. If the stage is blown (this might be the last chance to establish positive buoyancy without dropping weights. Dropping weights will mean you can't establish neutral buoyancy again, uncontrolled ascend). As air expands on the way up, you can let air out of the BCD, but you aren't able to put non existing air into it. However this is not the basis of the calculations. As those are based on controlled ascend for two divers meaning you should carry 1560 liters of reserve, as you don't dive alone in CMAS 2 star basis certificate. I guess that he as a single diver would have similar calculations to be done. People with reserve flasks should consider at least a 30 cu ft bottle (if they exist), if no deco and recreational. I think that Dive talk is pretty much right in their assessment for a 40 cu ft bottle. I would guess that he was used to use the reserve bottle as a deco - or safety stop bottle, as he could find it in a high stress situation without issue. It was not only self-control, but also being very consistent with his equipment. But then again, I am well in to speculation here, and I am not a technical diver (in the dive club they usually use a dual bottle - long hose setup or rebreather, and not a single bottle setup one like him).

Wow! I’m glad you’ve never seen this happen woody. Makes me feel slightly better😂

Loved this one thanks guys

I’m not a diver, but watching you guys has definitely peeked my interest!!! Also, thanks for explaining first stage vs second stage towards the end of this video. I always wondered what that meant when you mentioned it in other videos… Have you guys ever thought about becoming traveling instructors? I’d love for you to teach me the basics..

3:20 - _Shipwreck._ Took me a while to realize he was solo wreck-diving. Not too many things more dangerous in the world...a lot of obvious lessons to learn. _Glad you made it back, exile..._

Really appreciate your explanations

Relatively new diver here, 26 months since cert, but just over 300 dives. I slung a 13cu pony for my 1st 70 dives, and have been using a 30cu ever since then. SDI Solo cert around 170 dives. I don't think I would go that deep solo. I have been to the 120s and 130s, but not for very long, keepin it NDL. Diver inflated his DSMB with his exhaust gas, best way, I have found from depth.

In the early to mid 90s I dived SCUBA a fair amount as a commercial diver - typically on the end of a lifeline commonly working at around 100ft. Even when other divers were with us in the water we were often not 'buddied up' as we had individual tasks to perform. Our buddy was effectively the guy in the boat holding the line. A pony is very desirable under these circumstances I'd say.

Never been diving, but keeping a cool head is definitely key to any emergency situation! As a surgeon I tell my trainees that there’s always time-and it’s always best-to take a pause and calmly figure out your next steps. I do also tell them that once the emergency is over to take a few deep breaths…so maybe not 100% applicable. 😂

Love watch your videos Guys! Greetings from Brazil.

“Are they useful” if it saved 1 life, yes.

Where would an evening at home be now, without watching a Dive Talk video? Things can and do go wrong but sticking to the 5 golden rules, minimizes that risk. Non-diver here learning all about deco stops etc. You guys are giving me quite an underwater education!

In my book the first rule is never dive alone! So I commend you Woody!❤️ My uncle was a military man and an amazing certified diver. And he tragically died a few years ago, diving alone. Which he would’ve never recommended anyone do! He got overly confident. And they were unable to find a definite cause of death so we will never truly know what happened which is even more heartbreaking for his wife and our family.

my experience and I think I learned this in a PADI or NAUI class that the number one time for a regulator failure is after it's been serviced...normally that would happen as soon as you connected it to the tank on the surface

The diver was at 57 meters using a single cylinder(the pony bottle doesn’t count), a spear gun, a reg that possibly was not maintained properly (the first stage blew up) and ALONE, he was just LUCKY.

❤great video guys 🎉 glad he made it, cool 😎 Under pressure.

Man you guys are SO FREAKING ADDICTING!!!!!! The co.bination of Woodys goofy butt and Gus's kinda assy attitude is so awesome. 👌

@DIVETALK

Жыл бұрын

Assy?

