Egypt had a "deep air club" culture around that time with people regularly trying to pass 100m on air in so-called bounce dive fashion, just so they could say that were part of "the club". It led to plenty of deaths and eventually fell out of fashion.
Woody summed it up best, "don't dive beyond your training" we're all prone to think we're better than we are, able to do something we shouldn't. Keeping that ego in check is the difference between living to dive again or becoming another statistic.
👍 Seems like a no brainer to not dive beyond training, yet some people just don’t seem to get it! Also, whoever wrote the narration for this diving video should choose another line of work !
Been diving Elphinstone several times, the pre dive planning was always very thorough and we didn’t even dream of going lower than 25 m, while we were certified for 30. As I dive a lot in Egypt in mixed groups I can say that I saw reckless behavior from several nationalities more often than others : in my experience Russians, Ukrainians and even my Romanian co-nationals had on several occasions breached the agreed plan, but never saw this behavior with German, Swiss or British people… It might be a preconceived perception but I feel safer to dive with the last ones…
Well, being Romanian I’m mostly Latin, but it might be what another person commented: for us is a short flight and cheap destination, so maybe I was exposed to more people from these parts of Eastern Europe…
I think a lot depends on the person. My first instructor was a Russian named Igor and he was the strictest guy I have ever seen. My second was was Sandra, she was from Switzerland and even though she managed most of her activities she once forgot to open her tank while talking with locals. The most bizarre dive center was in Turkey: they couldn’t provide with diving computers. I was shocked when we went on the boat they didn’t prepare even a brief with a map. As a certified PADI open water diver I was flabbergasted when we went diving with only one computer per 2 ppl. I remember I went diving with this guys and there was one Russian math teacher who worked in the uni in Moscow. He had more than 100 dive sessions which was crazy. I was calm that he would be my buddy because at that time I had around 30-40 dive sessions. I needed practice and an experienced buddy. Turned out I was more “experienced” comparing to all the team: one of the instructors got lost near the drowned plane even though she was diving there more than once (turned out she wasn’t an instructor, I couldn’t believe how the team let her go in the water with clients; she was Ukrainian btw) and the people near her didn’t know what to do, my buddy buoyancy was messed up: he had made a lot of fuss underwater, he behaved as he was either panicking or anxious. He asked me every 15 minutes “being a buddy”, both me and my instructor were like ok 👌 He usually didn’t last that long under the water: 30-40 mins and he had around 15-20 bar, I was surprised because I had this amount or air when I was a student and had like 3-5 dive sessions. At that time I had around 50-60 bar thanks to my yoga practice which greatly improved my breathing technique. One of the instructors offered us to go to the cave near the reef. Dude wanted to go, I somehow managed to persuade him not to go because neither me nor him had cave dive training. Also have a story about Elphinstone: we all went to Egypt on vacation and as a family of divers we also went diving there. However at that time neither me nor my brother were experienced and old enough to go to this reef so we stay at the hotel playing games after the dinner while our parents went diving. Our parents are experienced divers, more that 200+ diver sessions plus they dived all around the world, in strong currents too. Sharks? No problem, they visited Sipadan and the Seyshelles. Locals said that there is a chance to see dolphins. After our parents came back from the trip they told us this crazy story: one of the divers, an old man from Europe (he was either German or British) while other divers calmly went in the water, started sinking as if he had a rope with a rock on his neck. In minutes this dude was on 50 meters in almost completely dark water and started making pictures of fish and rocks. Dive instructor was furious, he left the group with other instructor and started to swim to this dude. Before he tried to attract this dude using his tank as a bell, he pounded on his tank so hard you could definitely hear it from above. In the end he rescued this dude’s ass and the first dive session was finished due to this old man health risks. There was a scandal after trip, turned out the dude wasn’t certified for the trip, plus there were some questions to the dive center which gave him his dive certificate. I once went diving with this dude, he didn’t really paid attention to the instructor. He was more busy with taking pictures of the sea floor and sand… There was also one Italian woman who gave me major PTSD in Egypt: sis tried to help everybody on the boat, she even tried to tie up the ropes so the boss would be secured. She went underwater with our family and became the menace in my life: no matter where I swam she was near me , I couldn’t do a single move without being smushed with her fins. I was also anxious because my buoyancy wasn’t that good, I tried to be calm and to keep my buoyancy perfect, but this woman either was falling on my head with her belly or hit my belly with the top of her tank while going up. I fortunately escaped from her swimming on the distance from the instructor even though he was my buddy. In the end on the trip she fall down in water from the boat trying to help the tired staff 😅
As soon as I saw your mention of Turkey, I was drawn back to a memory of a holiday I had there many years ago, when I took my paraglider in the hope of getting to fly from the mountain above Olu Deniz. I hadn't actually completed my training but that wasn't because I hadn't been training long enough - the weather conditions just hadn't been right for finishing my final task (typical British weather). I managed to get a ride up the mountain with one of the groups giving tandem flights to tourists. While getting set up, I watched one of the guys, with a paying passenger, preparing to launch. They both started running towards the edge of the mountain, then the wing immediately went askew and the launch was abruptly abandoned, just in time - the pilot's harness was only attached to the wing on his left side! Unbelievable! Pre-launch checks, for a paraglider, are so simple and only take a few seconds. There can never be any excuse for skipping them when flying alone. With a paying passenger, that's just unforgiveable. Made me wonder what, if any, qualifications/experience was needed for that job out there. I had the best flight of my life that day and eventually flew inland, flying over then landing beside the hotel where I was staying. I advised everyone I spoke to at the hotel against taking one of these flights. Some had been considering it. I warned them that it just wasn't worth the risk and maybe wait until they get back home and do it there.
The kinda content I followed for. These guys have such in depth knowledge of cave diving it's just so crazy interesting to hear their insight and thoughts on these more grim stories.
As a Russian, I can confirm, unfortunately that behaviour is typical in my culture, that comment wasn't derogatory in any way, it's just a statement of fact. The bravado and the desire to "one up" your buddy/neighbour/stranger has gotten many in trouble or worse.
Been watching since you guys were around 20k subscribers and so happy to see how you guys have grown! Love your channel! I knew nothing about diving when I found you guys. And now I'm so interested I wanna take some diving courses someday! Anyways keep up the wonderful work!
How I feel. I watch them periodically when I can. Never been diving and perhaps never will but I’m so intrigued and would love to do some very very basic diving. If not I can vicariously watch this channel lol.
I just came back from Egypt. In past 15 years I did 20 dives at Elphistone and last time was 2 weeks ago. It's the most beautiful reef I have ever seen in Red Sea. It's usually 30-40 meters drift dive , nothing difficult if you follow the rules . You have to be AOWD and have 50 dives logged in.The only problem I can think of is that you can easily loose the the feel how deep you are since the reef looks like an endless wall (but hey, this is why we have the computers) I have to say that in past 15 years it changed dramatically how diving at this spot is approached by dive guides.You don't see those reckless divers like before. I am polish and I HAVE TO SAY THIS I have dived with swiss, german,italians and everything was flawless. But... every time I had polish , ua or rus buddy there was always " a hero" factor. I don't want to sound racist but since I am polish I think I can say it. I have only 150 dives... So I follow the simple rules at Elphistone....
