Divers React to Single Tank diving on Air to 170 ft
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- Опубликовано: 8 янв 2023
- The recreational scuba diving depth limit is set to 132 ft (40 m) for a reason, and dives like the ones on this video are just one issue away from being deadly.
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This one cracked me up. Between Woody being so frustrated by the blatant disregard for safety, that he actually says, "I dunno, just do whatever I guess." and Gus going through withdrawal every time he sees a lion fish not getting killed. I couldn't stop laughing.
lol thank you for that summary
“Going down this deep I actually am narc’d”
*loads weapon and points it at friend
@@samb202 Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?
@@JadedBelle Why are you wearing that stupid human suit?
@@JadedBellewhy did you make that stupid comment?
They are lucky it didn't go bad. They had so many strikes against them. 1)Dude was narc'd 2) He couldn't convey to his buddy he was narc'd 3) they were far apart that far down 4) they only had 1 tank of air 5) they were doing multiple things like looking at the fish, the structure, all while not watching their guages 6) if ANY of those things went bad they were screwed. If he passed out and sank, screwed. If his buddy became narc'd bad too, screwed. If one panicked that deep and ran low on air, screwed. Not enough decompression time, screwed. This was 1 tiny mistake away from tragedy.
Very good comment, and that`s the danger. Because it went well, but they seem to have no idea how close to disaster they have been. Every issue brings them into deadly trouble.
Yup, I've never been diving much less this deep, but from everything I've heard, it's easy to become complacent because of the narcosis and task loading is what kills many divers, narc'ed or not. Really dangerous thing to do and exactly why Dive Talk exists.
@@speakeasy366 That's called Normalization of Deviance and is an important subject in the Human Factors in Diving course. Not commonly discussed in normal dive training but thankfully becoming more mainstream.
One of the scariest to think about is if he passed out and started sinking. He thinks his buddy is there to save him, but to go after you, he will get narc'd for sure going deeper, use more air going deeper, use more air getting you back up, adding decompression time to his dive the deeper he goes and the longer it takes... it's a snowball effect that's not good. To have to make the choice of saving my buddy knowing there's a good chance I might die or just watching him die are not great choices. As a responsible adult, you are absolutely irresponsible for putting a buddy in a position to have to make that decision. Not to mention that's not being a buddy at all. Putting your buddies life in jeopardy is not something I look for in a buddy.
@@Yggdrasil42 Agreed, and we can see a few examples of just that in these very comments.
I had to laugh when Woody said "Is this another one of the wide world of zero training and I'm going beyond my limits?" As an ER doctor, I have said almost the exact same thing about 100 times.
It's the technical version of "hold my beer".
I would give you a like but dont want to ruin the 69 🤣
Yes :D
That's one crazy kid. Ain't that how people die young? Lol
Also love Woody’s “it’s called science”. 😂
"You only get narced the first time." Lmao. I love your guys' commentary! I also learn something new everytime. Best combo, entertaining and educating.
@Tucker Carlson touches kids exactly. You also only die the first time.
You actually get used to it more you do it
Gus has been looking for a good reason to use that knife in a video for 18 months now.
Seeing as I have a bunch of dive-knives, mostly unused, I think I now need a spear-gun.
Unfortunately, we see this all too frequently. On our home island of St. Croix, we can do a 10-minute swim out from shore and dive a wall that descends over 3000'. About once a month, we hear a story of someone going to almost 200' on a single tank of air.
Last year this behavior resulted in at least three serious diving-related injuries and one death. Every time we hear of someone diving like this in our backyard, we cringe, try to educate them, and tell a couple of heartbreaking stories in the hopes of changing their behavior. Thanks for this video guys. We're going to share the sh** out of it.
Thank you guys! We need to come to St. Crook and dive with y’all.
Keep telling the stories. People need to know that while diving is amazing and so cool it needs to be done with the proper training, a buddy, and preparers
@@THErealOGse So true! We’ll keep doing our best.
@@TritonsRealm i should come down and dive with you sometime
@@THErealOGse 👍 Anytime.
I made the error of going to 150ft on air when I was 18 and almost didn't make it back up. I had been diving for 5 years and was a newly minted Divemaster. I assumed I knew everything and thought I was immortal. I was young, stupid, and had never had a real scare throughout my diving career.
It was a mistake that taught me a hell of a lot.