@hdors13

Жыл бұрын

@@DIVETALK Bahahahahahahaha! You are now and forevermore gonna be 'Assy Gus!'

@hdors13

Жыл бұрын

@S. C. but what happened to SM ?

I'm addicted to your videos, never dived in my life and never will but man. I'm even interested in the regulator talk and the 2nd stage and having 2 so you can bail out a buddy. I'm very spoiled in that I can watch HD footage of other people diving these days. My hobby is bushcraft so when I've got a fire going and am shaking out my down bag ready to chill, I watch your diving videos from the relative safety of the forest at night. Bushcraft is free once you have the gear, I'm guessing diving is similar but boats and fuel is expensive and so is becoming certified.

I was wondering about the extra second stage. I, like you said, thought the second stage was the regulator itself, and the hoses were hoses. I didn't realize the first stage was a part of the regulator, or called that. Good educating, Gus. You're always on it, bro.

@fkrioters1000

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The first-stage brings tank pressure from 3000psi, down to about 140psi, and distributes air to the various hoses. The 2nd stage brings the 140psi to "ambient" pressure (matching water pressure) and includes the mouth-piece. There are actually two kinds of hoses, (a) low-pressure, but higher volume, and (b) high-pressure and low-volume (opening about the size of a needle). The high-pressure is generally only used for the gauges, while low-pressure is used for everything else.

@Honey_Daddy

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@@fkrioters1000 oh wow, there is so much more to the regulator systems than I knew. Thank you so much for taking the time to educate me a bit further. I'm a glutton for new information, and always happily take in any facts being volunteered on interesting topics, so thank you!

Some people are insanely calm under pressure. I remember you guys talked about it one time that a vast majority of people can be trained to handle this kind of emergency, a tiny percentage can never get over the panic no matter what and are weeded out during certification, and an even tinier percentage are just super human in their ability to handle task overload and panic. (I think the latter was in reference to Rick Stanton lol.) You should check out the COMT gene warrior vs worrier. Some people have a literal genetic enhancement to being calm under pressure.

Thank you for showing what popped

This is where knowing and practicing your basic skills helps in an emergency reactionary moment when things go seriously sidways

Seeing that white tip in and out of view circling just adds to the moment!

Man kept his head…good job. If you loose your head your a%# will follow

Not a diver myself. Dont know anyone who dives whose still alive in my family but i do love your content and how well you explain everything and have been watching your vids for a year or so now and love it all. Keep it up. Love how you explain all the info soo non divers can keep up

@picahudsoniaunflocked5426

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Your comment implies you lost people. I'm sorry for your losses.

The way the angry (rightfully so) diver loses steam and becomes fixated on the tangled line around the prop... Never has a charter Capt been so relieved at seeing his motor wrapped up in line! 😆

Videos like these just show the importance of proper training. Could've ended very different

“Stay calm if you want to live”

Thank you for the "dumbed down" explanation. I almost finished my padi intro license. Caught a cold on the last day. Read the book. "Don't dive if you feel unwell." I got 2 paracetamols. All good. Ended up with rupturing inner and outer eardrums on both sides. Still haven't finished my padi license. Lost my divebook. One day i still want to do wreck diving.

The huge belch from him after he surfaced says it all!!! 😳😬

He did a good job! well done sir!

He is breathing much calmer than i am watching him lol i know i could never scuba dive id freak out lol x

You can tell this guy has some dive time and probably practice for something like this

I didn’t even know this could happen. I love you guys, but you’ve definitely scared me away from scuba diving. No way, no how.

I work in Jensen Beach florida.every morning pulling into work I'm facing a Dive shop...I work next to it.. it reminds me everyday to watch your videos.

Love your videos!

As a solo diver, I would never dive without complete air redundancy for at least the planned dive time and then some

For a moment I thought he was so chilled he was getting out his fishing rod 🤣🤣🤣 then I realised it was no rod at all he was winding