Think of how fun it would be if the two of you - Woody and Gus - talked while on helium... I know it's probably childish, there's a legit reason why divers use helium in their gass - mixture. But it makes me laugh myself silly 😂😂😂😆😆
Part of the rescue diver cert is to make sure you never approach a panic diver from the front. Approach from the back, get the diver between your legs, get one hand on his regulator and the other hand free to assist a slow ascent. This was a test for the other divers. You guys are great.
I'm not seeing pelvic fins, so that and it's shape leads me to think it's a swordfish. I think the reason the swordfish "attacked" was because of the way the swordfish's eyes work. They have unique eyes made to work in deep, dark depths and cold temps. There is an organ near their brain that warms it and their eyes in a way that allows them to detect traces of light given off by prey in darkness. I think the unnatural lights on the rig & bell, as well as the color of the dive suits, and the diver's own movements caused the fish to mistake that as prey. They'd have no reason to expect anything else. The swordfish went to "slash", not knowing that the diver was not their normal food. They are only perceiving the flashes of light, not the shape. I hope they were able to remove and let it go alive. Also, while swordfish can form small schools, they are more often solitary hunters. When they are seen together, it is more likely they were all drawn in by whatever is being hunted. Much like sharks do.
Regarding taking the mask off the panicked and berserk diver - in his "Blueprints For Survival", p. 41 one of the pioneers of cave diving, Sheck Exley, recommends flooding the mask of the victim to incapacitate them *as a last resort*. "If you choose to attempt to handle an active, berserk diver anyway, try to get behind him with a firm grasp on the tank valve and also the tank. If you become involved in a struggle, flooding his mask while possibly making him even more panicky, may enable you to get the upper hand. As soon as you are in control you may begin towing the victim in a manner similar to the described under 'narked (sic) diver' on the preceding page." What the instructor did there looks exactly like this description. Whether this mode of action is appropriate and recommended nowadays is a different matter.
Woody: Rips off mask (the audience sees that it's actually Gus underneath) Gus: and I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling dive instructors!!
Woody, your incredibly bright (and contagious) smile at the start of every video makes my day a little bit better when I see it. Thank you for being such a happy influence!
16:44 แล 93 In April 2016, Paolo Eduardo, a saturation diver, was making minor repairs when a swordfish attacked him, stabbing his oxygen tank and becoming entangled in his scuba gear. Eduardo went to a diving bell to get help and avoid decompression. The bell is pressurized to match the diver's current pressure so he doesn't need to decompress. The diver was able to survive because the swordfish's bill created an airtight hole in the tank. v
I love this concept of reacting to a few different clips. Works really well on other channels and never realized how perfect that format is for Dive Talk. Well done!
Seen the mask being pulled off before on a panicked diver. This person was fighting to get away and get to the surface as fast as possible. They pulled the mask so the diver could no longer see or fight. It made the diver stop fighting cause they can’t see and the only thing they can do is breath while the dive master and another diver held on to each other for a nice controlled ascent.
@@Justcarlosdiaz uncontrolled ascent can kill you. i'd rather get fought by the blind guy than watch his lungs/brain literally explode. lol i don't think there's many options when it comes to calming someone down while diving
I love the education that this channel brings. Not just going over silly/crazy content, but teaching people well and warning people about all the details that go into diving.
In the fist video, the incident occurs at a little over 221 meters deep (~ 725 ft). You can see the depth at the bottom right part of the screen, but then the ROV is hovering over the diver who is a bit deeper.
I love woody's smile ...its very reassuring. As a beginner diver I really appreciate the insights shared on this channel. Really makes me appreciate safety and awareness that much more when diving
The Washing Machine sounds amazing and pretty hilarious. Woody says "it's only a couple of minutes," but in turbulence like that, I bet a couple of minutes feels like a long time!
What's scary to most people about currents is that they can't exactly be controlled in the sense you would control a car... They simply exist and suddenly you're hauling ass without any effort, and in fact, it takes a LOT of effort just to not be hauling ass... What comes with training is the understanding of how currents work... which is rather like invisible rivers under water... SO when you want to stop, just get out of the "river"... and you're free to do as you wish... Once you understand and can practice THAT, currents aren't so scary anymore. Undertow isn't terrifying if you just know which direction to swim... BUT too many people flirt with disaster by not knowing or getting the training they should have before hitting the ocean for recreational swimming. AND the correct direction for escaping undertow (for those interested) or so-called "rip-currents" is parallel to the shoreline... Either way will work, but don't bother fighting the current.. since the rip currents or undertow pulls you out to sea, you're only going to exhaust yourself on a losing battle. Going parallel to the shore, you "get out of the river"... as it were. ;o)
@@Amarantine0930 Yeah... and while I was born in the Rocky Mountains and grew up in the Appalachians, I got lucky enough to learn how to deal with rips and other currents (like just don't fight the current)... BUT every year, dozens of tourists hit the beach "never to return" because they do NOT learn how to contend with currents... rip or otherwise. ;o)
@@Amarantine0930 Yeah... well, until they do, I suppose it's still on God and Darwin to sort them out... OR maybe... THEY need themselves to find and actively learn better basic water safety... I mean, there's only so much that sweeping your arms side to side and stepping over a rock is going to do for you... (literally the entirety of a college level water safety requirement)... *groans* ;o)
LEEEEEROY JENKINS 🤣 Woody deciphering the thoughts the sword fish had was brilliant. Love this style video guys, perfect light hearted watch before bed. I might have to cop one of those beanies Woody! Snazzy.
The first thing that should be mandatory is we all should see what Woody is drinking. Plus that LEEEROY JENKINS! absolutely killed me, Gus. Totally caught me off guard.
First clip, the diver is at 270 meters. The swordfish speared his bailout hose. He "carried" the fish to the bell and the swordfish's bill broke off as he climbed into the bell. Swordfish don't like divers or ROV's. I'm the Chief Engineer on the vessel.
You guys are legitimately getting me into diving and i really want to get trained in cave diving, i just want to see all this beautiful stuff with my own eyes. I want to conquer my fears of deep dark water and learn the ins and outs of how to make it safer.
While its not diving, i see some parallels with professional tree climbing, where some basics transfer well. 1 Know the safety rules and follow them . 2 know how to set up your gear properly, and practice in a safe environment with a mentor. 3 know your limits and the limitations of the gear you are working with and stay within that. 4 Trust your gear and your capabilities. When these are followed you can have a (relatively speaking) safe and enjoyable experience. As they are continuously mentioning, proper training is key and the place to start. With that the rest follows.
@@brandonleconte4922 Hey Brandon, you should approach your local dive center and talk to them. You may try a thick wet suit or a wet suit with an ice west (that's what my father and I are doing here in the baltic sea, but only in summer ^^) or you may try a semi dry suit or even a dry suit. The last one needs some extra training but you wouldn't be the first one to learn to diving in a dry suit. :)
@@DIVETALK this comment tells me you guys have gained close to 200,000 subscribers in the last year. Unbelievable 💪👌 Love the balance of humor and knowledge you two provide! Cheers to the next quarter million
I absolutely love Woody's reactions in these videos. They are always so, so real and they really make me smile and laugh when he gets on one! Great vid Gus and Woody!
I literally watch every video you guys upload in full as soon as I see it. Even when I’m working, I take a dive talk break. Lol. Then every single time at the end of video I’ll go to your channel just to be sure I didn’t miss one in between. You guys are doing great! And I’m not even a diver haha
Hello from Portugal. I'm not a diver but i live by the sea and i love to watch videos from divers in caves, caverns, sea etc... and you have a fun and good way to teach and show how it works, thank you and keep doing it
I love Dive Talk. You guys also really need a curator of videos so you both react! I would to see both of you sincerely reacting to the video at the same time.
