Whilst taking a winter training dive class I once jumped in wearing full gear only to discover I had not closed my drysuit zipper. Yeah, turns out drysuits make pretty poor wetsuits!
End of the dive. My sister in drysuit with her try scuba client. On the surface already, swimming back to bank. Water was not too deep. 3 - 4 meters. Her client accidentaly loose a weightbelt. To put it at the right position and tighten it propperly again at the end of the dive was not worth the effort. Sister took the weightbelt and headed back to shore. Even with BCD fully inflated she had to kick hard to stay on the surface. So she asked her client to close drysuit valve so she could use drysuit buoyancy for staying on the surface easily. Client was trying hard to close the valve. So hard, that he unscrewed valve completely. Try to gues what happened next. My sister went down :D It was just few metrs back to land so she walked on the bottom :D But the funniest part was just about to come. When walking out of the water, all water in her drysuit moved to her legs. It was almost impossible to walk :D She looked like a Michelin :D
As a season diver that helps dive instructors, while you're waiting to assist the dive instructor with his class don't fall asleep on the bottom of the pool.
"Don't touch anything" - My dive instructor, who then on my second open water dive plucks this giant sea cucumber off the bottom and hands it to me, then shows me which end is its mouth and which end is its butt Damn he was a good teacher. I kept losing control of my ascents at the end of my dives so we spent a dive (I had to do 6 because I did drysuit together with my open water) doing stepped ascents until I could get it down.
When I was doing my SSI Divemaster Open Water Exam, I forgot to change from my snorkel to my second stage. Needless to say, I didn't pass that day.....
I did that on my 2nd pool dive back during my Open Water cert. class. Fortunately I have a Cressi Supernova dry snorkel, so I heard a "click" and then couldn't draw any air, rather than sucking a mouthful of water. I realized what was wrong and switched to my regulator underwater, and no one else saw what I'd done.
1. Don't put on your wetsuit backwards. 2. Don't dive when you are not focus 3. Make sure your bcd straps are on and tightened properly. 4. Don't dive when you are tired.
Surfacing, handing my kit (and therefore my flotation) to the guy on the dinghy, but not realizing until I'd hauled myself into the dinghy that I still had my weight belt on. Realll, really glad I didn't let go of the rope.
Indeed it was, I'm really happy I survived that mistake, it could have gone very badly. It reinforced the importance of BWRAF, at the surface I do part of it in reverse. Inflate BCD, Hand Weights to support, then remove kit. I dive from our 11.5' dinghy, and live aboard our 37' sailboat.
What happened to completing you buddy pre-dive checks ?!?!?!?!?!? Biggest newbie and old diver mistake. Never become complacent about what you are doing, who you are diving with and in what condition you dive gear is in.
I’m still a rookie diver and learning quickly by my own mistakes.. One thing I did last week, that I wasn’t aware of, was to deflate my bcd gradually around 10 m. I didn’t deflate till I was ascending quickly from 7m to 3 in about twenty seconds flat, I didn’t know to use the dump valve along my waist where most the air was trapped! Quite a rookie move but I’m learning all of the time.
This happened to a "friend". Not removing your cell phone from your pocket before jumping into the "pool". Yes, they did it twice (two years apart). Made nice $800 paper weights.
One time I showed up for a day of shore diving and then realized that forgot my computer. Thankfully it wasn't a weekend boat trip, and also fortunate that a buddy had a spare that I could borrow. It's about an hour and a half drive home from the beach. Though I may have been able to just rent one at a local dive shop (there are plenty in So Cal).
I guess this one confuses me. I've NEVER travelled with my weight belt. Why lug around that extra weight when I've never been to a dive center that didn't have one for you at your destination. Of course I've never bought a regulator or bcd either. Rent them. Unless you live by the ocean and dive several times a year it makes no sense to buy these things. Especially if you have to travel by air to your destinations.
Forgetting to unhook your tank from the rack on the boat before putting on your BCD. I was on a night dive and reminded the guy next to me before each dive, but he forget to unhook his tank both times anyway. Our rule is the first person to use thumbs up instead of OK buys the beer after the dive, win either way.
I've grown plenty of corals in my 400 hundred gallon tank, it does not take hundreds of thousands of years. The great barrier reef is only about 8000 years old.
Not holding the power inflator high enough on descent or ascent. Lots of people hold it at top of shoulder when it needs to be above head to allow for a more direct flow of air escape.
I once forgot to use the latrine before doing a dive. To say the least, the inside of my wetsuit was a little warmer than the outside water temperature.