I work for a inspection company, we do a lot of underwater inspections on the platforms out in the Gulf of Mexico, that being said. When you go passed 170 to 200 feet you stop seeing most of the fish. Even the coral starts to disappears around 250+ feet.
Despite the somewhat distressing content at times - seeing woody always so chilled out and snug on that couch, makes me so relaxed.
Oh my god, these dudes. "Yeah, it can be dangerous to do this, you can get narced, my buddy didn't notice I was having trouble, derp derp derp.' These chuckleheads are lucky nothing went south on this dive. I was getting more and more annoyed until I heard Woody and Gus start planning the annihilate-the-lionfish mission...I love how they start instantly plotting out what they'd need to do to have an APPROPRIATE DIVE at this site. Very calming; thank you, fellas.
The way woody politely tells them their idiots, without being rude, always makes me laugh, keep being you woody, your comments and advice is so valuable, love watching your team work with Gus, you are both absolute legends, take care and stay safe ❤x
I work offshore on these rigs as a Paramedic. I'd love to go with y'all on a dive! We often see yellowfin, various 3-7 foot sharks, amberjack, and barracuda. Dolphins visit often and tuna chase the flying fish. Haven't caught a lionfish yet. Currently watching from a platform 250 miles offshore!
Great way to start my Monday morning, that structure underwater is wild looking!
Oil rigs are awesome to dive!
I learned that diving to 170 ft on air is forgivable, but if you don't choke a Lionfish with your bare hands you can't be Gus' friend.
So, my dad was a hyperbaric and dive tech back in the day. I got to learn a lot about diving from from him, especially the terrifying bits like embolisms, narcosis, bends etc. Diving can go so wrong so fast and doing things like this, right on the edge, is terrifyingly dangerous..
With proper training and adherence to basic safety rules, scuba diving is very very safe. Depending on one's experience, and the conditions of the dive site, like Tropics verse colder water, temperatures, currants, visibility, adherence to proper decompression limits like having a proper computer Exedra, is pretty safe! if Done Right. 170 feet, at least in the tropics, and should not be done by amateurs and without proper training and safety backups, is not that deep, and can be done safely. While I do not recommend this for undertrained amateurs, as a scuba instructor and a lifetime diver, I'm 53 and I've been diving since the 70's, let me be clear I do not recommend this for most recreational certified sport divers, but 170 feet in the tropics is not undoable. Let me be clear, I am saying most should not do this and definitely if you're not a professional, but my maximum depth on normal compressed air is 300 feet. Of course this is decompression diving and not recreational diving. But these amateurs both the diver and the commenters are just that amateurs. Neither the diver who filmed this nor the people commenting AR lifetime professional, knowledgeable scuba divers period. Social media is full of amateurs trying to look cool. Such a sign of the times today
@@captadampetersen 😂 300ft or metric 90meters on air . 😂😂
@@captadampetersenI am sorry, but at that depth normal Air would already be toxic. Not sure if you are the right person to lecture anybody about safety when doing such suicidal stunts.
@@captadampetersenyou have never dove 300 on air, o2 toxicity would have killed you 2/3 the way there. But you would know that if you weren't full of shit...
Woody and Gus talking about going on a lionfish rampage legitimately made the doom soundtrack to pop into my head!
He has the same attitude to his scuba ability as he does to fixing the fence in his yard. He just doesn't see it's rocky and full of gaps!
I laughed when Woody was like "Because he's narc'd too!"
On my first deep dive, we had about 5 or six divers and a veteran leader. I just had an aluminum-80 but we stayed together and stopped twice on two sandy flat spots and briefly stopped at 175 feet. we then used our compensators to rise like slow elevators. Did not get narced. On other occasions I got pleasantly narced at about 95 feet but realized I felt too good. My buddy was watching a conch crawl across the bottom and I noticed that he also seemed narced so I tapped on his pressure guage and motioned thumbs up. He was not aware, at first, that he was narced but enjoyed the feeling on the way up.
So odd hearing lion fish being discussed like that, when one has only ever dived the Indo-Pacific. I love seeing lion and scorpion fish, but I guess they are like the cane toads of the Atlantic.