@chuckh4077 My Dive computer does exactly that. I always set an alarm for a certain depth, usually 5 to 10 meters before I reach the depth I'm trained for in order for me to keep track of my descent. I've never really needed it because I check my DC a couple times every minute, but you never know. Im case there's an emergency or you're distracted for a moment, it's definitely helpful. And those kind of stories and this channel are the reason why I ALWAYS carry a lamp, a mirror, a whistle, and, most importantly, a DSMB
These deaths are a shame but I only have the knowledge I have since watching this channel. I had some knowledge of going to depth whilst diving but you guys have totally opened my eyes to just exactly what is required to perform a safe dive. These people obviously relied on their instructor to operate a safe dive and were let down disastrously. It's easy to sit here in my chair, with all the knowledge I now have because of this channel and shake my head in disbelief upon hearing of the circumstances of these dives. But I know for a fact that without this channel I could so easily have been in a situation very similar and not know how much danger I was putting myself in. That's why I love this channel so much because if I ever decide to try my hand at any kind of diving then I know what is safe, I know what gear I should be taking and the steps to keep me safe and if corners are being cut by a dodgy instructor I will now know! Awesome channel, love it!
Wow…. While I consider myself a very new diver, in my opinion, one of the most important parts of any dive is the pre-dive planning phase. This would be followed by then sticking to that dive plan!!! Living by the YOLO motto while SCUBA diving will likely lead to YODO, “You Only Dive Once”!!!!
@@bertjesklotepino 3rd World. Although its technically an outdated phrase, its still in common usage throughout the USA as far as I know. I should use the metric of developed/developing/frontier (aka undeveloped). Wherein Egypt would fall into one of the latter 2 categories. The metric is based off a culmination of various statistics and indexes, such as HDI, per capita income, etc. "Taught that we have only 1 planet that we all live on." What is this 2nd grade mentality BS. cmon man, crack some books would ya.
LOVE your videos! Even though I have NEVER dived, hell, I don't even like getting in the ocean anymore. But I am still drawn to your videos. Love the way you explain things and are so knowledgeable. Would love to have a beer with you guys! Cheers!
Have dived Elphonstone many times, and this isnt the first story of missing/lost divers at Elphinstone i have heard. Always dive with an DSMB and always carry a torch, even on day dives!
Even I, as a non-diver, have heard the stories of Russian tourists being overly aggressive in their dives and not respecting the rules accordingly. I'm not trying to single out a particular group for reckless sportsmanship, but actually I guess I am. I've heard many stories from instructors and buddies who confirm that notion. Interesting topic, guys! 🦈 ♥️
Nono it makes sense. I'm from Ukraine and I think a lot of us don't respect rules because they are considered a "decoration" in our countries. We were raised to believe that rules don't have to be followed which is why you see so many cases of slavic (I can only speak for Russian and Ukrainian) divers overlooking rules. This is a huge problem where people just don't care and all you have to do is pay off corporations that are supposed to make sure all regulations are followed. A lot of tragedies happen because we don't care enough to make sure everything is up to code.
@@yul2393 I have to agree. And in Egipt and Turkey it gets way worst multiplaying by local's "hey we do not care about lows and you, so just give us money and do what you want".
It’s a cultural thing. Kind of like how Americans visiting other countries tend to be loud without realizing it, or how the Japanese are known for being very quiet or over polite, etc 😅 Every country has something similar
It pisses me off when the documentary blames the education/training system for not convincing the divers to follow the rules. Education helps up to a point, but after that personal responsibility kicks in. Some people can have the best training in the world but still let their ego and carelessness get the best of them. Don't just blame instructors wholesale for everything
I think Slavs for the most part just don’t care about safety, or their life. Not all, but many I have known have had such horrible lives that the fear of death isn’t really there, they’ve been close to death and poverty most of their lives. So doing something extreme and wild is par for the course.
I think the broader topic of the video is the safety culture within certain groups, that being Russians in Egypt, people in Coron going doing wreck penetration without propper training or tooks, or a group of friends that dive together. In those environments it is difficult (for social reasons) to say no to something, that shows weakness or non-alignment. It is easy to say that they should call it, but humans are wired to not being the party-poopers. For some people might not be that easy to find the combination of an activity that you love and a group of people that they all have an adequate safety culture about it.
Oh my goodness!! I feel sad for those divers but also love watching these kind of shows long time no see guys stay at home momma here ♡♡♡♡♡ hope you both are doing well hugs
I know y'all will probably not see this comment, but I have to say it anywho. I LOVE your videos! You not only react, give explanations to those out there who do jot understand what is happening BUT ypu ALWAYS take the time to TEACH and push that diving while an AMAZING hobby/job/passion IS SOOOOO dangerous! Even the simplest of dives without the correct mixture of gas is fatal. My daughter wants to take up diving (a passion she got from myself) but she always hears me speak of the fun, views and things of that sort so I have had her sit down and BINGE your videos to help her understand while a wonder hobby for her the dangers that it inherently can bring. When I was still VERY green, I started to run out of air, and let me tell you, that is the scariest thing to feel. That sensation of trying to pull air to fill your lungs with enough air through a TINY straw. I was on a reef at the island of Guam and thr dolphins there, though wild are VERY friendly and I stupidly forgot to keep an eye on my time and gas I had used. THANK GOD my dive buddy, a veteran of the sport was near and got me calmed completely double checked what I conveyed to him and gave me the sign to ascend slowly. About half way up I did end up getting a bit loopy and had to breath the last couple of moment off his gas. What to this day I will swear a thank you is he MADE me go through the struggle of my gas running that low, made me feel the panic and the narcosis it brings on while I was under his care and ONLY when it was apparent that I was nit going to make it on my own did he put me on his back up regulator. That knowledge to this day has made me SOOO aware of EVERYTHING I now wear a dive watch that vibrates at intervals of time to draw my attention and I have gotten myself into a habit of regularly checking my levels. So again THANK YOU for being such amazing dive masters, leaders, mentors and teachers. One day I hope tp hug and tell ypu in person how much you are an inspiration and role model 🥰🥰
A 27 year old diver died a few days ago near my house, it took them a few days to find his body. I wonder what happened there. Thank you the great videos guys!
Very sad. I’m from your area, too. That was quite an advanced, unprotected site, it was a pretty rough day, and he was somewhat inexperienced with only 30 dives. I don’t know any other details about it, so I will not make any assumptions. While it was absolutely tragic, there is also a lot that others can learn from the incident to stay safe in the future.
Gus: I don't know what we are reacting to because Woody picked this one. Both: *watching intently* Woody: Wow this is pretty derogatory towards Russians...
I credit to this channel to putting the thought of needing to get scuba certified in my head it’s all I can think about. I Can’t stop watching there videos because of how amazing it looks.
Did you guys watch the death of Russian skydivers episode? In one of the many stories there were four Russians going skydiving for the first time and three out of the four Russian sky divers didn't bring parachutes. After they jumped out of the plane they were like, "How are we supposed to land??!!", and the fourth guy was like, "Grab my waist and hang on!" One of the Russian guys said, "That's gay!" and he turned and went off at an angle and they never saw him again. The other two held onto the guy's waist and when he pulled the shoot one guy became dislodged, and the other guy ended up holding onto the parachute guy's boots, and they both made it down safely. That's the most benign story of the Deaths of Russian Skydivers episode..
@@bertjesklotepino Actually the Red riding hood story I read, she was a real bitch. She framed the forest wolf and claimed he killed grannie. She ate baby bears dinner and then slept in his bed, (which could have been ok) and even attacked the three little pigs. When will we ever know the real truth?
Dangerous pastime if you don’t know what you’re doing or aren’t properly trained. This narrator is something else. 😳 This is sad news. Thx for showing guys.
My usual dive site has a lot of Russian visitors and whilst I can’t say that my limited experience of actually diving with Russians was terrible, it also wasn’t great. One guy I remember struggled with OWD-level skills and even the instructor giving him a refresher explanation in Russian didn’t seem to help. On thé reverse I’ve dived with two Russian instructors at two locations and had nothing but good experiences.