As a new diver you don't take in consideration air expansion as you ascend and don't deflate litle by litle the BCD so you don't know why you are building speed as you ascend so you panic and fully deflate the BCD and now you are on the bottom of the water again
My instructor broke a piece of coral with his tank whilst swimming backwards, I tried to warn him but didn't know the right hand signals yet... I don't think he noticed though...
- Forgetting your torch/camera/etc on the boat and realising after you've gone down. Especially when diving with rentals. - Leaving tanks standing instead of laying them down. - Kitting up with your tank valve still closed.
Hahaha! Yes, gave the thumbs up as an "I'm ok" a couple of times, to the amusement/disgust of fellow divers. And trying to descend/jumping in with a snorkel instead of a regulator a couple of times. Erm...whoops.
Yea... I stopped wearing a snorkel after like my 5th dive. Also, just as a good laugh for you, I was having a good conversation and didn't notice I hooked my gear up to an OXYGEN tank thinking it was a NITROX tank. As I was doing my last round checks, keep in mind it is now a bit harder to see the labeling as my BCD is on the tank, I couldn't understand why my air was so low. Breathing it a few time and wondering why everything just seemed.. off... When I was disconnecting the gear I then noticed it was an oxygen tank and we all had a good laugh saying I was about to have a very "good" dive.
We have a fellow in our dive club that user double bladder huge wing with single tank, his own weird setup in all equipment and at the end of dive he partially unscrews the first stage and opens the valve again saying he whants to get water off the proximity of the reg..... he does not realize that he produces sudden condensation and blows that into first stage..... we ask him why all these .... answer: because I can..... so one more thing to add is ignorance
i watch one of my mate throw his gear in to the water to put it on and for got to inflate his bcd lucky for him there were 4 other divers to recover his gear
I broke my ankle last week. It was a rock entry, and a small shelf juts out just under water. High tide it's no problem, low tide and it's a risk. The tide was half way and I kept thinking this looks too shallow, shouldn't be getting here...... So what do I do? I jump in anyway and land on the shelf with heavy kit on my back. I've got the video up on my channel. I would put this under the category of being smart enough to know you shouldn't and being dumb enough to not even follow your own advice!
I totally disagree, giving a thumbs up is the easiest way to indicate going up. Pointing up with one gloved hand is not as easy, typically you end up pointing is one direction that you buddy starts to swim off in. No change to standard practice from me 32 years of diving and instruction and 2800+ dives.
Deflating too much air when descending, dropping like a rock, struggling to equalize and kicking to stop your drop....not good...let air out slowly/controlled....
Not checking air. Not knowing correct signs for indicating air remaining - a thumbs up doesn't mean you're ok for air. Being preoccupied with a camera or similar and not watching depth. I had the privilege! of going after a diver who despite indications to put air in his BCD slowly disappeared from sight into the blue whilst still fiddling with his camera.
Jonas Giske I have blinded my dive buddy more than once on the same dive, because I was using a new dive light that was directionally different when held the same way as my old dive light.
In the mask on forehead section you say splashing and shouting is a sign of distress. I thought that was a myth and drowning people cannot splash or shout.
I havnt started my course yet but im dreading gong out after on my own as i feel all im going to do is make a tit out of my self with half my gear floating off and bumping into the coral all the time ahhh!!!!!!
why it's so important to make sure you are 'buddied-up' - you check and look out for each other. I well recall being called-out by my OW instructor (half my age) for all the things not done well or plain overlooked but, hey, you get over it and you get familiar with the basics. Once you are down there, probably knees in the sand to start with, you can relax and think things through. Before you know it you are one of the crew and feeling great about the (undersea) world!
Whilst taking a winter training dive class I once jumped in wearing full gear only to discover I had not closed my drysuit zipper.
Yeah, turns out drysuits make pretty poor wetsuits!
End of the dive. My sister in drysuit with her try scuba client. On the surface already, swimming back to bank. Water was not too deep. 3 - 4 meters. Her client accidentaly loose a weightbelt. To put it at the right position and tighten it propperly again at the end of the dive was not worth the effort. Sister took the weightbelt and headed back to shore. Even with BCD fully inflated she had to kick hard to stay on the surface. So she asked her client to close drysuit valve so she could use drysuit buoyancy for staying on the surface easily. Client was trying hard to close the valve. So hard, that he unscrewed valve completely. Try to gues what happened next. My sister went down :D It was just few metrs back to land so she walked on the bottom :D But the funniest part was just about to come. When walking out of the water, all water in her drysuit moved to her legs. It was almost impossible to walk :D She looked like a Michelin :D
As a season diver that helps dive instructors, while you're waiting to assist the dive instructor with his class don't fall asleep on the bottom of the pool.