Lol that must have been a marathon episode recording day you both had... this is like the 5th video with green coat Woody :). Love it guys keep it up.
who else smiles when woody say's "hi im woody"..... everytime lol
Spearfished for decades past 170 down to 197 with no issues. I’m not condoning it but over the years you learn your capabilities and you know what the consequences are. Most of the time was using 120 and later went to an OMS 112cf . Like the video stated beware of your prey even though they’re smaller a lighter they can take you up or down quickly and you don’t realize till you’re in trouble . Taking an unseasoned diver that deep tells me his buddy was not so experienced BAD IDEA!!!
At 5:00 I somehow had this vivid image in my head, where Gus was choking these two lionfish to death with his bare hands, or hunting them down with his submarine (7:50) lol 😂
You can tell how much woody loves diving, he gets so excited if he’s not been to a particular place and loves to explore, while giving out free safety advice to help other divers, your both genuine people, and your love for exploration clearly comes across in your videos, stay safe guys ❤x
"Knife in the brain usually kills things." That's the most important lesson I've ever heard Woody reinforce! :P You guys are awesome, I love your channel! It has really made me want to go get dive certified, this looks like an amazing hobby!
Haven’t caught a video in awhile but really glad I found time to watch this. I need to add these back into my routine. Great stuff as always!
Love the channel!
Just did a PADI run Discover Scuba in Cozumel. I've done a lot of shallow water freediving over the years but never scuba. Luckily we had a small group and had more 1 on 1 time with the instructors, from the second they had me put my face in the water while standing - I was hooked. We dove for about 30 mins or so, it was everything I ever imagined.
Looking forward to certification and future training/certs down the road.
Honestly it's kinda funny hearing Gus talk so much about going crazy on lionfish
I like your reactions to this video. You condemned their serious safety violations (that's what instructors do - right? :D ), but you also gave them credit for making a great video.
That subtle, "Okay, that's good.......stop?" from Woody @3:18 got my rolling on the floor 🤣
I might get narc'ed - points spear at partner repeatedly.
Another great vid gents!
OMG!!! QUIT TOUCHING THE REEF!!!!! 😤
I did this once, when I was a navy diver... I got to 59m, and I was definitely narced, as I was trying to dig my way down to 60m.
Unfortunately a lot of us were old school and learned the hard way, as it evolved. While your in the correcting people mode. Only one of those fish he shot a was grouper and non of them were Big Lionfish. They are excellent eating, though. One of my favorites. They have pretty much taken over the gulf. We only use to see them over in the Atlantic. Those tower's they were diving are in the gulf off La. For that clarity they were probably over 600ft, with most being 2-4,000ft. Most of the diving on them has been with air 150-200 ft. With the occasional 250ft., by the locals. Back in the early 70's, I was trained to breath directly from the tank, in the event you had some type of reg. failure. In over 2k dives, I have only needed to do it once, when I cut a hose. I was no big deal. I have spearfished up to 310ft. Quite a bit at 200, on nitrox. My reflexes are quicker and my detail memories of the diver are much better on Trimix, which I've only been doing the last 30yrs or so. It is common practice commercial spearfishing, to dive down to around 22ft. with a single tank and a bailout/deco bottle. With just regular maintenance and good equipment, we just never have issues. Not saying their isn't any danger. A number of years ago there was a retired navy seal that lost his life on one of our dives in a spearfishing tournament. So no one is bulletproof!
I dove for black coral on Cozumel 72,74,75- dive plan was either 200 feet for five minutes or 185 feet for 10 minutes - all in fast current Maracaibo reef - we were very fit and dove frequently but still dangerous- we consumed very little air so we always decompressed- deep diving is addictive- but you need a very rigid plan as thinking is difficult at depth - our descent time to 200- just over a minute -. Perhaps 20/25 dives of that nature - to this day I descend and dive fast -
I agree with you both, yeah this guy needs to get certified but he gives the impression that he would make a great technical diver once he does. You guys should get in contact with him and get him to take you there after he does. I'd definitely watch you guys go to town on the lionfish 😜.
I dived on the "Quetta" in Torres Strait for my very first dive to 92 metres on a single tank. My bottom down time was 2.5 minutes as I was breathing too fast and was very nitrogen narkosis affected. Luckily I used to smoke a lot of grass and didn't feel too uncomfortable. I came up as fast as my slowest bubbles and stayed at 50, 30, 20 and finally at 10 metres for 10 minutes. I am still here 34 years later and spent 3 years as a underwater explosive technician.