Thanks. As we grow and hopefully get more paying members and such we hope to be in a financial position to afford just that. We will get there. Thanks 🙏 for the support and comment!
"Dive master with split fins" should be a syntax error in English. 16:20 : Unfortunatelly I had to do the same last year. A panicked diver that should not be even 10 miles away from water, she started swimming to the surface by removing her regulator. I was behind her and tried to stabilize her (we were diving at 50-60 feet for 30 minutes already). 2 other divers came in front of her attempting to donate air. She started violently pulling their hoses, including the necklace they were breathing from. I removed her mask, and we force fed her the regulator until she relaxed on the way up. It's one thing being suicidal and another thing endangering good buddies that try to help you. In the latter case, it makes sense to lose your right to see, so actually the others can more easily force feed you the only thing that keeps you alive at 60 feet. Btw, she could not recall anything and had no idea about her behavior, she only remembered that she was feeling claustrophobic or something. P/S: I am not a trained rescue diver, but my first thought was to protect the others, similarly inexperienced divers back then, that were feeling less comfortable in the water. That was before my 20th dive :).
Sure she knew what she did she was just trying to get out of being blamed for her reckless behaviior. Criminales use that excuse all the time- i blacked out and dont remember anything. Yea sure thing buddy
@@utecastronoova863 She is a "friend", so I don't think she was lying. For context that was a scientific dive, the first person that pulled his gear was my professor, a very senior guy, while the other one was her professor. Speaking with her personally, I don't think that she had any criminal intention, she is not a bad person... To prove further my case, after we were discussing trying to clam her down etc, she just said that she afraid of the water and she thought that scuba would help her. Now the most ridiculous thing is that that was not her first dive, it was just a dive that the water turned slightly darker becuase it took place late afternoon. Moreover we are working on underwater robotics, which means that out of all the available options in life she decided to do a PhD, out of all the disciplines in Computer Science, out of all the fields in CS the only one where you get your hands dirty (robotics), and out of the infinite different fields in robotics, she chose to work in an underwater robotics lab. Pretty crazy if you think of it. I don't believe she would share such info if she was not sincere... Anyway.
@@Yggdrasil42 1 second she was next to me, LITERALLY the other one she was flying to the skies after I asked her to check her SPG. I was able to catch her by the tip of her fin... Due to that expreience I try to always be aware as much as possible, which I consider it a nice outcome.
@@mariosx12 dopanine is the trigger here. You burn it up very fast in a panic attack. The rapid eye movement burns it up in the brain. When you took off her goggles she had to shut her eyes and have more to spare. Going completely flat on dopamine causes a fuge/blackout state, same thing happens when you drink.
Following Desert Storm, I had a chance to drift dive in the Persian Gulf and it was a hoot. There are channels in the Gulf carved out of the bottom to accommodate the tankers. We would get out of the boat in chest level water, walk for about 20yds. and step off into 20-30 ft. drop and current and rocket out. The diver boat would follow us and be ready to pick us as we excited the current. Before we step'd we told out divers, 1) do NOT reach out to grab anything to slow or stop your dive 2) see number one. Reasons: you will rip your skin which will put blood in the water which brings us some unwanted friends. We'd just lived thru the War and none of us wanted to go home in a body bag.
I never dived before, and I'm almost very afraid to do so, however for some reason I'm still addicted to this channel. And watch it just about everyday. Great work fellas! Keep these vids coming!❤
Hel here-great fun video,guys! Incredible to see you both trying to come up with answers for the weirdness going on under the sea, especially the"why"of the swordfish attack!!Love you guys xx
Loved this!!!!! I'm an occupational therapist and I often use cold water compresses to change a significant behavior, quickly. It jolts the nervous system. I do it under different circumstances but...
When I first became a dive master, I took a newly wed couple on a DSD on a 5 m dive in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. They were not confident swimmers so we had two instructors with us as well. We did a shore entry and finned out to the dive site (it's like 80m from the beach) and after checking they're okay we started our descent. we get like 2m down and the woman started panicking. She was thrashing around and proceeded to rip my regulator out of my mouth. When you do your training, the instructors tell you this can happen, but I didn't really ever think it would happen. Luckily I stayed calm and followed all the correct procedures and her and I actually ended up having a lovely dive. That and a titan trigger fish chewing a chunk out of my fin were the two craziest things! Oh and a rehabilitated turtle biting my hair while cleaning a tank in the aquarium😂
@@DIVETALK I’d love to be a dive buddy or be able to give you guys a bit more… but I’m trying to save up to get certified and equipment and everything (and now my daughter wants to learn too so oh god lol). I hope the little I contribute helps you guys out! You have taught me so much and I’m very thankful for that! Have a great night guys!
@@mourningsickness absolutely DON'T upgrade to Dive Buddy if you can't afford it, definitely focus on saving to get certified, you and your daughter becoming diver is WAY more important than us getting more money for videos. We can't wait to hear how your training goes!
Hey frm Aussie, I don’t dive, I was led to this channel after watching swordfish video’s of them impale and stab people fishing via breaching out of the water into the deck of the boat, from there I haven’t been able to stop watching all your dive talk video’s, it’s very fascinating for me as a non diver and in general, anyways I wanted to say thanks for your time and uploads n mostly the explanation to things needing to be.. I am going on my 1st diving lesson next week, I am cautious of things I wouldn’t have even thought about safety wise.. So thanks for your time and the uploads! I appreciate it lots.. #DiveTalk
I got turned on to your channel by a Mr Ballen vid, and now I can’t stop watching you guys!! I now want to get certified to dive!! The washing machine is going on my bucket list ☺️
LMAO i literally clicked on this video from the video of the guy chugging the beer!! as soon as gus said this dude was thirsty i knew what you were talking about, so glad you saw it i thought it was so funny
Humans are so funny. "Look, we've mastered the delicate art of surviving a short time underwater, let's go in this complex water current we call the Washing Machine, for fun". Gotta love it.
Sheck Exley actually said in his blueprint for survival that if you get into a struggle with a panicked diver then you should try to win the struggle by flooding their mask.
I did two drift dives in Cozumel. The first on "the Wall" at 85 feet, which was exciting, and then in shallow over sand (about 30 feet) which was calm and cool.
The washing machine looks like so much fun! To be honest, you guys make diving in general sound like wonderous, awe-inspiring fun! Now if only I didn't have this pesky hydrocephalus, I'd be signing up for my first class! Diving has always been a dream and your vids get me closer to that! ❤️✌️🌊
The panicking diver scene: Maybe it was a training demo for an advanced dive course. Maybe for how to control a panicking diver and demo of what a panicking diver will do.
I agree, but if not a demo, maybe he became unintentionally attached to the diver behind him somehow so he was trying to keep the other divers away to avoid respirators being yanked out etc?
we done things like that on rescue classes ,things panic divers will do if you don`t know how to help ,they will swim to you and will rip your 2nd stage from your mouth so they can take a breath in panic or they will clamp to you like a octopus putting you in harms way if not ready... is a safety class ...panic divers are unpredictable ! the best way to control a panic diver is from behind so he can`t get a hold of you or any part of your equipment then you offer a octopus stage or your own 2nd stage then you breathe from your stage in the inflator if you have one...never swim towards a panic diver straight from the front , go under him and that`s how you hold him from the back ... a rescue class is the best safety class after getting certify to learn hands down, even cpr while in the water to a boat.