I almost did that, but in the sea at 18 m!
@@leopoldbloom4835 almost did that also, does get a bit boring at times.
I can remember that on my very first dive, I tried to equalise my ears as we ascended 😂🤙🏻
Lmao same
"Don't touch anything"
- My dive instructor, who then on my second open water dive plucks this giant sea cucumber off the bottom and hands it to me, then shows me which end is its mouth and which end is its butt
Damn he was a good teacher. I kept losing control of my ascents at the end of my dives so we spent a dive (I had to do 6 because I did drysuit together with my open water) doing stepped ascents until I could get it down.
Lmao 🤣 my dive instructor kept grabbing random things and having us put it in our hands
Going for a nice winterdive. Water 3 degrees C. Takes aan hour to get on location.
Only to discover you left your drysuit at home.
Lmfao that's like going fishing and forgetting to bring your fishing rod 😂
I am a newbie. I have done everything in this video except drowning. Once I tried to descent without deflating bcd. 😜😜😂😂😜 God have mercy on me.
When I was doing my SSI Divemaster Open Water Exam, I forgot to change from my snorkel to my second stage. Needless to say, I didn't pass that day.....
Ahh man, that sucks!!
I did that on my 2nd pool dive back during my Open Water cert. class. Fortunately I have a Cressi Supernova dry snorkel, so I heard a "click" and then couldn't draw any air, rather than sucking a mouthful of water. I realized what was wrong and switched to my regulator underwater, and no one else saw what I'd done.
It really did!
My Instructor Certifier saw it right away! LOL!
you do not need snorkel during the dive
Yeah I am a fairly new diver. In my training I always got pounded for using the surface signal as the ok signal
1. Don't put on your wetsuit backwards. 2. Don't dive when you are not focus 3. Make sure your bcd straps are on and tightened properly. 4. Don't dive when you are tired.
Surfacing, handing my kit (and therefore my flotation) to the guy on the dinghy, but not realizing until I'd hauled myself into the dinghy that I still had my weight belt on. Realll, really glad I didn't let go of the rope.
That was very lucky dharmapunk5 :D
Indeed it was, I'm really happy I survived that mistake, it could have gone very badly. It reinforced the importance of BWRAF, at the surface I do part of it in reverse. Inflate BCD, Hand Weights to support, then remove kit. I dive from our 11.5' dinghy, and live aboard our 37' sailboat.
Forgetting to turn my air on before the dive... it was my 5th dive haha
haha! Ooh dear
Haha surprise
What happened to completing you buddy pre-dive checks ?!?!?!?!?!? Biggest newbie and old diver mistake. Never become complacent about what you are doing, who you are diving with and in what condition you dive gear is in.
BWRAF
I’m still a rookie diver and learning quickly by my own mistakes..
One thing I did last week, that I wasn’t aware of, was to deflate my bcd gradually around 10 m. I didn’t deflate till I was ascending quickly from 7m to 3 in about twenty seconds flat, I didn’t know to use the dump valve along my waist where most the air was trapped!
Quite a rookie move but I’m learning all of the time.
M G keep going we all have those moments
Using the "ok" sign later that day, in that mediterranean pub, thus telling that bear-like guy in front of you he's an asshole
This happened to a "friend". Not removing your cell phone from your pocket before jumping into the "pool". Yes, they did it twice (two years apart). Made nice $800 paper weights.
I hate snorkels. That insidious little tube's sole purpose is to deliver water into your airway.
i'm not diver but i have always think that diver tank have some "special" gas in it xD
One time I showed up for a day of shore diving and then realized that forgot my computer. Thankfully it wasn't a weekend boat trip, and also fortunate that a buddy had a spare that I could borrow. It's about an hour and a half drive home from the beach. Though I may have been able to just rent one at a local dive shop (there are plenty in So Cal).
not checking your dive computer
Well...i was so happy to go diving a while ago that i jumped into the water without closing the zipper from my Dry Suite....it was refreshing....
Tight mask... Good old blue/red eyes!
My favourite is forgetting my weight belt, I have done so many times. LOL
DOH!
Not snapping/buckling the bc integrated weights and they go to the bottom.
I guess this one confuses me. I've NEVER travelled with my weight belt. Why lug around that extra weight when I've never been to a dive center that didn't have one for you at your destination. Of course I've never bought a regulator or bcd either. Rent them. Unless you live by the ocean and dive several times a year it makes no sense to buy these things. Especially if you have to travel by air to your destinations.