Early for once, it always seems so easy to go past your set depth limits, it doesn't look anymore dangerous then where you already are, but they're there for a reason
Hey guys planning a excursion down to The Edmund Fitzgerald. As I have said in the past on live on Lake Ontario the New York side and have been going down to the cold depths of our Great Lakes my whole life but this dive is going to be different and I want next level guys with me. Put some thought in it guys.Great vid as always guys.
sounds like you never have been to egypt, as Elphinstone is one of the most famous dive site. i really recommend to go there, especially for a liveaboard trip. the wreck tour, where you will visit Thistlegorm and many other wrecks, is awesome. all wrecks csn be visited with AOWD certification. will be there in May again and to the Deep Diver course.
Completely off-topic but I've been binge-watching your videos lately and I can't get over how much Woody looks like the French chef Michel Roux Jr. It's uncanny 🤣
Russian divers in Egypt are insane honestly. I once saw a Russian instructor with two people doing an intro dive. He took them to 20+ meters and just held them by their tanks. Crazy!
Also in Egypt my brother saw a Russian woman trying to pet an blue ringed stingray. That woman was about to end her life if the instructor hadn’t been careful😂
You know it amazes me that Gus is always surprised that people don't have a computer while diving. I need to tell you that up until the early 2000s, a dive computer was a luxury I didn't feel I needed or wanted to spend the money on. I only ever dived in warm water and never even owned a wetsuit much less a computer. A good dive watch and pressure gauge are all I ever felt the need for. BCD's were the brand new wonder device back then. On the other hand, I only ever dived open water and never ever more than about forty meters, so I really made out alright over the past 50 years. 👍🤣
The more I watch this channel the less afraid of diving i become, but one thing remains clear in my mind: Fuck around and find out. If you go beyond what is reasonably safe you are endangering your life and the lives of those with you. Unlike most hobbies/professions where the rules are there to keep you from suffering minor injuries to debilitating ones, diving rules are there to keep you alive.
Have you dived with Russians? I did in Egypt (Ras Salam) and had to chase after him as he plummited down to 30mtrs, he had no idea what he was doing even though he was supposed to be an advanced diver
Wild video. I'm curious if there's actually a lack of safety procedures among Russian dive organizations, or more likely, this is just cherry-picked incidents designed to tell some wild narrative. Likely, the truth is somewhere in the middle, though leaning more towards cherry-picking. The video did mention that at least one group was going through PADI certification, so it would be reasonable to assume that safety was taught at some point.
I’d love to see yalls reaction to this multi part doc called the cave diving darkness beckons by Sid perou. I happened to come across it on RUclips, it’s about these English cave divers in the 30s, made in the 80s but they re created what they did for the doc. The home made gear is so interesting.
Another great video. Watched from here in the UK, I'm just looking into getting recertification as I havnt been diving since I was 17 or 18 over 10 years ago now. Diving was my love and it was taken from me due to a rare kidney disease. Although I'm not better, with modern treatments the doctors have said I can dive again, so I'm going to have my love back. It feels great, but gotta train again obviously. Hopefully one day when I'm fully trained we can dive together. That would be amazing after thinking I would never get to do it again. Oh and have you guys reacted to the Plura Cave incident, I've seen all your videos and can't remember if you have or not. There also a follow up video of a whole second dive that happened as a result of the 1st incident. If you haven't reacted to the incident it would be a good 1 to do.
I have seen different dive courses in holidays when I did dives at the local dive schools. And most of them were pretty bad to be honest. As someone who learned diving at a proper club in my local city it was mind boggling to me that these guys get the same diving license as me although I had weeks of intensive training in theory and practical dives while they got some kind of crash course for a couple of days.
Well since you can actually see the shore in Elphinstone. Thats why he knew were to swim. But it is at least 7 kilometers (4 miles) and with wind, waves en current no easy task. Tbh don’t dive there with less then 40/50 dives and experiance with diving in strong currents. It is an amazing reef with hammerheads if you are lucky😊
That is terrifying I would have been so scared to go diving again if I was one of them I really hope that everyone that dives will have a good dive instructor but not everyone does watch is sad but it happens love your guys videos have a great day
Yes my dive instructor was a really good teacher he explained everything really quickly and easily for everyone to understand @scuba adventure/Chris Heitman
Yes they are if you like what you are doing and learning you can make a career out of it you can still be safe and have fun doing it that’s what I love about diving you can be safe if you have the right information and instructor hope you have a great day
Hey Woody, you're not letting him get away with " the sea is a hostile environment" are you? I mean just cause we were too busy surfing millions of years ago. And so we just missed the pod going out to sea and getting metamorphosed into dolphins or whales. The Sea is still my mother and my father!
i dove elphinstone many times. beautiful reef if your lucky you can meet some white-tip or hammer heads. It is not for beginners and i have always done it with liveabords with proper boat support. and your obligated to carry an SMB.
Let me tell you something as Russian diver - Egipt and Turkey diving was worst in my life (2010-12th). No teaching, no communication with the instructor (and i'm still not shure was he licensed or just be a guy with a divesuit). Boat-drivers that has no idea of anything including English. Absolutly messed up equipment. It were the scariest dives in my life. It is insane how much safer and controlled i fill next year at Greece.
For those not amazed my the dude swimming back to the shoe. The dude was swimming against the current, remember the wind was blowing and that was the initial problem they had because it moved them away from th boat. For sure Olympic level swimming or something
Could you please cover the story of Yuri Lipski? He basically filmed his own death when he tried to reach the arch in the Blue Hole in Egypt. He had refused to take a two week tech dive course beforehand because he had to leave in a few days, so he decided to dive it on his own 🙄😳
In Nower days you have to have at least 50 logged dives and a check dive to be allowed to dive Elphinstone - people also have panicked with no reason because of the Sharks. And it s a current Wall dive
I've dived with a Russian in the party on two separate occasions- they really like to push their bottom time luck. Also Elphinstone is usually very choppy and negative entry is not unusual, so not for the noobies.
Not a diver. Have a question about if this would work in an emergency. You splash into the water and immediately start sinking rapidly. Whatever is supposed to make you buoyant isnt operational. In that situation cant you disconnect your tanks to reduce your weight? Then, start heading back towards the surface while blowing bubbles. Would that work?
You know the way the military learned every step of every procedure was because some poor soul died or was maimed in the prior ignorant unsafe condition of the old procedure. Pushing things to the edge of our capabilities as humans always brings the risk of unknown elements presenting themself at the worst time.
Hello guys, just wanted to know if you have a opinion on the mystery Disappearance of mother of two young daughters who has gone missing while walking her dog next to the river Wyre here in north uk. Her name is Nicola Bulley. The police were alerted after her dog was found and her phone was found on a bench. The river is slow moving and is not very wide. Police divers and a specialist underwater search and rescue team are also using sonar and underwater drones. It has been over a week now and the river ends up in the Irish Sea estuary so the last part of the river is tidal, however this is many miles from where Nicola was last seen and where her dog was found. This is National news here in the uk and the specialist underwater rescue team leader Peter mentioned that usually drowning victims are found quite close especially in slow moving water and flat terrain. Police have said on national television that they believe that Nicola has fallen into the river and are not treating the incident as a criminal investigation or suspicious. Is there any chance you could have a look and give your personal opinion. Thank you 🙏
I used to fly SAR in the Caribbean and can tell you from experience that finding a person in the water is next to impossibe. Wet suits or even dry suits are normally dark in color, which means you will blend in with the back ground. A SAR plane is simply not going to find you if you blend in and that means you will simply die. Sounds harsh, but that is the reality. In all my career of flying SAR missions only once have we found a person in the water and that was only because we were alerted on time. However, this guy made land fall when it was dark, which means SAR planes could only start flying next morning and by that time the 4 others had drifted so far that the search area became immense, thereby lowering the chances of survival. A red wet suit, a red or orange dive buoy or better, a radio, would most likely have resulted in a succesful SAR mission. In this case that was not to be.