I love the thought of riding the currant. I would absolutely love doing that if I ever get the chance to go diving. Because I have been currant swimming and it's freaking awesome. Except the one time I almost drowned and puked when I thank God made it to the shore but it was a unique experience and location of where 3 channels of water ways connected to a river around a river rock island in a tight fast flowing confluence and this undertow pulled me and it probably was the scariest moment I've ever had swimming. It took all my effort to swim out of the river but I always went with the currant and didn't fight the currant but still it kept me from getting over to the side unless I gave it all my energy to get there. Then I threw up once I got on land because my heart was beating so fast, my breathing was going so fast I hyperventilated until puking. It was a learning experience lol
I have for many years, taken a 'camelback' drink pouch along on warm water dives (primarily to drink at the surface while awaiting pickup) but as long as the liquid is 'flat' (no gas dissolved) and you are in full control of your buoyancy it is very possible and easy to drink from the 'bite valve ' underwater.... just make sure to squeeze out all the air when you fill it and close it! (would also be a great asset if your boat didnt show up for some reason and that coupled with a sun hat which i also used to dive with!)
Spring 2012 we dove off the Southern tip of Cozumel, as soon as we got into the water it looked like we jumped out of an airplane. Can't tell you the speed of the current but we ended up all the way to the West where the cruise ships dock. We kept looking around for a boat, having heard the engines but never seeing anything go over us during our safety stop. No joke some of my dive group had to surface under the dock for safety, my dad and I were towed by life saver and rope as soon as we surfaced to avoid the huge prop wash. Caught a jellyfish over my bare knuckles during the tow away. Before that we had a wreck dive, where the current was also so strong we had to get behind the wreck for a break. My dad panicked last minute not wanting to go inside with everyone else, so we just hung out in the crow's nest. Needless to say that was it for my dad's SCUBA career.
That Marlin attack (whilst serious I know) is hilarious - You can see both the diver and fish thinking "seriously... this was a bad idea... now what..." :-)! Glad it seemed like it didn't hit anything serious and he got back to the bell okay! Reading up on it - it ties into your previous video - the swordfish impaled itself on his Divex bail out rebreather! So it saved him - just not in the way it was intended! Apparently it managed to escape when he was trying to get back into the Bell and "both diver and fish were swimming around at the end of it" so no fish supper afterall :-)! I know what Woody means about fast drift diving - I've done some similar 5-6kt drift dives on the West Coast of Scotland, awesome fun - obviously needs to be briefed first, definitely need a DSMB (I'd argue you always need one), when you fire it it will go off at an angle and you'll need to swim towards/under it otherwise it can pendulum you up to the surface. In terms of separation and this scenario my personal opinion is that it should be anticipated and put into the dive brief - you need to work out before hand whether you're diving as budy pairs or as a whole group - if you're buddy pairs then his buddy should have gone with him and the others can legitimately continue the dive as their buddy pairs. The pair that's drifting if they've gone off together needs to be careful as they could drift along way from the boat and I'd argue if the plan was to be anchored then they should surface. Bizarre - the mask ripping thing was wierd, I don't know what was going on, he didn't seem particularly like he was panicking - the movements were very intentional... Gus might be right - he might have been someone playing a panicked diver and going for masks etc. It would make it harder for a panicked diver to grab something but actually you can usually see okay without a mask, personally would think it would make you more likely to panic but there you go.
Thank you for the updated info on the swordfish incident. I was going to search to see if I could find anything further. That 'was' an unreal situation!
@@tamo9520 yes actually I should have commented on how well the diver handled the situation - unexpecred problem, can't solve it, no idea which systems may be about to fail, protect umbilical and abort the dive - all within a few seconds!
@@tomriley5790 I think we 'all' agree with that! "yes actually I should have commented on how well the diver handled the situation", . . . you just did Tom! * wink *
I still want to know what happened to the sword fish as well as what damages he did to the equipment! That was un-real! I'm going to have to se if I can dig up anything online about it!
Deep specialty course, can of coke with a straw at 130 ft was one of my fav lessons. I don't drink regular pop, so I had my sip from the straw and my instructor drank the rest. Fun times 😂 Just found you guys recently when a fb scuba group posted one of your videos... I live in Mexico (cave diving central), quickly became addicted to your videos...
panicked diver appears to me like its one of those random rescue diver training scenario's where the instructor is trying to kill you.... i.e. the one you dont want!
I heard an opinion that ripping mask off from a panicking diver can help to calm them down, like sudden shock. Also, when I was doing my Rescue class instructors were constantly ripping my mask off and I was supposed to replace it with a spare one. At the end of the video it seemed like that guy was reaching to the pocket, probably for the spare mask?
There is another “Panicked Diver” video that shows a very similar scenario happening in with a young lady being held from behind by the DM. She also rips off the mask of a person coming toward her and the DM rips her mask off right after that. It seemed like it calmed her down right away for some reason. It did make me wonder if this was a last resort tactic.
I think either Woodie is right- it's a drill, that's about all that makes sense. I think they ripped the guys mask off as a way to make him stop trying to fight them. Think about it, if you did that to someone who was panicking and trying to hurt those around them- they would stop because now they're concerned with getting their gear back on correctly. It's certainly not going to calm their panic but, it would occupy them for sure.
I agree, as soon as they ripped his mask off, he magically stopped panicking, so he must have been acting. An actual panicking person wouldn't suddenly be calm like that.
The swordfish was probably just cruising along, you know, he's on his phone or whatever, speeding a bit since they're fast and suddenly BANG and he's a stuck in some freaking monster who's dragging him into what can only be an actual hell. I hope he survived :-D
I would say the swordfish was hunting and the diver just happened to get in the way. When fish are on the hunt and trained on their meal they have tunnel vision and put the pedal medal lol. Someone around here was swam into the path of a tuna on the hunt and ended up with a broken arm and shoulder.
The 3 divers were fighting. Keep in mind the dive we watched wasn't a recreational dive. It was a commercial dive. These are 2 coworkers who drank too much the night before and they had to work together after a scuffle.
My first thought too. They had some beef going on since earlier and had been drinking the night before the dive. The guy being held down looks like a pouty little kid sulking.
Personally I work in the dive industry and its quite common. People doing these coral conservation project do it throu volunteer projects. Usually its super rich kids sent away by their parents so the will get rid of the kids for 6 months up to year. All of them are gonna be divemasters and instructor because daddy pays. They go zero to hero and often is really bad of what they do. They are in a tropical place, lots of cool bars and clubs and the dive industry is quite unhealthy. They go out drink themself shit faced every night and smokes pot. Next day the look like shit and are hungover. So it's only need one small thing to ignite a fight. I love when these kids come and realise the won't get everything served on a sliver platter and the shock in their eyes when they realise they need to carry their own gear and tanks are priceless. Not to talk about when the go into their DMT and have at least 12-14 hours workdays, planning and reading the course literature after work. I can say 90% won't finish their DMT and their rest that do won't work with it. Then they call daddy for extra money so they can stay another year and become hippies that go all in on the booze, pot, women and STD/STI's. After a year they are so broke mentally a physically so they beg daddy on their bare knees to come home and do a quickie on rehsb and then start working for daddy and huöis business.
I think it was a dive drill or some type of underwater exercise, the diver behind the dive master appears to have the dive master tank in his grasp and before any of the commotion started, the instructors were giving hand signals and directions. The dive master kept his fins in hands the whole time.
When I saw the dive master drifting because of the strong currents a question popped in my mind: are there currents that can push you towards the surface? Let's say you have to do decompression stops but you can''t because the current pushes you towards the surface. did that even happen/ can ever happen?
