Trapped Scuba Diver

December 27, 2009 on 1:25 pm | In Scuba | 25 Comments


A trapped scuba diver searches desperately for the surface as his air is rapidly running out. channel.nationalgeographic.com

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  1. What’s even stupider is they were going spearfishing at night…I am an avid spearo, and love night diving, but wouldn’t mix the two….and especially in an area I don’t know much about….spearfishing at night near a cave…..pretty suicidal….

    Comment by telkolal — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  2. they didnt know that they were going into a cave

    Comment by SteezyyDeezyy — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  3. umm there a part 2 to the video??

    Comment by wundema6979 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  4. depends on were you dive, im from denmark and i dive here and in norway, i dive a lot wrecks and some of them is upside down so you have to be carefull not to penetrate by accident, because of the angel one dives in you dont look up much. i can understand this happend and i dont think his a bad diver because i couldnt fin his way out. But i agree they should have known about the caves.

    Comment by Mtbjp — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  5. In am surprised! Not really! The first rule before entering a cave is lay a line! That when when the silt is kicked up or you become disorientated you turn around and it’s hand over hand all teh way to the exit. PADI DM 647814

    Comment by SaskStrum — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  6. I can agree with you that it doesn’t take much to get turned around,however leaving your dive buddy?? that is scary stuff. As for the snorkels they are handy at times and it is a PADi rule however if a person goes into overhead environments no one takes a snorkel – too easy to get caught on things.
    Too much of cost to not be aware of your surroundings they are very lucky divers – thank goodness
    Peace

    Comment by scubagirl65 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  7. Diving brownwater at night it’s not hard to occasionally get turned around, even momentarily, which is all it takes. I’ve been in the lakes in TN and KY and there are many caves in that region, some of which aren’t documented or known well enough to learn about from other divers. It’s not like diving coasts around commercial resorts/operations where sheer numbers have amassed substantial knowledge of dive spots. As to snorkels, they’re handy in shallow water noodling/spearfishing, even w/scuba.

    Comment by seandrinksguinness — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  8. LOL this is not the actual footage

    Comment by mrdojob — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  9. Indeed. You don’t go into a cave by misstake. Damn it must have been dark then. they are just lying there heads off to seam less stupid.

    Comment by RobinsTV — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  10. PS
    If your navigation skills are poor, getting lost?? wandered into a cave without knowing it – I think not. I have over 200 dives and I have always asked people/someone about the dive site I am about to dive.

    Comment by scubagirl65 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  11. I agree – amateurs!! First they are wearing snorkels – in confined environments you never where a snorkel – too easy to get caught on things. Second no line!! how stupid is that!! 3rd leaving your dive buddy. Where were they trained??
    Diving is safe as long as your ego doesn’t get in the way.
    even dive rules of thirds for your air – stupid stupid divers

    Comment by scubagirl65 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  12. Why wont they die!

    Comment by fitch12345 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  13. If you had actually LISTENED to the video, they had wandered into the cave without knowing they were actually IN a cave.

    At night this would be pretty easy to do — assuming there are no GO BACK Reaper signs posted.

    Comment by CarMoves — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  14. okay these guys are amateurs. every rookie diver knows that if you enter any confined space you bring a line so you can follow it out. a tank of air usually last a little longer than an hour with an experienced diver so you would do 30mins in one direction and 30 mins back, not an hour in the same direction! finally, you NEVER split up with your partner. these morons are lucky they arent fish food.

    diving is safe if you arent an idiot.

    Comment by ruder06 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  15. Lucky if its real

    Comment by SpeedVideoz — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  16. isn’t there suppose to be sharks in those caves?

    Comment by yingxyangx4ever — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  17. where is the rest of the story?

    Comment by gaskommando — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  18. thats a scary feeling …is there more footage /

    Comment by knutervalve64 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  19. “as we was ascending.” Idiots.

    Comment by DanM25456 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  20. ohh shit :D crasy :D dive in the day :D

    Comment by Schou89 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  21. fuck that!

    Comment by aido1987 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  22. stay out of caves.

    Comment by blackbillyjack — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  23. failure

    Comment by perspectiveck — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  24. yeah…but would you really want to know?

    Comment by thEsPamer106 — Sunday, December 27, 2009 #

  25. learn how to speeel

    Comment by davids611 — Monday, December 28, 2009 #

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