What a load of crap, you must have taken a shovel given the fact the Quetta sunk in the Adolphus channel which is only about 18m deep. As for the rest of your story, maybe three years as an underwater basket weaver haha
This is going to be wild as always amazing work & epic content thanks gus & woody
I wish more people knew how delicious lionfish is and how easy it is to avoid getting stuck while cleaning them. Then maybe we could put a bigger dent into their population and the destruction that the cause.
And yes, it was most amusing hearing you both "rollercoaster" through the video.
I had no idea they were edible. When I started diving back in 1991 off Ft. Lauderdale and south FL, I saw a lionfish. They were rare back then (as invasive). Almost every dive we'd see a turtle, and now those are more rare.
@@betsybarnicle8016 Please, try if you get a chance!
I didn't realize how invasive Lion Fish are until I went to Florida last year. Even I would have gone open season on them!
when I dive in cozumel with my family, we always hire a guide and dive a reef wall. We usually go with the same dive guide and it's funny, he's so used to diving there. No wetsuit and a spear just in case he sees lionfish. We've done close to 20 dives with him I believe, and he dives every day in the summer so here's to hoping he's making a dent in those lionfish numbers. I'd do it too, but I don't dive often enough to be comfortable trying.
"I would buy a submarine". Gus the Narc set in on you too. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍
In my country ( italy) this will be so illigal u can’t go spearfishing with tanks you can only do that freediving!
All of EU now actually. And also no spears at night
Woody, you were blinded by his charisma and for you,Mr Safety and preparation, I find this astounding! So many rules broken but,ah, who cares cuz he's a good guy. You lost your way on this one, my man!!♥️♥️🦈
I always lose my way!!! Lol
@@chestertonhawks9823 Citation? Also the premise is Woody almost always reacts fresh while Gus has set the video up & has watched it, or when he hasn't they say so.
I know nothing about diving but I love watching you guys. :)
I’m a occupational scuba and surface supply diver and assistant instructor ! I’ve dove single tank to 170 and a bit deeper and knew it was risky I did have a pony bottle with separate reg . I get slight nitrogen narcosis but not much . The thing with that depth is how little time you have because of how fast your air is used at that depth ! . Def a risky depth snd shouldn’t be attempted by rookies .. even with deco mix stage bottles it’s not a good idea on straight air mix and single tank diving .
Twins and trimix with proper stage deco bottles to do it safe !
Happy times 😎
As a properly trained and experienced scuba instructor who has been diving since the 1970s, as a child, when I was in my twenties and in great shape and with certain safety aspects, in the Caribbean my maximum depth on regular air is 300 ft. Granted most should not try this it was a multi-stage Deco dive, but it can be done. The record in St Croix in the 90s when I was there, was done by a college professor, who trained repeatedly, took some safety measures and his record was 450 ft. Of course he never made it back and no one found him on his 500-foot attempt with compressed air..🤦♂️🤷♂️ So yeah kind of dumb and crazy but can be done semi safely if you know what you're working with
I find it wild that he's spear fishing with scuba kit. In Australia it's illegal because it's considered unfair to the fish 😂
same in europe, luckily seems crazy to scuba and spearfish
@@elephantprotector I don't think we have any big invasive fish to spearfish. We have crown of thorne sea stars and excessive sea urchins in some parts, but those are culled with other methods.
They do seem to care more about the fish rights than human rights down there ;)
I also live in Aus, I also find it wild, but I always assumed it was due to dangers associated with scuba while spearing, not to do with the fish
As if the fish don't already have a massive leg up to the individual spear fisher lol.
I got wet hands from seeing them being so much apart from each other (you're so screwed if a problem occurs) especially at such depth! But have to agree he was managing well breathing (slow and good rhythm), buoyancy and checking regularly his parameters, despite definitely being narked at 170+ feet (50+meters). Very dangerous and no buffer for any mistake. Brrrrr.
I am also uncomfortable seeing them touching this structure everywhere. We learn not to touch marine flora/fauna in basic classes. They hang onto every single bit of these pipes full of probably fragile creatures...
The reason he isnt shooting all the lionfish is that reloading the speargun can be a really hard task and you want to look for the perfect shot..Also the fact that alot of them are close to the metal legs of this platform and shooting into those will damage your spear. Love the channel guys.
Watched a documentary titled "Dave Not Coming Back" about the Bushman Hole recovery incident. I know Woody covered it here but the doc featured a re-enactment with some stunning footage. Love you guys!
i’ve seen this guy before. he has the record for the largest cubera snapper caught with a spear. definitely a good dude but would love to see him get more training.