There is a spot here where it happens so bad it gives fish the bends and kills them on the spot. Then eagles eat them. I havent seen divers at that spot. A few seals (animals, not navy seals), so maybe its possible, dunno.
Already heard about ripping mask off, not to calm down a panicked diver, but to prevent him hurting you if he gets violent... make sense but also could be quite dangerous if he's drowning or has any kind of serious issue....
btw, if i'm panicking and wanna "bolt to surface" that would be because I have no other choice! total CO2 built up / cannot breath or whatever, and I would be pretty pissed if someone was preventing me to do it
I thought it was a rescue class type of scenario. But the ripping off of the "panicking" diver's mask also got me confused. What next, rip off their regulator so they can't breathe and so calm down?!?
It wasn’t a panicking situation, imo. Gus got it right, I believe. That makes the most sense based on the body language and common sense. Just some experience divers trying out an exercise to see what would play out. The so called angry Dive master kicking out at his fellow workers!? No bloody way. Makes zero sense.
It's definitely a swordfish, as evidenced by its flat bill. It was obviously an accident, like the one which famously happened to the submarine "Alvin" in the 1960s (the 200-pound swordfish was killed).
I love your channel! Quick question - I have gotten conflicting information about the lost buddy procedure. My original open water instructor (years ago) told me to go up after 30 seconds of searching and to MAKE a safety stop on the way up. Recently, as I was finishing my rescue certification, I was told to SKIP the safety stops in this scenario (because having a lost diver decreases the 'safety' of the divers - therefore making the 'safety' stop a bad idea). Which instructor is correct? Would it make a difference if we are talking about a mandatory decompression stop? I think that you should stop for your own safety, but would love to get your thoughts. Thank you in advance!
Although the safety stop is not mandatory, I would say that it all depends on what kind of dive you just did and what you were doing, if you lost your buddy after spending 10 minutes at 100 feet, I would not advice you to skip your safety stop, I would say go up to 50 feet and do a one minute stop looking for your buddy in the process (so spining and looking up and down), and then go to 20 feet and do another safety stop and look for your buddy. Now if this was 5 minutes into the dive and you just lost your buddy at 30 feet then yeah I think you can search for 30 seconds and go to the surface slowly...I would probably continue to search as I ascend to the surface slowly. Just be aware of where you are, I don't believe that there is an answer that works on every case on this one, those who say "Just skip the stop" are not thinking about deeper dives with bottom times near your NDL or else I don't think they would advise it, and those who say "Always make the stop" are not thinking about shallow dives where the whole time you spent at a safety stop depth.
It's always so clear to me that you both are born leaders, specifically because you never *TRY* to lead, but you end up doing it anyway because of confidence, experience and genuine care. In particular, your mentioning of how people look to you by default reminds me of experiences I've been through, even when I didn't want that responsibility. I really love and respect you guys tremendously man. Brave, smart, and always there to help. Dive Talk baby!!!
I literally have tears streaming down my face at Gus's comment... "Then the dive master will make an entrance...then exit" lmao
"Ohn hi guys...ok bye guys!"
That comment made my night and I'm still having the random giggle over it. I can just see him getting taken away by the current. 😂
I don't understand
Think of how fun it would be if the two of you - Woody and Gus - talked while on helium... I know it's probably childish, there's a legit reason why divers use helium in their gass - mixture. But it makes me laugh myself silly 😂😂😂😆😆
Easily amusable.
That swordfish woke up and chose violence. Definitely living up to the name. lol
Part of the rescue diver cert is to make sure you never approach a panic diver from the front. Approach from the back, get the diver between your legs, get one hand on his regulator and the other hand free to assist a slow ascent. This was a test for the other divers. You guys are great.
I'm not seeing pelvic fins, so that and it's shape leads me to think it's a swordfish. I think the reason the swordfish "attacked" was because of the way the swordfish's eyes work. They have unique eyes made to work in deep, dark depths and cold temps. There is an organ near their brain that warms it and their eyes in a way that allows them to detect traces of light given off by prey in darkness. I think the unnatural lights on the rig & bell, as well as the color of the dive suits, and the diver's own movements caused the fish to mistake that as prey. They'd have no reason to expect anything else. The swordfish went to "slash", not knowing that the diver was not their normal food. They are only perceiving the flashes of light, not the shape. I hope they were able to remove and let it go alive.
Also, while swordfish can form small schools, they are more often solitary hunters. When they are seen together, it is more likely they were all drawn in by whatever is being hunted. Much like sharks do.
They FUCKING ATE IT!!!
@@Hiihtopipa thank god lol swordfish is delicious
@@CptCupcake5 i know,and the original poster wanted to let the fucker go :D can you believe it
I would be eating that fucker for revenge
Yeah you'll never see 500 swordfish together.
Woody is so funny in this one “ why sword fish” lmao
😂😂
He was rather introspective today 😆
wrong neighborhood cuh lol
Dude that swordfish recognized him ! 😂
Bro, swordfish could not resist the siren’s call of: INTERNET FAME & being famous & remembered FOREVER!!🙂🐟🐡🐠
Regarding taking the mask off the panicked and berserk diver - in his "Blueprints For Survival", p. 41 one of the pioneers of cave diving, Sheck Exley, recommends flooding the mask of the victim to incapacitate them *as a last resort*. "If you choose to attempt to handle an active, berserk diver anyway, try to get behind him with a firm grasp on the tank valve and also the tank. If you become involved in a struggle, flooding his mask while possibly making him even more panicky, may enable you to get the upper hand. As soon as you are in control you may begin towing the victim in a manner similar to the described under 'narked (sic) diver' on the preceding page." What the instructor did there looks exactly like this description. Whether this mode of action is appropriate and recommended nowadays is a different matter.
Thank you! Exactly the comment i was looking for😄
@@ytbruker1161 I'm right there with you
Awesome, thank you!
And hey, it looked like it worked perfectly.
I’m not a diver but this was my thought as well.
yeah i was thinking that if they’re close to the surface it’s a last resort measure to force him to surface and disengage
Woody: Rips off mask (the audience sees that it's actually Gus underneath)
Gus: and I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling dive instructors!!
Ha
If Woodey would've went to the police, none of this would've happened
That would make a good collab video with Corridor Crew ( ua-cam.com/channels/SpFnDQr88xCZ80N-X7t0nQ.html ), they do VFX.
Woody, your incredibly bright (and contagious) smile at the start of every video makes my day a little bit better when I see it. Thank you for being such a happy influence!
Wow, thank you!
Me too, it always makes me feel better to see it ☺️
Me also.. lol
"LEEEEROOOOY JENKINS" great reference 🤘🤣
Legendary. 🤟
Good times... good times..
Favorite part of the video by far 😂😭
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Rotfl! 🤪
The swordfish was released! There's an interview with the diver on UA-cam somewhere.
I am very happy for the swordfish ! But I red this at 2:00am and thought…how the hell they interviewed the swordfish….
@@balllee6959 lmao! I am reading it in the day and that the same first thought... ahahahaaa
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In April 2016, Paolo Eduardo, a saturation diver, was making minor repairs when a swordfish attacked him, stabbing his oxygen tank and becoming entangled in his scuba gear. Eduardo went to a diving bell to get help and avoid decompression. The bell is pressurized to match the diver's current pressure so he doesn't need to decompress.
The diver was able to survive because the swordfish's bill created an airtight hole in the tank. v
@@jameswhite6986lol
I love this concept of reacting to a few different clips. Works really well on other channels and never realized how perfect that format is for Dive Talk. Well done!