This is why I have a neon pink wetsuit, neon pink fins and neon pink SMB. Also because I love pink. Also always carry a torch and a whistle so you can either flash the torch or use the whistle to make yourself heard and seen. Never thumb on the safety.
@@Musiknird Great to hear you are trying everything to improve your chances of rescue in case you get lost out in the open water. After all, it is your own life which is at stake. An orange inflatible, which you could deploy in case of need, would be a good one as well. Recently it could be seen in the video where the diver had a malfunction at a depth of 80'. The absolute best would be a handheld, waterproof, radio, that is an almost 100 % garanty on rescue, but I understand that would be asking too much.
@@davedavids9619 The SMB/Surface Marker Bouy is inflatable and I inflate it during the ascend of every dive. it's 180cm, neon pink and have reflexes on it so it's easier to see from a boat or helicopter with search lights. Absolutely and I personally don't understand how lots of divers thumbs on the safety. If I would get lost at sea I want to do everything I can for the SAR to easily find me and I really would hope the find me quick and the best chancs to survive due to the equipment I carry. I get what you mean with the radio, but it would probably be pretty complicated when deep diving for it to stay intact. Or maybe it possible with an UW-house like for cameras. TBH, I hate this fashion that all dive gear is black and it's so hard to find anything with a bit of colour, except fins. I feel it's most for people that wants to pretend they are Navy SEAL divers or something like that. I work with scuba diving and it's so clear how much easier it is for other divers, customers, a buddy, students or SAR to see you if you have something orange, yellow, bright red or pink on you. It's not much more expensive to get a customized wetsuit or drysuit that isn't just black.
@@davedavids9619 Also I'm a former paramedic so I always try to think safety. I mean it can be tough enough finding someone on dry land, I can only imagine what it's like when it comes to open water. Sad to hear your experience from people lost at sea and they not thinking about their and others safety. I know from experience that even if cases like that re somewhat common, it will take a toll on you. So many working in EMS and SAR do get PTSD because you can't see all that s*it that's going on and to not to take a toll on you eventually.
@@Musiknird am happy you have the same safety and service minded background and. It does not cost a lot to be more conscious about your safety, but it can make a world of difference. A well trained SAR unit can spot an orange float from about 5 nm away and at the same time they can fly over someone in the water with a dark suit and never see that person. I understand that a radio will be very complicated and for many way over the top, it is just a tip. We have never lost a boat or a person who had a radio at their disposal. Successrate is 100 % and that is impressive. Even when I take the dinghy out to go from our boat for a small tour, I always take the radio and life vests along. Anyway, many happy and safe dives, hope you will never really need the survival gear, but you are at least prepared. 👍
I honestly wish I would’ve been taught to dive by you guys 🥺 diving has been ruined for me. When I was first being taught it was by a Russian man and his friend/co owner and they basically scared my class into never diving again by telling us if we went up too fast that our lungs would explode and we would die immediately. I was younger and believed this along with many people in my group and I’ve never been back to diving since.
I mean they aren’t wrong, if you go up too fast then your lungs will rupture and you might be as good as dead depending on where you are. Especially if you get an embolism
@@Ifixstuf to be honest it did scar me for a long time and by the time I looked back into it and stopped foolishly believing it I had found other hobbies I loved which take my time, and finances. You could still say this is an excuse but that’s ok. I may get back to it one day.
I am very sorry for the families of these folks loss and all their loved ones. that being said I immediately thought about the Chernobyl guys came up missing lol
We call it russky diving. It's very special to "dive" with them. I had a Russian diver that always ended the dive by inflating the BCD at 30m and shoot up to the surface. Well I'm not gonna take any risks so I follow safety protocol and ascend as planned to the surface and reunite on the surface asking WTH are you doing? The Russian diver goes: "oh, I always end my dives like that and nothing bad has happened." It's nuts!
I have noticed a surprising amount of Russian names when looking up dive accidents so they aren't pulling the information from thin air. But I will say you guys are giving mixed messages about lights, you've said multiple times that if diving in open water not to carry a light so you aren't tempted to go into a cave but said it was a mistake that those open water divers dove without lights. I'm not a diver so can't say for sure either way but I always assumed it was safer to have a light for signaling than to dive without one, but now I've heard both from you guys so wondering which is right or if you left out details about specific scenarios or I missed something.
Blue hole ought to have an Egytian navy dive training located there with live underwater video. Then when they see someone going over the tables they can practice going after them.
Egypt had a "deep air club" culture around that time with people regularly trying to pass 100m on air in so-called bounce dive fashion, just so they could say that were part of "the club". It led to plenty of deaths and eventually fell out of fashion.
That is such an interesting fact to know
Humans can be so freaking dumb. :D
Woody summed it up best, "don't dive beyond your training" we're all prone to think we're better than we are, able to do something we shouldn't. Keeping that ego in check is the difference between living to dive again or becoming another statistic.
👍 Seems like a no brainer to not dive beyond training, yet some people just don’t seem to get it!
Also, whoever wrote the narration for this diving video should choose another line of work !
Been diving Elphinstone several times, the pre dive planning was always very thorough and we didn’t even dream of going lower than 25 m, while we were certified for 30.
As I dive a lot in Egypt in mixed groups I can say that I saw reckless behavior from several nationalities more often than others : in my experience Russians, Ukrainians and even my Romanian co-nationals had on several occasions breached the agreed plan, but never saw this behavior with German, Swiss or British people… It might be a preconceived perception but I feel safer to dive with the last ones…
They're the best radioactive ice divers ever.
Smells like Scuba Buddie Racism
Well, being Romanian I’m mostly Latin, but it might be what another person commented: for us is a short flight and cheap destination, so maybe I was exposed to more people from these parts of Eastern Europe…
@@cliffjumpercc3261 🤣🤣
Same in Dahab. I've seen some incredibly dangerous stuff performed by the Russians we've been diving with.
I think a lot depends on the person. My first instructor was a Russian named Igor and he was the strictest guy I have ever seen. My second was was Sandra, she was from Switzerland and even though she managed most of her activities she once forgot to open her tank while talking with locals.
The most bizarre dive center was in Turkey: they couldn’t provide with diving computers. I was shocked when we went on the boat they didn’t prepare even a brief with a map. As a certified PADI open water diver I was flabbergasted when we went diving with only one computer per 2 ppl.
I remember I went diving with this guys and there was one Russian math teacher who worked in the uni in Moscow. He had more than 100 dive sessions which was crazy. I was calm that he would be my buddy because at that time I had around 30-40 dive sessions. I needed practice and an experienced buddy. Turned out I was more “experienced” comparing to all the team: one of the instructors got lost near the drowned plane even though she was diving there more than once (turned out she wasn’t an instructor, I couldn’t believe how the team let her go in the water with clients; she was Ukrainian btw) and the people near her didn’t know what to do, my buddy buoyancy was messed up: he had made a lot of fuss underwater, he behaved as he was either panicking or anxious. He asked me every 15 minutes “being a buddy”, both me and my instructor were like ok 👌
He usually didn’t last that long under the water: 30-40 mins and he had around 15-20 bar, I was surprised because I had this amount or air when I was a student and had like 3-5 dive sessions. At that time I had around 50-60 bar thanks to my yoga practice which greatly improved my breathing technique.