It's not an IUSA spearfishing record, dude broke a few rules. I think he got an all tackle for Texas record only. It was a record but he retrieved it with air and assistance.
@@mattself1389 you might be right. I saw it in the news when it happened and the record was going to be reviewed etc.
I did -43m air on a wreck once. I can barely remember half of the dive and remember i had a hard time keeping all my variables in my mind, let alone react if something went wrong.
Air is for shallow dives. If you wanna go deep.. cool! Go deep! But do it right so you can enjoy the dive and get to tell the story :)
I did many 175 to 200 foot dives in the gulf of Mexico, by myself, because nobody would go with me on sunken shrimp boats! I only had about five minutes of bottom time, I go back up to the boat get another tank and go straight back down, I found that if I went down the third time I would start narcing while on the wreck so I would only do 2 dives from then on! Did great spearfishing On those wrecks and never had a problem, In fact, I’ve done hundreds of dives, and never had a problem ever I had two regulators, one spare which was used to help other divers if they had a problem! I was never bothered by sharks either
Well, I just woke up and watched this while making coffee. Waiting for something crazy to happen. asking myself why why watch something intense so early? LOL But it was great! Thanks guys!
I love how passionate Gus is about decimating Lionfish. LOL I hope y'all make it out there soon and get all those lil doods!! I wanna watch the rampage!!
“Choke them!” 😂 😂
In terms of narcosis, the worst dive I ever did was an advanced technical "acclimation" dive on air down to 200' to see some cold water hard corals. This was in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest (Sunshine Coast, BC Canada). Gear wasn't an issue as I was in a tri-laminate Typhoon drysuit, twin 120 lp steels, dual cross-over manifold, scuba pro D400 regs, canister light, safety reel and bag, etc. What made it such a crappy dive was how close I came to meeting Oxygen Pete at 200'. At 200' I was narc'd out of my mind, had a metallic taste in my mouth, extreme tunnel vision and general feeling of "I really don't give a shit about anything". I stopped at 200' (planned depth) and even though I really felt like dying, I completed the planned time at depth. Wasn't until I finally went up and around 180' or so, my mind and body started to clear and the instant thought of "Why the f*ck didn't I just go UP and stop this madness" hit me. I finished out the dive and the only cool thing on the deco stops was as I was deco-ing on a cliff wall, a big 5' dog shark came out of the blue and swam right in to my chest. I saw it coming from about 50' away and watched it swim in to me.wondering what the heck it was doing. It hit me like a really slow moving torpedo, right in the chest. Kinda laughed as it nosed in to my chest and I pushed it away...and it turned away from me and swam off and away. I never went that deep again on air and never would again. I do see from my logs that the second dive of the dive was only to 136'
Assuming you are breathing regular air (21%), you exceeded your max operating depth which is a lot more dangerous than getting narced. Oxygen toxicity will kill you.
Wtf? Who's class is this? 200 ft on O2 is real close to O2 toxicity!
There is always the risk of visiting Oxygen Pete at those depths.@@hammonas
Yes, it was close. No class. Just some deep air acclimation/training dives and not for a recreational diver.@@YZFoFittie
@@Elparquito what organization?
Awesome! interview him! He said he'd gone there before. Ur right though safety first!
Pterois volitans... the lionfish. I love the look of those fish. They're native where I am, and I've taken a few snaps of them as well.
Oh, as for going deep on a single tank, I have a little anecdote for you. A friend of mine, who's a fellow instructor, tech instructor, and wreck diver, told me about one dive trip he did with an open water student. This was at Sipadan, which is a beautiful island reef in the middle of nowhere with sheer rock cliffs down to 800m or so. So, he takes his student out on his first open water dive, and this student was really fascinated by the shark, and they ended up resting on a ledge at about 65m, and the punchline of his tale was "you're going to have to do a deco stop", and he chuckles. And I'm standing there in disbelief looking at him thinking "you let an open water student do what?!" He's an SSI instructor btw. Oh, no, sorry it was SDI.
He's profiting from his free diving experience. He knows depth, stays calm etc.
Hey guys, I think the slip tip would result in them having to handle the fish to remove the spear.
I was narced once on a training dive, 6ft visabiltity, 57mts, 12° C water and a strong current to swim through at the bottom. Luckily the instuctor recognised i was narrced (ok but just in lala land following) and my buddy failed a gas plan (swapping a cylinder with me at 15mins).