I think so too. Its a great way to mix things up 😊
I really like this concept too. I get a little bored with the 25-30 minute videos about a 3 minute clip.
Seen the mask being pulled off before on a panicked diver. This person was fighting to get away and get to the surface as fast as possible. They pulled the mask so the diver could no longer see or fight. It made the diver stop fighting cause they can’t see and the only thing they can do is breath while the dive master and another diver held on to each other for a nice controlled ascent.
That makes sense to me.
I'm no diver but that's what I thought
That’s my take on this as well
That's legitimately the worst way to possibly calm someone down, I imagine they'd try to kill you with their bare hands afterwards 90% of the time
@@Justcarlosdiaz uncontrolled ascent can kill you. i'd rather get fought by the blind guy than watch his lungs/brain literally explode.
lol i don't think there's many options when it comes to calming someone down while diving
Finding myself in need of a tye dye beanie after seeing that sick Dive Talk gear Woody is rocking. That beanie looks comfy man!
Right man that thing is groovy
I’ve been trying to get it for the longest!
Same
It’s clutch! Cotton Candy!
I gotta get one, they look sick!
I love the education that this channel brings. Not just going over silly/crazy content, but teaching people well and warning people about all the details that go into diving.
leeeeeroy jenkins! lol crazy swordfish
Hahahaha...glad someone got the reference
hahaha didn't expect wow reference to pop up here 😂🤣😂🤣
good vid ✌️✌️
Hhhhiiiiiiyeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! 😂
@@DIVETALK brought back awesome childhood memories of WoW🤣
I figured Gus was a gamer when I heard discord notifications during videos. Lol.
22:15 this dude really chugged a whole beer underwater , dude needs his own cameo
In the fist video, the incident occurs at a little over 221 meters deep (~ 725 ft). You can see the depth at the bottom right part of the screen, but then the ROV is hovering over the diver who is a bit deeper.
Was gonna comment that yeah. They're way deep down.
I love woody's smile ...its very reassuring. As a beginner diver I really appreciate the insights shared on this channel. Really makes me appreciate safety and awareness that much more when diving
The Washing Machine sounds amazing and pretty hilarious. Woody says "it's only a couple of minutes," but in turbulence like that, I bet a couple of minutes feels like a long time!
What's scary to most people about currents is that they can't exactly be controlled in the sense you would control a car... They simply exist and suddenly you're hauling ass without any effort, and in fact, it takes a LOT of effort just to not be hauling ass...
What comes with training is the understanding of how currents work... which is rather like invisible rivers under water... SO when you want to stop, just get out of the "river"... and you're free to do as you wish...
Once you understand and can practice THAT, currents aren't so scary anymore. Undertow isn't terrifying if you just know which direction to swim... BUT too many people flirt with disaster by not knowing or getting the training they should have before hitting the ocean for recreational swimming.
AND the correct direction for escaping undertow (for those interested) or so-called "rip-currents" is parallel to the shoreline... Either way will work, but don't bother fighting the current.. since the rip currents or undertow pulls you out to sea, you're only going to exhaust yourself on a losing battle. Going parallel to the shore, you "get out of the river"... as it were. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 I grew up in Florida. Rip currents are the same. We were taught very young how to get out of them.
@@Amarantine0930 Yeah... and while I was born in the Rocky Mountains and grew up in the Appalachians, I got lucky enough to learn how to deal with rips and other currents (like just don't fight the current)...
BUT every year, dozens of tourists hit the beach "never to return" because they do NOT learn how to contend with currents... rip or otherwise. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 we need people to get better at educating themselves on basic water safety. -sigh-
@@Amarantine0930 Yeah... well, until they do, I suppose it's still on God and Darwin to sort them out...
OR maybe... THEY need themselves to find and actively learn better basic water safety...
I mean, there's only so much that sweeping your arms side to side and stepping over a rock is going to do for you... (literally the entirety of a college level water safety requirement)... *groans* ;o)
LEEEEEROY JENKINS 🤣 Woody deciphering the thoughts the sword fish had was brilliant. Love this style video guys, perfect light hearted watch before bed. I might have to cop one of those beanies Woody! Snazzy.
The first thing that should be mandatory is we all should see what Woody is drinking. Plus that LEEEROY JENKINS! absolutely killed me, Gus. Totally caught me off guard.
this comment deserves more likes lmfao
First clip, the diver is at 270 meters. The swordfish speared his bailout hose. He "carried" the fish to the bell and the swordfish's bill broke off as he climbed into the bell. Swordfish don't like divers or ROV's. I'm the Chief Engineer on the vessel.
You guys are legitimately getting me into diving and i really want to get trained in cave diving, i just want to see all this beautiful stuff with my own eyes. I want to conquer my fears of deep dark water and learn the ins and outs of how to make it safer.
same i m up north in the cold so it tough to try out. This would be so much fun tho! glad to find these guys for sure!
While its not diving, i see some parallels with professional tree climbing, where some basics transfer well. 1 Know the safety rules and follow them . 2 know how to set up your gear properly, and practice in a safe environment with a mentor. 3 know your limits and the limitations of the gear you are working with and stay within that. 4 Trust your gear and your capabilities. When these are followed you can have a (relatively speaking) safe and enjoyable experience.
As they are continuously mentioning, proper training is key and the place to start. With that the rest follows.
@@brandonleconte4922 Hey Brandon, you should approach your local dive center and talk to them. You may try a thick wet suit or a wet suit with an ice west (that's what my father and I are doing here in the baltic sea, but only in summer ^^) or you may try a semi dry suit or even a dry suit. The last one needs some extra training but you wouldn't be the first one to learn to diving in a dry suit. :)
@Alexander Chaves I would join you in a sec. my friend. Good luck it is def a hobby worth investing in.
You guys definitely need to go on a trip and make a video out of the washing machine for us!
Grats on 50k. Unbelievable how quick you guys rose up lol... thanks for reacting to our comments and engaging with us. Love watching your videos
Thank you so much 😁
@S M yep 100%
@@DIVETALK this comment tells me you guys have gained close to 200,000 subscribers in the last year. Unbelievable 💪👌 Love the balance of humor and knowledge you two provide! Cheers to the next quarter million
I absolutely love Woody's reactions in these videos. They are always so, so real and they really make me smile and laugh when he gets on one! Great vid Gus and Woody!
I literally watch every video you guys upload in full as soon as I see it. Even when I’m working, I take a dive talk break. Lol. Then every single time at the end of video I’ll go to your channel just to be sure I didn’t miss one in between. You guys are doing great! And I’m not even a diver haha
LOVE IT!
I am scared shitless to the ocean, but i love listening to you guys be so hyped about going down there.Huge props to you guys!
That man found a new method for catching swordfish. He's a genius fisherman.
Hello from Portugal. I'm not a diver but i live by the sea and i love to watch videos from divers in caves, caverns, sea etc... and you have a fun and good way to teach and show how it works, thank you and keep doing it
Thanks Gus and Woody for making my evening a lot more fun, love the content greetings from the Netherlands
Glad you enjoy it!
I love Dive Talk. You guys also really need a curator of videos so you both react! I would to see both of you sincerely reacting to the video at the same time.
Thanks. As we grow and hopefully get more paying members and such we hope to be in a financial position to afford just that. We will get there. Thanks 🙏 for the support and comment!
@@DIVETALK Thank you for responding!! You guys are awsome!
"Dive master with split fins" should be a syntax error in English.