I weighted myself for a 3mm suit when I was wearing my 7mm. I didn’t sink.
Forgetting to unhook your tank from the rack on the boat before putting on your BCD. I was on a night dive and reminded the guy next to me before each dive, but he forget to unhook his tank both times anyway.
Our rule is the first person to use thumbs up instead of OK buys the beer after the dive, win either way.
Freediving without a buddy 😂
I've grown plenty of corals in my 400 hundred gallon tank, it does not take hundreds of thousands of years. The great barrier reef is only about 8000 years old.
I've seen plenty of coral growing on a boat that was only sunk 10 years ago.
You tell 'em buddy, some people just don't do the diligent research...
the most important part was not how long coral takes to grow, it is keeping it alive no matter the age
i have logged more than 50 dives under my belt. but not even once i got the weight right on the first dive of the trip. smh
That's pretty normal 😂😂😂
Clearing water from my mask has screwed me over on many occasions. I've ended up snorting water up my nose and panicking.
Ahhhh Punkroes that sucks!!!
SAMEEEE
Go diving more often and gain some experience. Dive once or twice a year is just dangerous.
forgetting to put your battery in your torch and not attaching your hose to your elevator on your BCD
Now, this happens way too often!
Forgetting that I can't use matches to light my torch underwater.
Flashlight?
if u forget that u shouldnt be diving
Not tightening your fins and they suddenly disappear one to the right and the other to the left.
3:33 hand signal means 'Okay" Thumbs up 4:31 means 'going up"
Not holding the power inflator high enough on descent or ascent. Lots of people hold it at top of shoulder when it needs to be above head to allow for a more direct flow of air escape.
Flip em the bird as an ok signal
I once forgot to use the latrine before doing a dive. To say the least, the inside of my wetsuit was a little warmer than the outside water temperature.
joshua smith it's not like wetsuit divers never did that before 😅 so it's not embarrassing tbh
Kazuma 和真 There are only two kinds of divers: those who have peed in their wetsuit and those who lie about it.
In cave diving, sometimes using 1/4" wet suits, dives with Deco can be 3 Hours or more, just pee!
DM's were hurrying everybody into the water. I was pretty new and forgot to put my reg into my mouth. That won't happen again.
Don’t bring the snorkel. Mask on the head is a weak way of saying, “I need help”. But anyway, I’m guilty of 1 or 40 of these things...LOL
I have seen quite a few people get in without zipping their drysuit up 😂
Good video, as usual. I really like your channel.
Thank you very much :D
Deep dive?? Hmm i ever forgot where i am while at the 50 meters lol
latching your tank either too high or too low
As a new diver you don't take in consideration air expansion as you ascend and don't deflate litle by litle the BCD so you don't know why you are building speed as you ascend so you panic and fully deflate the BCD and now you are on the bottom of the water again
Im actually surprised most scuba divers don’t just learn asl
I do forget to switch to my regulater after my snorkel ALL THE TIME
My instructor broke a piece of coral with his tank whilst swimming backwards, I tried to warn him but didn't know the right hand signals yet...
I don't think he noticed though...
Ohhh dear! Tutut!!
- Forgetting your torch/camera/etc on the boat and realising after you've gone down. Especially when diving with rentals.
- Leaving tanks standing instead of laying them down.
- Kitting up with your tank valve still closed.
Hahaha! Yes, gave the thumbs up as an "I'm ok" a couple of times, to the amusement/disgust of fellow divers. And trying to descend/jumping in with a snorkel instead of a regulator a couple of times. Erm...whoops.
They probably all PADI c- card buyers! Lol
Yea... I stopped wearing a snorkel after like my 5th dive. Also, just as a good laugh for you, I was having a good conversation and didn't notice I hooked my gear up to an OXYGEN tank thinking it was a NITROX tank. As I was doing my last round checks, keep in mind it is now a bit harder to see the labeling as my BCD is on the tank, I couldn't understand why my air was so low. Breathing it a few time and wondering why everything just seemed.. off... When I was disconnecting the gear I then noticed it was an oxygen tank and we all had a good laugh saying I was about to have a very "good" dive.
You were about to be dead.
@@magaisacult2023 pretty much. But I would have died hella happy. haha
Out of curiosity what diving agency are you guys certified in?