He thumbed the dive and failed us both as he needed to see what he needed to see. We were diving in Bass Straight on air with 50% and 100% o2 deco.
God bless the instructor
i’m laughing as soon as i saw Woody in his coat and beanie. How cold does Gus keep it in there!?! 😂🫶🏻❤️
This looks like an amazing dive site! Would really like to know where it is located. You two should definitely dive and record this one.
I second that
It would be an awesome follow-up series of him getting cert and then they go and cull hundreds of invasives.
Here's a challenge that would make for non-baited clicks (slight pun intended) , "Can 4 (or however many you think it might take) Divers Remove 1k! Invasive Lionfish in One Day (or weekend) on the DEEPEST Hunt on RUclips?"
Okay, maybe someone else can make that shorter but you get the idea.
That's at least 3-4 videos for each channel and a big finale of the count, weight-in and feast. Maybe see if Guga would collab on the cooking and there, that's three or four channels worth of content for a month.
Dang, that sounds like a metric @$$-tonne of work but I'd sure watch and share. But think of the attention it could bring to the problem and possible increase in demand for charters. Maybe that gets sponsorships from FWCC and any associations of charter vessels...
@@matthewellisor5835 sounds interesting. We’ll see what they do. Both Woody and Gus seem excited to dive this location, and do it safely.
This is really terrifying to watch it was scary because you don’t know if he is going to be ok I mean I’m only certified to 60 feet so watching somebody go that deep that is not certified that deep is scary to me I’m really glad he is ok.👌 love your guys videos hope you guys have a great day and thank you guys for reacting to this video it will definitely help me with my diving and again hope you guys have a good day 🧡💗🧡💗
I'm certified to 100 feet, and this was scary. I knew he made it out because he posted the video , obviously, but sweet Jesus he was dicing with death there.
Stumbled across your video and didn't realize how much I miss diving until watching it....thx
I love how at the beginning of every video Woody smiles really big then instantly shifts into super serious mode. :D
theres no way they done an hour dive at those depths on air and on a multidive. Can you guys reach out to him and try interview him/inform him of the mistakes and risks because his buddy certainly didnt know. Just a thought :)
I was going to suggest the same thing.
Yeah, I'm pretty certain that caption is a lie. There is no way that was 1-hr, unless they staged air.
I feel they may softball the interview, kinda like they did with Doug from Adventures with a Purpose. Doug was obviously lying, but they didn't call him out on it.
Honestly I wouldnt be surprised.
As freediver when tank diving on holidays I usually ask for a BABY bottle, bring my own spearfishing suit and use my carbon fins.
Every fucking time the dive schools look at me if im serious or just joking, and in the end I end up having more air in the tank than any long time instructors.
On one of the spots that we do deep 30-40m commercial tank diving where I live sometimes I tag along with school friends and easily surpass anyone without trying.
Freediving is not just breathholding. Its just much more.
I agree. I dove with some of the best in the world, they have taken plunges to 150. Then just had enough to get up. Something doesn't add up.
“Knife in the brain… usually kills things…”
- Woody’s Words of Wisdom (WWoW)
🤣😂❤️
If you see a lion fish, kill it” Gus has me 💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣
Both of your comments on the fish killing was hilarious!
where can we sign up for the First Annual Dive Talk Charity Lionfish Killing Competition ? ... a group of untrained blindfolded divers with spearguns surrounded by lionfish, sharks, and other divers ... what could possibly go wrong ! ?
I know I should totally have a ton of commentary on this guy and his depths on a single cylinder, but all I can think about is how many of those lionfish got away!!!! Let's. GO!!!!!! I suck at the camera, but I'll record you guys killing them all if you'll allow me to get a few!!!! AAAAAH!
I would love to go here, think i might wait until I get some tech training.
Them fucking lion fish and iguanas.
Have you guys watched any of the videos taken from the Frying Pan??? Now THAT'S where you guys should go stay and dive!!! WHAT AN AMAZING DIVE VACATION THAT WOULD BE!!! NOT ONLY DIVING A RIG.... BUT ALSO STAYING ON THE RIG AND BEING ABLE TO DIVE ANYTIME YOU WANT WHILE YOU STAY!!! ABSOLUTELY AMAZEBALLS!!!