One of the instructors offered us to go to the cave near the reef. Dude wanted to go, I somehow managed to persuade him not to go because neither me nor him had cave dive training.
Also have a story about Elphinstone: we all went to Egypt on vacation and as a family of divers we also went diving there. However at that time neither me nor my brother were experienced and old enough to go to this reef so we stay at the hotel playing games after the dinner while our parents went diving.
Our parents are experienced divers, more that 200+ diver sessions plus they dived all around the world, in strong currents too. Sharks? No problem, they visited Sipadan and the Seyshelles. Locals said that there is a chance to see dolphins.
After our parents came back from the trip they told us this crazy story: one of the divers, an old man from Europe (he was either German or British) while other divers calmly went in the water, started sinking as if he had a rope with a rock on his neck.
In minutes this dude was on 50 meters in almost completely dark water and started making pictures of fish and rocks. Dive instructor was furious, he left the group with other instructor and started to swim to this dude. Before he tried to attract this dude using his tank as a bell, he pounded on his tank so hard you could definitely hear it from above.
In the end he rescued this dude’s ass and the first dive session was finished due to this old man health risks. There was a scandal after trip, turned out the dude wasn’t certified for the trip, plus there were some questions to the dive center which gave him his dive certificate. I once went diving with this dude, he didn’t really paid attention to the instructor. He was more busy with taking pictures of the sea floor and sand…
There was also one Italian woman who gave me major PTSD in Egypt: sis tried to help everybody on the boat, she even tried to tie up the ropes so the boss would be secured. She went underwater with our family and became the menace in my life: no matter where I swam she was near me , I couldn’t do a single move without being smushed with her fins. I was also anxious because my buoyancy wasn’t that good, I tried to be calm and to keep my buoyancy perfect, but this woman either was falling on my head with her belly or hit my belly with the top of her tank while going up. I fortunately escaped from her swimming on the distance from the instructor even though he was my buddy. In the end on the trip she fall down in water from the boat trying to help the tired staff 😅
As soon as I saw your mention of Turkey, I was drawn back to a memory of a holiday I had there many years ago, when I took my paraglider in the hope of getting to fly from the mountain above Olu Deniz.
I hadn't actually completed my training but that wasn't because I hadn't been training long enough - the weather conditions just hadn't been right for finishing my final task (typical British weather).
I managed to get a ride up the mountain with one of the groups giving tandem flights to tourists. While getting set up, I watched one of the guys, with a paying passenger, preparing to launch. They both started running towards the edge of the mountain, then the wing immediately went askew and the launch was abruptly abandoned, just in time - the pilot's harness was only attached to the wing on his left side!
Unbelievable!
Pre-launch checks, for a paraglider, are so simple and only take a few seconds. There can never be any excuse for skipping them when flying alone. With a paying passenger, that's just unforgiveable. Made me wonder what, if any, qualifications/experience was needed for that job out there.
I had the best flight of my life that day and eventually flew inland, flying over then landing beside the hotel where I was staying. I advised everyone I spoke to at the hotel against taking one of these flights. Some had been considering it. I warned them that it just wasn't worth the risk and maybe wait until they get back home and do it there.
Your channel is the reason why I ALWAYS carry a lamp, a mirror, a whistle and a DSMB. Always.
“He’s back there, and stabbed himself in the heart.” -Russian cave diver
I saw a thumbnail about it, did that happen?
That would be a Japanese cave diver
Russian: ...summed up in two sentences.
Gus: HE. GONE.
🤣🤣
“Boris is a standard” 😂
Woody, I love your sense of humour (and kinda miss the octopus hat btw). Cheers from Moscow!
The kinda content I followed for. These guys have such in depth knowledge of cave diving it's just so crazy interesting to hear their insight and thoughts on these more grim stories.
I know, it's so crazy
As a Russian, I can confirm, unfortunately that behaviour is typical in my culture, that comment wasn't derogatory in any way, it's just a statement of fact. The bravado and the desire to "one up" your buddy/neighbour/stranger has gotten many in trouble or worse.
Been watching since you guys were around 20k subscribers and so happy to see how you guys have grown! Love your channel! I knew nothing about diving when I found you guys. And now I'm so interested I wanna take some diving courses someday! Anyways keep up the wonderful work!
How I feel. I watch them periodically when I can. Never been diving and perhaps never will but I’m so intrigued and would love to do some very very basic diving. If not I can vicariously watch this channel lol.
They definitely have motivated me to get scuba diving certified. They put out good stuff
As well I’ve always loved snorkeling and now watching so much of there videos getting certified is the only thing on my mind.
Legend says Vladislav took off towards the shore because he didn't have a knife to stab himself in the heart.
I just came back from Egypt. In past 15 years I did 20 dives at Elphistone and last time was 2 weeks ago. It's the most beautiful reef I have ever seen in Red Sea. It's usually 30-40 meters drift dive , nothing difficult if you follow the rules . You have to be AOWD and have 50 dives logged in.The only problem I can think of is that you can easily loose the the feel how deep you are since the reef looks like an endless wall (but hey, this is why we have the computers) I have to say that in past 15 years it changed dramatically how diving at this spot is approached by dive guides.You don't see those reckless divers like before. I am polish and I HAVE TO SAY THIS I have dived with swiss, german,italians and everything was flawless. But... every time I had polish , ua or rus buddy there was always " a hero" factor. I don't want to sound racist but since I am polish I think I can say it. I have only 150 dives... So I follow the simple rules at Elphistone....
I will have an AI tell me "Please stop, you are past recommended dive depth. Turn back now or death will occur".
@chuckh4077 My Dive computer does exactly that. I always set an alarm for a certain depth, usually 5 to 10 meters before I reach the depth I'm trained for in order for me to keep track of my descent. I've never really needed it because I check my DC a couple times every minute, but you never know. Im case there's an emergency or you're distracted for a moment, it's definitely helpful.
And those kind of stories and this channel are the reason why I ALWAYS carry a lamp, a mirror, a whistle, and, most importantly, a DSMB
These deaths are a shame but I only have the knowledge I have since watching this channel. I had some knowledge of going to depth whilst diving but you guys have totally opened my eyes to just exactly what is required to perform a safe dive. These people obviously relied on their instructor to operate a safe dive and were let down disastrously.
It's easy to sit here in my chair, with all the knowledge I now have because of this channel and shake my head in disbelief upon hearing of the circumstances of these dives. But I know for a fact that without this channel I could so easily have been in a situation very similar and not know how much danger I was putting myself in. That's why I love this channel so much because if I ever decide to try my hand at any kind of diving then I know what is safe, I know what gear I should be taking and the steps to keep me safe and if corners are being cut by a dodgy instructor I will now know!
Awesome channel, love it!
VladizLov went all out bro, you see land you swim for it
Wow…. While I consider myself a very new diver, in my opinion, one of the most important parts of any dive is the pre-dive planning phase. This would be followed by then sticking to that dive plan!!! Living by the YOLO motto while SCUBA diving will likely lead to YODO, “You Only Dive Once”!!!!
Heading out into choppy waters, with strong currents in a dingy in a 3rd world country to do a dive.
What could possibly go wrong?!
@@bertjesklotepino 3rd World. Although its technically an outdated phrase, its still in common usage throughout the USA as far as I know.
I should use the metric of developed/developing/frontier (aka undeveloped). Wherein Egypt would fall into one of the latter 2 categories.
The metric is based off a culmination of various statistics and indexes, such as HDI, per capita income, etc.
"Taught that we have only 1 planet that we all live on."