16:20 : Unfortunatelly I had to do the same last year. A panicked diver that should not be even 10 miles away from water, she started swimming to the surface by removing her regulator. I was behind her and tried to stabilize her (we were diving at 50-60 feet for 30 minutes already). 2 other divers came in front of her attempting to donate air. She started violently pulling their hoses, including the necklace they were breathing from. I removed her mask, and we force fed her the regulator until she relaxed on the way up. It's one thing being suicidal and another thing endangering good buddies that try to help you. In the latter case, it makes sense to lose your right to see, so actually the others can more easily force feed you the only thing that keeps you alive at 60 feet.
Btw, she could not recall anything and had no idea about her behavior, she only remembered that she was feeling claustrophobic or something.
P/S: I am not a trained rescue diver, but my first thought was to protect the others, similarly inexperienced divers back then, that were feeling less comfortable in the water. That was before my 20th dive :).
Yikes. That must've been an experience. They say rational thought disappears when people panick.
Sure she knew what she did she was just trying to get out of being blamed for her reckless behaviior. Criminales use that excuse all the time- i blacked out and dont remember anything. Yea sure thing buddy
@@utecastronoova863 She is a "friend", so I don't think she was lying. For context that was a scientific dive, the first person that pulled his gear was my professor, a very senior guy, while the other one was her professor. Speaking with her personally, I don't think that she had any criminal intention, she is not a bad person...
To prove further my case, after we were discussing trying to clam her down etc, she just said that she afraid of the water and she thought that scuba would help her. Now the most ridiculous thing is that that was not her first dive, it was just a dive that the water turned slightly darker becuase it took place late afternoon. Moreover we are working on underwater robotics, which means that out of all the available options in life she decided to do a PhD, out of all the disciplines in Computer Science, out of all the fields in CS the only one where you get your hands dirty (robotics), and out of the infinite different fields in robotics, she chose to work in an underwater robotics lab. Pretty crazy if you think of it. I don't believe she would share such info if she was not sincere...
Anyway.
@@Yggdrasil42 1 second she was next to me, LITERALLY the other one she was flying to the skies after I asked her to check her SPG. I was able to catch her by the tip of her fin... Due to that expreience I try to always be aware as much as possible, which I consider it a nice outcome.
@@mariosx12 dopanine is the trigger here. You burn it up very fast in a panic attack. The rapid eye movement burns it up in the brain. When you took off her goggles she had to shut her eyes and have more to spare. Going completely flat on dopamine causes a fuge/blackout state, same thing happens when you drink.
Following Desert Storm, I had a chance to drift dive in the Persian Gulf and it was a hoot. There are channels in the Gulf carved out of the bottom to accommodate the tankers. We would get out of the boat in chest level water, walk for about 20yds. and step off into 20-30 ft. drop and current and rocket out. The diver boat would follow us and be ready to pick us as we excited the current. Before we step'd we told out divers, 1) do NOT reach out to grab anything to slow or stop your dive 2) see number one. Reasons: you will rip your skin which will put blood in the water which brings us some unwanted friends. We'd just lived thru the War and none of us wanted to go home in a body bag.
Lol the places we deployed too, we were not even allowed to go into the water. Clearly ppl before us dud something stupid lol
@TyaxComp are u stupid? Iraq was a war dingus.
Interview that crazy dude drinking beer underwater. F’n wild!
AGREED haha
Never been scubadiving before, but my dad did it for years and has stories galore. I want to experience it before I die. Great videos, keep em comin'!
Just imagine the fish story that swordfish is going to tell his/her school.
I never dived before, and I'm almost very afraid to do so, however for some reason I'm still addicted to this channel. And watch it just about everyday. Great work fellas! Keep these vids coming!❤
Hel here-great fun video,guys! Incredible to see you both trying to come up with answers for the weirdness going on under the sea, especially the"why"of the swordfish attack!!Love you guys xx
Loved this!!!!!
I'm an occupational therapist and I often use cold water compresses to change a significant behavior, quickly. It jolts the nervous system. I do it under different circumstances but...
When I first became a dive master, I took a newly wed couple on a DSD on a 5 m dive in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. They were not confident swimmers so we had two instructors with us as well. We did a shore entry and finned out to the dive site (it's like 80m from the beach) and after checking they're okay we started our descent. we get like 2m down and the woman started panicking. She was thrashing around and proceeded to rip my regulator out of my mouth. When you do your training, the instructors tell you this can happen, but I didn't really ever think it would happen. Luckily I stayed calm and followed all the correct procedures and her and I actually ended up having a lovely dive. That and a titan trigger fish chewing a chunk out of my fin were the two craziest things! Oh and a rehabilitated turtle biting my hair while cleaning a tank in the aquarium😂
Thanks!
I’m laughing so hard at you guys and this swordfish lmao
You are the best!
@@DIVETALK I’d love to be a dive buddy or be able to give you guys a bit more… but I’m trying to save up to get certified and equipment and everything (and now my daughter wants to learn too so oh god lol). I hope the little I contribute helps you guys out! You have taught me so much and I’m very thankful for that! Have a great night guys!
@@mourningsickness absolutely DON'T upgrade to Dive Buddy if you can't afford it, definitely focus on saving to get certified, you and your daughter becoming diver is WAY more important than us getting more money for videos. We can't wait to hear how your training goes!
Woody rocking the Dive Talk merch 👌😎
So is gus 🤷♂️
@@marcosmolina5776 Gus rocking the "nugget sucker"
The sword fish, was just having one of them days lol, love your videos and reactions, you always make me laugh x
Hey frm Aussie, I don’t dive, I was led to this channel after watching swordfish video’s of them impale and stab people fishing via breaching out of the water into the deck of the boat, from there I haven’t been able to stop watching all your dive talk video’s, it’s very fascinating for me as a non diver and in general, anyways I wanted to say thanks for your time and uploads n mostly the explanation to things needing to be.. I am going on my 1st diving lesson next week, I am cautious of things I wouldn’t have even thought about safety wise.. So thanks for your time and the uploads! I appreciate it lots.. #DiveTalk
I got turned on to your channel by a Mr Ballen vid, and now I can’t stop watching you guys!! I now want to get certified to dive!! The washing machine is going on my bucket list ☺️
That swordfish definitely woke up and chose violence 😂
In all seriousness, far out 😬 but it's also funny 😂
LMAO i literally clicked on this video from the video of the guy chugging the beer!! as soon as gus said this dude was thirsty i knew what you were talking about, so glad you saw it i thought it was so funny
Humans are so funny. "Look, we've mastered the delicate art of surviving a short time underwater, let's go in this complex water current we call the Washing Machine, for fun". Gotta love it.
I'm not a diver, but I'm hooked on your videos. You guys are awesome, keep em coming!
You two are some of my favorite content creators, so cool to see you guys slowly blow up there’s so much to learn from you thanks Gus n woody
Thanks so much!!
Its just incredible we can go that deep and not be squished by all the water wow.
The diver wasn't panicking. He was enraged for some reason.
Sheck Exley actually said in his blueprint for survival that if you get into a struggle with a panicked diver then you should try to win the struggle by flooding their mask.
Wow that's fighting dirty if I ever heard it. But hell that's what I'd do!!
Like any of these people hear even know who Sheck was. Much less how to actually dive even close to him.
@@frisk151 ok zoomer.
@@frisk151 zoooooom lol grrrr
@@grilledleeks6514 bruh his channel was made in 2006.
So awesome to watch you guys grow. Love seeing a positive and educational channel gaining some real traction.
Thanks so much!