I saw a really cool video of divers teaching sharks how to eat Lionfish, it was pretty cool. Not sure if it’s entirely practical and the sharks would learn, but some did figure it out.
I still think you two need to plan a Lion Fish Hunt meet up!
While there are several reason for not going to 170 ft on air (near the 185 ft partial pressure limit for oxygen, usually heavy nitrogen narcosis for most at that depth, long time up if there is a problem, etc.). They didn't seem affected by any of these issues, while they did go lower than the limits that they should be on, it seemed controlled. I can only say, that he should take the some tech diving courses so he can operate the correct equipment for those depth.
Oh my god what's wrong with people they think they know it all he defo going to get narched and IAM sure he won't escape the bends he prob drown but idiots like this usually make it 🤬🤬🤬
Sometimes you can’t tell someone or yourself are narced until there’s a problem…
@@Robert_H_Diver true, it's a bit of gradient, in many ways it can be compared to being drunk, some people do not recognize it before they are severely affected, at the depth there were at (170 ft), the partial pressure of N2 should be in the territory of getting anxiety and failing ability of calculating for most, he did explain he felt uncomfortable there, which makes sense. They weren't down at that depth for long, maybe a minute, before he ascended some 20 to 30 ft (seems so from the footage) to get better again.
I think that they realized that it was probably a bad idea, since they removed the video. I hope that they didn't get harassed too much, since the guy makes some great freediving and underwater hunting content.
@@helene6295 some of the commenters seem almost disappointed that the guys survived. "idiots like this usually make it" yeah, most do......
@@Derek_Garnham yes some people beening morbid I rarely dived deeper than 60ft usually at 30ft one time due to a faulty depth gauge was at 150 I didnd notice cause I was following basking sharks my mates notice got e back up but landed up with the bends
Thank you very much for what you do. What a great video and really relevant, for me. I literally have the e-learning portion of my Open Water Diver course open on another tab of my browser.
Completely unrelated, but I would love to see you guys comment on the scuba diving scenes in the James Bond movie, "Thunderball". I think it would be a lot of fun to hear your take on 1965 diving tech and techniques and we all get to enjoy some James Bond, too.
Sure would love a full commentary on the Thailand rescue... such massive coordination. Yet lessons in how even SEALS aren't certified cave divers. Just saw a documentary on it and would have loved your guys take on it😉
50 metres for metric guys.
His mate can’t be that experienced if he thought this was a good idea
Yes indeed. 50 metres is well beyond recreational diving and no room for error.
Good Grief..... Commercial diving In Samoa we dove to 110ft to 120Ft to lay cable (directing the barge to avoid obstructions) with a strong cross current .... protection divers to keep the tiger sharks at bay at about 40ft to 60 ft,,, there were a lot of them. Decompression was rise to the "escape" boat in one jaunt with no stops to board a speed boat with twin 50hp outboards, again... straight up from 110 ft +/- with no stops... get run back to near shore at high speed and dropped to 40 ft depth with a six pack of beer and a couple of magazines to "decompress" for a few hours. Back in the day..... "This is the way!". Makes me crack a smile when I see the current "safety" protocols. We did this for a week and never had an 'Incident" . I would however caution anyone doing this with a fresh sunburn... as somehow the pressure drives the water under your skin to an extent that showering when you finally surface will lead to your outer layer of skin peeling off in a mass sludge.
I would love!…We, the audience would love to see Gus and Woodro dive this site like Woody said, set up a big dive, stage some tanks, then you guys could show the video! 😊
I’m not a diver, a swimmer, or lover of boating. I love looking at the ocean and staying close to the shore 😅 that being said, I love the views of the ocean and do what I can to help our beautiful planet. So I love seeing some of these videos that have gorgeous views under the sea (I respect fishing as well, nothing wrong with it WITHOUT hurting the reef), but seeing how people just go under the ocean without extreme caution and following all procedures is scary!
If I ever had the guts and desire to dive, I’d travel just to take classes from y’all 😂 I trust no one
You are adorable lol you’ll be fine
I got a mental picture of Gus with some fish in a choke hold. "You wanna come to MY WATER?!?! How you like THIS?!?"