What is this 2nd grade mentality BS. cmon man, crack some books would ya.
And funnily enough the first world order is fast crumbling
YODO is also if got a bad parachute when skydiving
LOVE your videos! Even though I have NEVER dived, hell, I don't even like getting in the ocean anymore. But I am still drawn to your videos. Love the way you explain things and are so knowledgeable. Would love to have a beer with you guys! Cheers!
You all are relaxing and fun to watch. Simple. Thank you. 🙏🏻
Love starting my morning off with you guys..Woody youre the best man your dry humor is killer..
Have dived Elphonstone many times, and this isnt the first story of missing/lost divers at Elphinstone i have heard. Always dive with an DSMB and always carry a torch, even on day dives!
Carry TWO torches! Always have a backup. I learned this watching Dive Talk 🙂
Wow I mean I am glad for the two survivors. The one guy's dive buddy leaving him behind really rubbed me wrong.
Even I, as a non-diver, have heard the stories of Russian tourists being overly aggressive in their dives and not respecting the rules accordingly. I'm not trying to single out a particular group for reckless sportsmanship, but actually I guess I am. I've heard many stories from instructors and buddies who confirm that notion. Interesting topic, guys! 🦈 ♥️
even some hotel resorts banned russians due to bad behaviour.
Nono it makes sense. I'm from Ukraine and I think a lot of us don't respect rules because they are considered a "decoration" in our countries. We were raised to believe that rules don't have to be followed which is why you see so many cases of slavic (I can only speak for Russian and Ukrainian) divers overlooking rules.
This is a huge problem where people just don't care and all you have to do is pay off corporations that are supposed to make sure all regulations are followed. A lot of tragedies happen because we don't care enough to make sure everything is up to code.
@@yul2393 I have to agree. And in Egipt and Turkey it gets way worst multiplaying by local's "hey we do not care about lows and you, so just give us money and do what you want".
There are many crazies among them. Often alcohol is at play.
It’s a cultural thing. Kind of like how Americans visiting other countries tend to be loud without realizing it, or how the Japanese are known for being very quiet or over polite, etc 😅 Every country has something similar
It pisses me off when the documentary blames the education/training system for not convincing the divers to follow the rules. Education helps up to a point, but after that personal responsibility kicks in. Some people can have the best training in the world but still let their ego and carelessness get the best of them. Don't just blame instructors wholesale for everything
Thanks again for letting me enjoy my coffee with you two! ❤🥰
I think Slavs for the most part just don’t care about safety, or their life. Not all, but many I have known have had such horrible lives that the fear of death isn’t really there, they’ve been close to death and poverty most of their lives. So doing something extreme and wild is par for the course.
"... or the mysterious nature of the ever-impulsive russian soul"
gus "what??"
I think the broader topic of the video is the safety culture within certain groups, that being Russians in Egypt, people in Coron going doing wreck penetration without propper training or tooks, or a group of friends that dive together. In those environments it is difficult (for social reasons) to say no to something, that shows weakness or non-alignment. It is easy to say that they should call it, but humans are wired to not being the party-poopers. For some people might not be that easy to find the combination of an activity that you love and a group of people that they all have an adequate safety culture about it.
@2:08 wtf did he just say? 😂 I didn’t come here to get personally attacked 😂😂😂
Gus's facial expressions in this one are top notch! 😅
Oh my goodness!! I feel sad for those divers but also love watching these kind of shows long time no see guys stay at home momma here ♡♡♡♡♡ hope you both are doing well hugs
I know y'all will probably not see this comment, but I have to say it anywho. I LOVE your videos! You not only react, give explanations to those out there who do jot understand what is happening BUT ypu ALWAYS take the time to TEACH and push that diving while an AMAZING hobby/job/passion IS SOOOOO dangerous! Even the simplest of dives without the correct mixture of gas is fatal. My daughter wants to take up diving (a passion she got from myself) but she always hears me speak of the fun, views and things of that sort so I have had her sit down and BINGE your videos to help her understand while a wonder hobby for her the dangers that it inherently can bring.
When I was still VERY green, I started to run out of air, and let me tell you, that is the scariest thing to feel. That sensation of trying to pull air to fill your lungs with enough air through a TINY straw. I was on a reef at the island of Guam and thr dolphins there, though wild are VERY friendly and I stupidly forgot to keep an eye on my time and gas I had used. THANK GOD my dive buddy, a veteran of the sport was near and got me calmed completely double checked what I conveyed to him and gave me the sign to ascend slowly. About half way up I did end up getting a bit loopy and had to breath the last couple of moment off his gas. What to this day I will swear a thank you is he MADE me go through the struggle of my gas running that low, made me feel the panic and the narcosis it brings on while I was under his care and ONLY when it was apparent that I was nit going to make it on my own did he put me on his back up regulator. That knowledge to this day has made me SOOO aware of EVERYTHING I now wear a dive watch that vibrates at intervals of time to draw my attention and I have gotten myself into a habit of regularly checking my levels.
So again THANK YOU for being such amazing dive masters, leaders, mentors and teachers. One day I hope tp hug and tell ypu in person how much you are an inspiration and role model 🥰🥰
Great show as usual guys! ❤️
When his weight came off 🙈 scary
A 27 year old diver died a few days ago near my house, it took them a few days to find his body. I wonder what happened there. Thank you the great videos guys!
Very sad. I’m from your area, too. That was quite an advanced, unprotected site, it was a pretty rough day, and he was somewhat inexperienced with only 30 dives. I don’t know any other details about it, so I will not make any assumptions. While it was absolutely tragic, there is also a lot that others can learn from the incident to stay safe in the future.
Gus: I don't know what we are reacting to because Woody picked this one.
Both: *watching intently*
Woody: Wow this is pretty derogatory towards Russians...
I credit to this channel to putting the thought of needing to get scuba certified in my head it’s all I can think about. I Can’t stop watching there videos because of how amazing it looks.
This was a good video but i am looking for diving commentary with fancy hats
Did you guys watch the death of Russian skydivers episode? In one of the many stories there were four Russians going skydiving for the first time and three out of the four Russian sky divers didn't bring parachutes. After they jumped out of the plane they were like, "How are we supposed to land??!!", and the fourth guy was like, "Grab my waist and hang on!" One of the Russian guys said, "That's gay!" and he turned and went off at an angle and they never saw him again. The other two held onto the guy's waist and when he pulled the shoot one guy became dislodged, and the other guy ended up holding onto the parachute guy's boots, and they both made it down safely. That's the most benign story of the Deaths of Russian Skydivers episode..
@@bertjesklotepino Shit, are you saying The Ice Queen and the red dancing shoes" wasn't a real story?
Guys, it's a joke. I made it up completely. Just being sarcastic.
@@bertjesklotepino Actually the Red riding hood story I read, she was a real bitch. She framed the forest wolf and claimed he killed grannie. She ate baby bears dinner and then slept in his bed, (which could have been ok) and even attacked the three little pigs. When will we ever know the real truth?
Dangerous pastime if you don’t know what you’re doing or aren’t properly trained. This narrator is something else. 😳 This is sad news. Thx for showing guys.
Did everyone except the guy that swam to shore die in that first story? They never mentioned them being found
My usual dive site has a lot of Russian visitors and whilst I can’t say that my limited experience of actually diving with Russians was terrible, it also wasn’t great. One guy I remember struggled with OWD-level skills and even the instructor giving him a refresher explanation in Russian didn’t seem to help.
On thé reverse I’ve dived with two Russian instructors at two locations and had nothing but good experiences.