We have a fellow in our dive club that user double bladder huge wing with single tank, his own weird setup in all equipment and at the end of dive he partially unscrews the first stage and opens the valve again saying he whants to get water off the proximity of the reg..... he does not realize that he produces sudden condensation and blows that into first stage..... we ask him why all these .... answer: because I can..... so one more thing to add is ignorance
i watch one of my mate throw his gear in to the water to put it on and for got to inflate his bcd lucky for him there were 4 other divers to recover his gear
Alex Rees
My dive instructor would have told me to go free diving to retrieve it. Then put it all on while under water
I broke my ankle last week. It was a rock entry, and a small shelf juts out just under water. High tide it's no problem, low tide and it's a risk. The tide was half way and I kept thinking this looks too shallow, shouldn't be getting here...... So what do I do? I jump in anyway and land on the shelf with heavy kit on my back. I've got the video up on my channel.
I would put this under the category of being smart enough to know you shouldn't and being dumb enough to not even follow your own advice!
Forgot that you are diving and you are just playing with your breath (inhale and exhale) so the oxygen ran out faster. I was dumb 😂
taking the regulator out of me mouth, then I put it back in and took a big breath without clearing it. that’s sucked!
no im not a diver YET
I agree with changing hand signals to a.s.l. would add to divers overall knowledge even make it easier for non hearing persons to get into the field
I totally disagree, giving a thumbs up is the easiest way to indicate going up. Pointing up with one gloved hand is not as easy, typically you end up pointing is one direction that you buddy starts to swim off in. No change to standard practice from me 32 years of diving and instruction and 2800+ dives.
Bringing the wrong exposure suit. Too cold or too hot.
When doing my 2nd confined ow dive i inflated my bcd to go up 😂😂
Bring on the bends! 😂
Thank you for choosing to translate into Arabic, I have benefited a lot from you
Trying to use a water hose to breathe 20ft under. No compressor or anything.
DIY scuba fails.
Putting their wetsuit on backwards...
now that's a good one!
I had this one when I was first started diving
Honestly, now a days it is very possible to do so when some suits have a front zipper and some have a back zipper.
I’ve done this 😂😂😂
I dont know how this happen but i wore my fins backwards
now that takes skill 💯
Me coming back to find myself in a vid
I love 😍 your channel
And we love you croyale TM :D
Deflating too much air when descending, dropping like a rock, struggling to equalize and kicking to stop your drop....not good...let air out slowly/controlled....
Not checking air. Not knowing correct signs for indicating air remaining - a thumbs up doesn't mean you're ok for air. Being preoccupied with a camera or similar and not watching depth. I had the privilege! of going after a diver who despite indications to put air in his BCD slowly disappeared from sight into the blue whilst still fiddling with his camera.
bringing a snorkel while diving is already a mistake
Driving 2 hours to a dive site only to find you forgot your reg.
👌
I'm really bad about the up sign I'm so used to thumb ups having to retrain my mind that thumb up means up ok is ok
I want the green shirt
So I cant even touch the Water?
Maybe.... just wear gloves....
No you can't, 'cause water touch you!
Use an even older BSAC logo. In for a penny in for a pound
Blinding you buddy during a night dive (especially with a canister aka. portable sun)
Jonas Giske I have blinded my dive buddy more than once on the same dive, because I was using a new dive light that was directionally different when held the same way as my old dive light.
to be honest i do the okay go to the surface and i just think they r rude
Not bringing any defog
Unless you're suffering from chronic dry mouth, EVERY scuba diver has a ready supply of defog. ;-)
SeikiBrian lol ya he only problem I had was I was in training and I forgotten all the way until I'm a few meters underwater 😂
Just hack some up. The slimier the better.
not seeing your dive computer
Put it on a clip near your heart/chest area
Who the hell uses snorkels?
A hole 30seconds,
The thumbs up thing ... Can we change this?
In the mask on forehead section you say splashing and shouting is a sign of distress. I thought that was a myth and drowning people cannot splash or shout.
Forgetting to breathe
I havnt started my course yet but im dreading gong out after on my own as i feel all im going to do is make a tit out of my self with half my gear floating off and bumping into the coral all the time ahhh!!!!!!
why it's so important to make sure you are 'buddied-up' - you check and look out for each other. I well recall being called-out by my OW instructor (half my age) for all the things not done well or plain overlooked but, hey, you get over it and you get familiar with the basics. Once you are down there, probably knees in the sand to start with, you can relax and think things through. Before you know it you are one of the crew and feeling great about the (undersea) world!
My coment
geting a kid wetsuit but not a big one (ok we have all done it lets be true here)
😅now hand signal ok it can be see it as iluminatti simbol if you are in the conspiracy theorys
who needs snorkels?
"5 Things Tourist Divers Get Wrong"
I'm sorry, but the demonstrations offered by Simply Scuba do not impress me in the slightest, sadly, neither does the presenter.