In the early days of diving in the 70s in new Zealand, Spearos regularly dived to 250' to spear groper. There was an article which tells the story of a tragic weekend when things went badly wrong. One diver got bent and was flown to the naval base. The others in the group continued ,the first diver would dive to 250' and a second diver would bring an extra tank for his ascent and deco. But the boat started to sink so the divers were too busy to consider the in water guy. He had to surface and got bent ,he was also flown to the naval base ,but because his mate was partially into treatment ,it was decided to place him into a one man transport chamber. Unfortunately he died. Diving practice changed after that.
I love how he starts out with the lackadaisical vernacular of "SCUBA stuff" when he was referring to the credentials of this buddy and the lack of follow-up training himself...😂
I love how Woody gives us his best Albert Einstein configurations & Gus has to dumb it down for non divers!😂 Seriously love watching this channel after a stressful day. ❤
After taking my padi coarse I have a whole new perspective on watching your videos. Wow!
Congratulations on becoming a PADI certified diver.. but as a certified scuba instructor, since 1988, and a diver since 1978, don't watch RUclips or pay attention to social media for your diving knowledge or experience.. Just saying.... most if not all social media is hype and Bs
I am a fairly experienced diver, in warm and cold waters, Tri-Mix certified, I KNOW I get narcosis around 40 to 45 Metres on air, there is a reason we have Nitrox & Trimix !! dive safety is the first and only consideration !
I have learned today that if I would ever go out doing what these guys are doing there must be a dive plan before we touch the water. Like...whats the plan...and what do we need if we decide to go for plan B. If we only had the internet and you guys on it in trhe early eighties. That was at the time I was 17 and lived on Aruba for two years.. Almost each day you could find me somewhere in the sea after school..I loved swimming in the sea that much. Coming from The Netherlands it felt like swimming in a aquarium with all these colorfull fish. But to be honest it never crossed my mind to go scuba with tanks and have a more intense experience that way. Having stumbled upon your channel I am having this itch that doesnt seem to go away. Fortunately my sis is building a house on that island and hopefully will I have the chance to satisfy that itch in the near future... Thanks for giving me that rash ..you guys..lol.
Another great video love the channel ❤️
I dive the rigs out of Freeport a lot and mainly on rebreather. There are TONS of lionfish down there. They start at 100 ft or so and get bigger the deeper you go. We took 75 off 5 rigs in one day. But unless you have a three prong pole spear and a zookeeper then you don’t want to mess with shooting them when you only have a gun. With a gun you have two options… you either leave it on your spear and that’s your only shot for the dive, or you use a pair of scissors on a knife you brought down and clean off the venomous spines and put on your stringer. But that takes a few minutes and time is valuable at this depth. I bring a zookeeper and a gun. I’ll try to make a video sometime. Also go watch this guys other video where he shoots a world record fish.
Awesome reaction boys I enjoyed this video 👍
There's only one way to go forward: DiveTalk X BradenSherron. First do a collab video where you tell them the risks they've been into and then maybe cover his certification (if he's interested)
The oil rig in the gulf are outstanding!! And you also have the Flower Garden reef… you both would really love it!!! My first time ever I saw a bull shark, barracuda and turtle all on the same dive!!! Give it a try you can thank me later.
Wow! But it's typical. I am around young Marines (I'm a tech instructor overseas with the military) and I know this exact situation down to the spearfishing gear. It didn't end up so well. Brought the body up from 190 feet when his buddy surfaced and called to the boat for help. It's assumed that the guy got narced below 45 meters, then lost his buddy. Tank (AL80) was empty when they brought him up.
How about 260" on a single steel tank. Not the wisest thing I've done but I was trained, knew the dangers. Wasn't worried about the Bends because it was a bounce dive. Actually only supposed to be 200' but, as he, got narced and was distracted by an irritation or, I guess, annoyance would be a better word. Turns out I needed to clear my ears. BOY, once I did that...WOO! The narc really kicked in and before I knew it...260'. This was at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Reef started at 80' and dropped straight to around 140', then silt sand at a 70 degree grade for thousands of feet. We had submarines pinging us. Luckily, the only thing that happened was I swallowed air and spent a couple hours on the beach belching and farting.
In South Africa we can't spearfish off scuba, we also consider it unsportsmanlike. But man, if I visit Florida again I'm definitely giving it a shot.
Great commentary. Gus I share your pain because here in Trinidad and Tobago as does the rest of the Caribbean, we have the same problem with lion fish. I can't get enough of them. But all that aside, the guy is a bit crazy however it was nice video.
the morning is always better when I get a dive talk notification