Early for once, it always seems so easy to go past your set depth limits, it doesn't look anymore dangerous then where you already are, but they're there for a reason
Having come across a few Russian divers in Egypt, my impression was that they think the rules don’t apply to them
Hey guys planning a excursion down to The Edmund Fitzgerald. As I have said in the past on live on Lake Ontario the New York side and have been going down to the cold depths of our Great Lakes my whole life but this dive is going to be different and I want next level guys with me. Put some thought in it guys.Great vid as always guys.
The look on Gus's face when they mention Vladislav reached the shore. 4:05
Love to see you guys dive there 🇬🇧❤️
Great video guys
Actually, the rules the divers are breaking are threefold. 1. Get good training. 2. Remember your training. 3. Follow your training absolutely
@S. M. And buy good life insurance so your relatives appreciate you.
Oligarchs with concrete boots are not "divers"
Elphinstone is such a good dive site to visit. Last time i was there it was very busy but enjoyed seeing Hammerheads and Oceanic White Tip Sharks
sounds like you never have been to egypt, as Elphinstone is one of the most famous dive site. i really recommend to go there, especially for a liveaboard trip. the wreck tour, where you will visit Thistlegorm and many other wrecks, is awesome. all wrecks csn be visited with AOWD certification. will be there in May again and to the Deep Diver course.
Completely off-topic but I've been binge-watching your videos lately and I can't get over how much Woody looks like the French chef Michel Roux Jr. It's uncanny 🤣
Russian divers in Egypt are insane honestly. I once saw a Russian instructor with two people doing an intro dive. He took them to 20+ meters and just held them by their tanks. Crazy!
Also in Egypt my brother saw a Russian woman trying to pet an blue ringed stingray. That woman was about to end her life if the instructor hadn’t been careful😂
cool video DIve TALK!
You know it amazes me that Gus is always surprised that people don't have a computer while diving. I need to tell you that up until the early 2000s, a dive computer was a luxury I didn't feel I needed or wanted to spend the money on. I only ever dived in warm water and never even owned a wetsuit much less a computer. A good dive watch and pressure gauge are all I ever felt the need for. BCD's were the brand new wonder device back then. On the other hand, I only ever dived open water and never ever more than about forty meters, so I really made out alright over the past 50 years. 👍🤣
The more I watch this channel the less afraid of diving i become, but one thing remains clear in my mind: Fuck around and find out.
If you go beyond what is reasonably safe you are endangering your life and the lives of those with you.
Unlike most hobbies/professions where the rules are there to keep you from suffering minor injuries to debilitating ones, diving rules are there to keep you alive.
Have you dived with Russians? I did in Egypt (Ras Salam) and had to chase after him as he plummited down to 30mtrs, he had no idea what he was doing even though he was supposed to be an advanced diver
Wild video. I'm curious if there's actually a lack of safety procedures among Russian dive organizations, or more likely, this is just cherry-picked incidents designed to tell some wild narrative. Likely, the truth is somewhere in the middle, though leaning more towards cherry-picking.
The video did mention that at least one group was going through PADI certification, so it would be reasonable to assume that safety was taught at some point.
I’d love to see yalls reaction to this multi part doc called the cave diving darkness beckons by Sid perou. I happened to come across it on RUclips, it’s about these English cave divers in the 30s, made in the 80s but they re created what they did for the doc. The home made gear is so interesting.
Another great video. Watched from here in the UK, I'm just looking into getting recertification as I havnt been diving since I was 17 or 18 over 10 years ago now. Diving was my love and it was taken from me due to a rare kidney disease. Although I'm not better, with modern treatments the doctors have said I can dive again, so I'm going to have my love back. It feels great, but gotta train again obviously. Hopefully one day when I'm fully trained we can dive together. That would be amazing after thinking I would never get to do it again.
Oh and have you guys reacted to the Plura Cave incident, I've seen all your videos and can't remember if you have or not. There also a follow up video of a whole second dive that happened as a result of the 1st incident. If you haven't reacted to the incident it would be a good 1 to do.
@@elephantprotector thanks thats nice to hear and thanks for taking the time to reply.
I have seen different dive courses in holidays when I did dives at the local dive schools. And most of them were pretty bad to be honest. As someone who learned diving at a proper club in my local city it was mind boggling to me that these guys get the same diving license as me although I had weeks of intensive training in theory and practical dives while they got some kind of crash course for a couple of days.
Well since you can actually see the shore in Elphinstone. Thats why he knew were to swim. But it is at least 7 kilometers (4 miles) and with wind, waves en current no easy task. Tbh don’t dive there with less then 40/50 dives and experiance with diving in strong currents. It is an amazing reef with hammerheads if you are lucky😊
A cave diver's worst nightmare by Dark Somnium is a story that might be interesting for you to listen to at your leisure.
Gus, I asked the same question about those 4 in the first story, until I remembered the title of the video... 😯
That is terrifying I would have been so scared to go diving again if I was one of them I really hope that everyone that dives will have a good dive instructor but not everyone does watch is sad but it happens love your guys videos have a great day
Yes my dive instructor was a really good teacher he explained everything really quickly and easily for everyone to understand @scuba adventure/Chris Heitman
Yes they are if you like what you are doing and learning you can make a career out of it you can still be safe and have fun doing it that’s what I love about diving you can be safe if you have the right information and instructor hope you have a great day
Best to you too hope you have the best day so far 😊😊😊
That is so cool that you get to do that everyday I think that elephants are so cool and intelligent hope you have a great day 🐘🐘🐘
Yes they do it’s so cool how much they love their family
The guy who Made it into land.... damn, i feel very Bad for the other 4 but respect to that guy's survival and swimming skills
Hey Woody, you're not letting him get away with " the sea is a hostile environment" are you?
I mean just cause we were too busy surfing millions of years ago. And so we just missed the pod going out to sea and getting metamorphosed into dolphins or whales. The Sea is still my mother and my father!
i dove elphinstone many times. beautiful reef if your lucky you can meet some white-tip or hammer heads. It is not for beginners and i have always done it with liveabords with proper boat support. and your obligated to carry an SMB.
I would like to see some cave diving in the Euphrates
Let me tell you something as Russian diver - Egipt and Turkey diving was worst in my life (2010-12th). No teaching, no communication with the instructor (and i'm still not shure was he licensed or just be a guy with a divesuit). Boat-drivers that has no idea of anything including English. Absolutly messed up equipment. It were the scariest dives in my life. It is insane how much safer and controlled i fill next year at Greece.
For those not amazed my the dude swimming back to the shoe. The dude was swimming against the current, remember the wind was blowing and that was the initial problem they had because it moved them away from th boat. For sure Olympic level swimming or something
Could you please cover the story of Yuri Lipski? He basically filmed his own death when he tried to reach the arch in the Blue Hole in Egypt. He had refused to take a two week tech dive course beforehand because he had to leave in a few days, so he decided to dive it on his own 🙄😳
Woody has already reacted to this on the channel ~
@@ThisisntVEVO Yes, I noticed after I wrote this comment. Thanks so much ❤️
This video is like a fever dream
In Nower days you have to have at least 50 logged dives and a check dive to be allowed to dive Elphinstone - people also have panicked with no reason because of the Sharks. And it s a current Wall dive
Elphinstone is a normal recreational divesite - just know your Limits
“YOLO, I’m just gonna swimming that way , follow the sun 🌞 , until I hit Earth 🌍 “ lol
I've dived with a Russian in the party on two separate occasions- they really like to push their bottom time luck. Also Elphinstone is usually very choppy and negative entry is not unusual, so not for the noobies.
Unfortunate that those who are reckless and suffer the consequences also cause their mistakes to reflect badly on the diving community as a whole.