I did two drift dives in Cozumel. The first on "the Wall" at 85 feet, which was exciting, and then in shallow over sand (about 30 feet) which was calm and cool.
The washing machine looks like so much fun! To be honest, you guys make diving in general sound like wonderous, awe-inspiring fun! Now if only I didn't have this pesky hydrocephalus, I'd be signing up for my first class! Diving has always been a dream and your vids get me closer to that! ❤️✌️🌊
The panicking diver scene: Maybe it was a training demo for an advanced dive course. Maybe for how to control a panicking diver and demo of what a panicking diver will do.
I agree, but if not a demo, maybe he became unintentionally attached to the diver behind him somehow so he was trying to keep the other divers away to avoid respirators being yanked out etc?
we done things like that on rescue classes ,things panic divers will do if you don`t know how to help ,they will swim to you and will rip your 2nd stage from your mouth so they can take a breath in panic or they will clamp to you like a octopus putting you in harms way if not ready... is a safety class ...panic divers are unpredictable ! the best way to control a panic diver is from behind so he can`t get a hold of you or any part of your equipment then you offer a octopus stage or your own 2nd stage then you breathe from your stage in the inflator if you have one...never swim towards a panic diver straight from the front , go under him and that`s how you hold him from the back ... a rescue class is the best safety class after getting certify to learn hands down, even cpr while in the water to a boat.
LEEEEROY i love that line. Scuba diving is a great activity. Glad to find this channel!
I love the thought of riding the currant. I would absolutely love doing that if I ever get the chance to go diving. Because I have been currant swimming and it's freaking awesome. Except the one time I almost drowned and puked when I thank God made it to the shore but it was a unique experience and location of where 3 channels of water ways connected to a river around a river rock island in a tight fast flowing confluence and this undertow pulled me and it probably was the scariest moment I've ever had swimming. It took all my effort to swim out of the river but I always went with the currant and didn't fight the currant but still it kept me from getting over to the side unless I gave it all my energy to get there. Then I threw up once I got on land because my heart was beating so fast, my breathing was going so fast I hyperventilated until puking. It was a learning experience lol
I have never before enjoyed UA-cam this much! Long life bro Woody and Gus!
That guy has a great story of the night dinner tried to take him out!
Interesting video, you guys have the best reactions. Always learning something here, best channel on UA-cam!
The washing machine the first thing I've seen on here where I've gone 'damn I really wanna do that'. Everything else too scary lol
I just subscribed to learn more about drinking beer underwater Awesome content! Keep it up!!!
Could we get an interview with the swordfish? His POV would be pretty helpful
you guys are the funniest duo in history and I don't even dive but still love watching u guys!
Woody: on a looong deco...
Gus: tequila shots!?!
That got me 😆
We weren't thinking the same things I guess
"a little salty" got me👍😅
This was great I like the mini reactions. That washing machine does look like fun...
I have for many years, taken a 'camelback' drink pouch along on warm water dives (primarily to drink at the surface while awaiting pickup) but as long as the liquid is 'flat' (no gas dissolved) and you are in full control of your buoyancy it is very possible and easy to drink from the 'bite valve ' underwater.... just make sure to squeeze out all the air when you fill it and close it! (would also be a great asset if your boat didnt show up for some reason and that coupled with a sun hat which i also used to dive with!)
I usually had a couple of Capri-Sun pouches in my pockets when I was diving in the Med. Very handy on a long dive.
There’s a washing machine in the Galapagos,too. We went there on my trip,what a blast!
Woody the way you describe how you would calm a panicked diver underwater is so reassuring. 🥺❤️
Spring 2012 we dove off the Southern tip of Cozumel, as soon as we got into the water it looked like we jumped out of an airplane. Can't tell you the speed of the current but we ended up all the way to the West where the cruise ships dock. We kept looking around for a boat, having heard the engines but never seeing anything go over us during our safety stop. No joke some of my dive group had to surface under the dock for safety, my dad and I were towed by life saver and rope as soon as we surfaced to avoid the huge prop wash. Caught a jellyfish over my bare knuckles during the tow away. Before that we had a wreck dive, where the current was also so strong we had to get behind the wreck for a break. My dad panicked last minute not wanting to go inside with everyone else, so we just hung out in the crow's nest. Needless to say that was it for my dad's SCUBA career.
That Marlin attack (whilst serious I know) is hilarious - You can see both the diver and fish thinking "seriously... this was a bad idea... now what..." :-)! Glad it seemed like it didn't hit anything serious and he got back to the bell okay! Reading up on it - it ties into your previous video - the swordfish impaled itself on his Divex bail out rebreather! So it saved him - just not in the way it was intended! Apparently it managed to escape when he was trying to get back into the Bell and "both diver and fish were swimming around at the end of it" so no fish supper afterall :-)! I know what Woody means about fast drift diving - I've done some similar 5-6kt drift dives on the West Coast of Scotland, awesome fun - obviously needs to be briefed first, definitely need a DSMB (I'd argue you always need one), when you fire it it will go off at an angle and you'll need to swim towards/under it otherwise it can pendulum you up to the surface. In terms of separation and this scenario my personal opinion is that it should be anticipated and put into the dive brief - you need to work out before hand whether you're diving as budy pairs or as a whole group - if you're buddy pairs then his buddy should have gone with him and the others can legitimately continue the dive as their buddy pairs. The pair that's drifting if they've gone off together needs to be careful as they could drift along way from the boat and I'd argue if the plan was to be anchored then they should surface. Bizarre - the mask ripping thing was wierd, I don't know what was going on, he didn't seem particularly like he was panicking - the movements were very intentional... Gus might be right - he might have been someone playing a panicked diver and going for masks etc. It would make it harder for a panicked diver to grab something but actually you can usually see okay without a mask, personally would think it would make you more likely to panic but there you go.
Thank you for the updated info on the swordfish incident. I was going to search to see if I could find anything further. That 'was' an unreal situation!
@@tamo9520 yes actually I should have commented on how well the diver handled the situation - unexpecred problem, can't solve it, no idea which systems may be about to fail, protect umbilical and abort the dive - all within a few seconds!
@@tomriley5790 I think we 'all' agree with that! "yes actually I should have commented on how well the diver handled the situation", . . . you just did Tom! * wink *
Its a sword fish
Yes, The rip mask technique is taught in Oklahoma it is highly regarded as a life saving technique.
Is there.... Even water in Oklahoma?
This is a joke btw, thanks for the info
I still want to know what happened to the sword fish as well as what damages he did to the equipment! That was un-real! I'm going to have to se if I can dig up anything online about it!
I’m late to the party but I’m literally here trying to find out if the swordfish is okay!!! Did you ever find out?
Deep specialty course, can of coke with a straw at 130 ft was one of my fav lessons. I don't drink regular pop, so I had my sip from the straw and my instructor drank the rest. Fun times 😂
Just found you guys recently when a fb scuba group posted one of your videos... I live in Mexico (cave diving central), quickly became addicted to your videos...
panicked diver appears to me like its one of those random rescue diver training scenario's where the instructor is trying to kill you.... i.e. the one you dont want!
When Woody was talking about the swordfish I was waiting for Gus to introduce the swordfish as a special guest for an interview 🤣
I heard an opinion that ripping mask off from a panicking diver can help to calm them down, like sudden shock.
Also, when I was doing my Rescue class instructors were constantly ripping my mask off and I was supposed to replace it with a spare one.
At the end of the video it seemed like that guy was reaching to the pocket, probably for the spare mask?