Not a diver. Have a question about if this would work in an emergency.
You splash into the water and immediately start sinking rapidly. Whatever is supposed to make you buoyant isnt operational.
In that situation cant you disconnect your tanks to reduce your weight? Then, start heading back towards the surface while blowing bubbles. Would that work?
“It will change your mind about taking up diving” Um I’m never going diving thanks, I’ll just let these two tell me about it
I am a Russian dive instructor / divemaster who testifies that he never has seen more reckless dive instructors/ divemasters than the Egyptians.
By the title, I thought this might of been our Chernobyl brothers.
What are these Boris stereotypes. Il have you know Britain had a Boris prime minister!
Also, at 8:45 minutes on the video it seems like there is an air leak on the first stage regulator of the diver
Knowing is growing ❤️❤️❤️
Sounds kind of like the people taking them out are also not in control as well.
I saw a bunch of divers shot gunning vodka through their snorkels just before descending on a dive in Egypt in the 90’s..........
I can only think of Forest Gump: 'Stupid is as stupid does.'
Love the channel and all you do here. No chance in hell im going diving, but still love the channel. Ty much.👍🙏
Asking Woody to stop pausing is like asking Michael Jackson to stop Moonwalking.
You know the way the military learned every step of every procedure was because some poor soul died or was maimed in the prior ignorant unsafe condition of the old procedure. Pushing things to the edge of our capabilities as humans always brings the risk of unknown elements presenting themself at the worst time.
Hello guys, just wanted to know if you have a opinion on the mystery Disappearance of mother of two young daughters who has gone missing while walking her dog next to the river Wyre here in north uk. Her name is Nicola Bulley. The police were alerted after her dog was found and her phone was found on a bench. The river is slow moving and is not very wide. Police divers and a specialist underwater search and rescue team are also using sonar and underwater drones. It has been over a week now and the river ends up in the Irish Sea estuary so the last part of the river is tidal, however this is many miles from where Nicola was last seen and where her dog was found. This is National news here in the uk and the specialist underwater rescue team leader Peter mentioned that usually drowning victims are found quite close especially in slow moving water and flat terrain. Police have said on national television that they believe that Nicola has fallen into the river and are not treating the incident as a criminal investigation or suspicious. Is there any chance you could have a look and give your personal opinion. Thank you 🙏
I used to fly SAR in the Caribbean and can tell you from experience that finding a person in the water is next to impossibe. Wet suits or even dry suits are normally dark in color, which means you will blend in with the back ground. A SAR plane is simply not going to find you if you blend in and that means you will simply die. Sounds harsh, but that is the reality. In all my career of flying SAR missions only once have we found a person in the water and that was only because we were alerted on time. However, this guy made land fall when it was dark, which means SAR planes could only start flying next morning and by that time the 4 others had drifted so far that the search area became immense, thereby lowering the chances of survival. A red wet suit, a red or orange dive buoy or better, a radio, would most likely have resulted in a succesful SAR mission. In this case that was not to be.
This is why I have a neon pink wetsuit, neon pink fins and neon pink SMB. Also because I love pink. Also always carry a torch and a whistle so you can either flash the torch or use the whistle to make yourself heard and seen. Never thumb on the safety.
@@Musiknird Great to hear you are trying everything to improve your chances of rescue in case you get lost out in the open water. After all, it is your own life which is at stake. An orange inflatible, which you could deploy in case of need, would be a good one as well. Recently it could be seen in the video where the diver had a malfunction at a depth of 80'. The absolute best would be a handheld, waterproof, radio, that is an almost 100 % garanty on rescue, but I understand that would be asking too much.
@@davedavids9619 The SMB/Surface Marker Bouy is inflatable and I inflate it during the ascend of every dive. it's 180cm, neon pink and have reflexes on it so it's easier to see from a boat or helicopter with search lights. Absolutely and I personally don't understand how lots of divers thumbs on the safety. If I would get lost at sea I want to do everything I can for the SAR to easily find me and I really would hope the find me quick and the best chancs to survive due to the equipment I carry. I get what you mean with the radio, but it would probably be pretty complicated when deep diving for it to stay intact. Or maybe it possible with an UW-house like for cameras. TBH, I hate this fashion that all dive gear is black and it's so hard to find anything with a bit of colour, except fins. I feel it's most for people that wants to pretend they are Navy SEAL divers or something like that. I work with scuba diving and it's so clear how much easier it is for other divers, customers, a buddy, students or SAR to see you if you have something orange, yellow, bright red or pink on you. It's not much more expensive to get a customized wetsuit or drysuit that isn't just black.
@@davedavids9619 Also I'm a former paramedic so I always try to think safety. I mean it can be tough enough finding someone on dry land, I can only imagine what it's like when it comes to open water. Sad to hear your experience from people lost at sea and they not thinking about their and others safety. I know from experience that even if cases like that re somewhat common, it will take a toll on you. So many working in EMS and SAR do get PTSD because you can't see all that s*it that's going on and to not to take a toll on you eventually.
@@Musiknird am happy you have the same safety and service minded background and. It does not cost a lot to be more conscious about your safety, but it can make a world of difference. A well trained SAR unit can spot an orange float from about 5 nm away and at the same time they can fly over someone in the water with a dark suit and never see that person.
I understand that a radio will be very complicated and for many way over the top, it is just a tip. We have never lost a boat or a person who had a radio at their disposal. Successrate is 100 % and that is impressive. Even when I take the dinghy out to go from our boat for a small tour, I always take the radio and life vests along.
Anyway, many happy and safe dives, hope you will never really need the survival gear, but you are at least prepared. 👍
Who wrote this script? - brutal.
I honestly wish I would’ve been taught to dive by you guys 🥺 diving has been ruined for me. When I was first being taught it was by a Russian man and his friend/co owner and they basically scared my class into never diving again by telling us if we went up too fast that our lungs would explode and we would die immediately. I was younger and believed this along with many people in my group and I’ve never been back to diving since.
So if you know it's not true, then why are you still believing it?
@S. M. excuses
I mean they aren’t wrong, if you go up too fast then your lungs will rupture and you might be as good as dead depending on where you are. Especially if you get an embolism
@S. M. Stay home and never leave your house.
@@Ifixstuf to be honest it did scar me for a long time and by the time I looked back into it and stopped foolishly believing it I had found other hobbies I loved which take my time, and finances. You could still say this is an excuse but that’s ok. I may get back to it one day.
What did the guy say "oh there over by the water near the wave in that direction"? Lol
I am very sorry for the families of these folks loss and all their loved ones.
that being said I immediately thought about the Chernobyl guys came up missing lol
We call it russky diving. It's very special to "dive" with them. I had a Russian diver that always ended the dive by inflating the BCD at 30m and shoot up to the surface. Well I'm not gonna take any risks so I follow safety protocol and ascend as planned to the surface and reunite on the surface asking WTH are you doing? The Russian diver goes: "oh, I always end my dives like that and nothing bad has happened." It's nuts!
I have noticed a surprising amount of Russian names when looking up dive accidents so they aren't pulling the information from thin air. But I will say you guys are giving mixed messages about lights, you've said multiple times that if diving in open water not to carry a light so you aren't tempted to go into a cave but said it was a mistake that those open water divers dove without lights. I'm not a diver so can't say for sure either way but I always assumed it was safer to have a light for signaling than to dive without one, but now I've heard both from you guys so wondering which is right or if you left out details about specific scenarios or I missed something.
Ahaha not only did go deeper but they left the guy on his own 🤣
Blue hole ought to have an Egytian navy dive training located there with live underwater video. Then when they see someone going over the tables they can practice going after them.