Glad I discovered this channel. Two likable guys and interesting topics. Good stuff 👍
There is another “Panicked Diver” video that shows a very similar scenario happening in with a young lady being held from behind by the DM. She also rips off the mask of a person coming toward her and the DM rips her mask off right after that. It seemed like it calmed her down right away for some reason. It did make me wonder if this was a last resort tactic.
I was teached to do that if the driver in panic can put other drivers in danger.
I love how wise and funny woody is he’s like the big bro of the group n Gus is like I’m just here to inform ,have fun and get this done lol
I think either Woodie is right- it's a drill, that's about all that makes sense. I think they ripped the guys mask off as a way to make him stop trying to fight them. Think about it, if you did that to someone who was panicking and trying to hurt those around them- they would stop because now they're concerned with getting their gear back on correctly. It's certainly not going to calm their panic but, it would occupy them for sure.
@TJP 81 ha that’s hilarious can you imagine?? 😂 I think he was trying to impede his sight to stop the attack.
That's the way I read it too. The diver behind took off his mask and the panicked diver *did* stop, it seemed.
I agree, as soon as they ripped his mask off, he magically stopped panicking, so he must have been acting. An actual panicking person wouldn't suddenly be calm like that.
Lol that washing machine scene and your description cracked me up!!!!😂
The swordfish was probably just cruising along, you know, he's on his phone or whatever, speeding a bit since they're fast and suddenly BANG and he's a stuck in some freaking monster who's dragging him into what can only be an actual hell. I hope he survived :-D
I would say the swordfish was hunting and the diver just happened to get in the way. When fish are on the hunt and trained on their meal they have tunnel vision and put the pedal medal lol. Someone around here was swam into the path of a tuna on the hunt and ended up with a broken arm and shoulder.
Funny vid! Galapagos was rock climbing underwater. Washing machine is def on my list- glad to hear it’s 30ft only
The 3 divers were fighting. Keep in mind the dive we watched wasn't a recreational dive. It was a commercial dive. These are 2 coworkers who drank too much the night before and they had to work together after a scuffle.
My first thought too. They had some beef going on since earlier and had been drinking the night before the dive. The guy being held down looks like a pouty little kid sulking.
Is that fact??
So, how did you come to this conclusion?
Sounds like pure conjecture sprinkled with a little BS salt.
@@roba4295 when conjecture makes you hungry
Personally I work in the dive industry and its quite common. People doing these coral conservation project do it throu volunteer projects. Usually its super rich kids sent away by their parents so the will get rid of the kids for 6 months up to year. All of them are gonna be divemasters and instructor because daddy pays. They go zero to hero and often is really bad of what they do. They are in a tropical place, lots of cool bars and clubs and the dive industry is quite unhealthy. They go out drink themself shit faced every night and smokes pot. Next day the look like shit and are hungover. So it's only need one small thing to ignite a fight. I love when these kids come and realise the won't get everything served on a sliver platter and the shock in their eyes when they realise they need to carry their own gear and tanks are priceless. Not to talk about when the go into their DMT and have at least 12-14 hours workdays, planning and reading the course literature after work. I can say 90% won't finish their DMT and their rest that do won't work with it. Then they call daddy for extra money so they can stay another year and become hippies that go all in on the booze, pot, women and STD/STI's. After a year they are so broke mentally a physically so they beg daddy on their bare knees to come home and do a quickie on rehsb and then start working for daddy and huöis business.
I think it was a dive drill or some type of underwater exercise, the diver behind the dive master appears to have the dive master tank in his grasp and before any of the commotion started, the instructors were giving hand signals and directions. The dive master kept his fins in hands the whole time.
When I saw the dive master drifting because of the strong currents a question popped in my mind: are there currents that can push you towards the surface? Let's say you have to do decompression stops but you can''t because the current pushes you towards the surface. did that even happen/ can ever happen?
Yes, absolutely can happen.
Yes it can happen. Then you better try to grab on to something, deflate your bcd and spread out as much as possible.
Thanks for the replies lads. New fear unlocked 🔓
There is a spot here where it happens so bad it gives fish the bends and kills them on the spot. Then eagles eat them. I havent seen divers at that spot. A few seals (animals, not navy seals), so maybe its possible, dunno.
@@deltalima6703 fish can get the bends? 🤯 Genuinely didn't know that.
Already heard about ripping mask off, not to calm down a panicked diver, but to prevent him hurting you if he gets violent... make sense but also could be quite dangerous if he's drowning or has any kind of serious issue....
btw, if i'm panicking and wanna "bolt to surface" that would be because I have no other choice! total CO2 built up / cannot breath or whatever, and I would be pretty pissed if someone was preventing me to do it
I thought it was a rescue class type of scenario. But the ripping off of the "panicking" diver's mask also got me confused. What next, rip off their regulator so they can't breathe and so calm down?!?
Right?!?! Makes no sense.
@@HeatherSZ I was just thinking this haha
It wasn’t a panicking situation, imo. Gus got it right, I believe. That makes the most sense based on the body language and common sense. Just some experience divers trying out an exercise to see what would play out. The so called angry Dive master kicking out at his fellow workers!? No bloody way. Makes zero sense.
Liked this compilation style video. You guys are sweet!
Thanks so much!!
It's definitely a swordfish, as evidenced by its flat bill. It was obviously an accident, like the one which famously happened to the submarine "Alvin" in the 1960s (the 200-pound swordfish was killed).
"Leroy Jenkins!!" lmao - Awesome WoW throwback :)
Maybe that first diver hit on the swordfish’s wife.
"Look at the gills on that one"
This channel is amazing! I just found these guys, & are SO INTERESTING I can’t stop binging!!🙂
Welcome aboard!
I love your channel! Quick question - I have gotten conflicting information about the lost buddy procedure. My original open water instructor (years ago) told me to go up after 30 seconds of searching and to MAKE a safety stop on the way up. Recently, as I was finishing my rescue certification, I was told to SKIP the safety stops in this scenario (because having a lost diver decreases the 'safety' of the divers - therefore making the 'safety' stop a bad idea). Which instructor is correct? Would it make a difference if we are talking about a mandatory decompression stop? I think that you should stop for your own safety, but would love to get your thoughts. Thank you in advance!
Although the safety stop is not mandatory, I would say that it all depends on what kind of dive you just did and what you were doing, if you lost your buddy after spending 10 minutes at 100 feet, I would not advice you to skip your safety stop, I would say go up to 50 feet and do a one minute stop looking for your buddy in the process (so spining and looking up and down), and then go to 20 feet and do another safety stop and look for your buddy.
Now if this was 5 minutes into the dive and you just lost your buddy at 30 feet then yeah I think you can search for 30 seconds and go to the surface slowly...I would probably continue to search as I ascend to the surface slowly.
Just be aware of where you are, I don't believe that there is an answer that works on every case on this one, those who say "Just skip the stop" are not thinking about deeper dives with bottom times near your NDL or else I don't think they would advise it, and those who say "Always make the stop" are not thinking about shallow dives where the whole time you spent at a safety stop depth.
@@DIVETALK Thank you so much! This is great advice. Keep up the great work on the channel!
Leeeroooy Jenkins! Lmao loved the WoW reference, you got my sub :p Great content too!
It's always so clear to me that you both are born leaders, specifically because you never *TRY* to lead, but you end up doing it anyway because of confidence, experience and genuine care.
In particular, your mentioning of how people look to you by default reminds me of experiences I've been through, even when I didn't want that responsibility.
I really love and respect you guys tremendously man. Brave, smart, and always there to help. Dive Talk baby!!!
Thank you for the great comment!
love these guys trying to work out the divers depth amongst the Northing & Eastings (Y & X)🤔