What is the acceptable method of getting out of the down current? Swimming laterally ? Is there a different strategy for when a down current occurs against a wall versus out in the open water?
In a down current, you want to swim at a 45 degree angle head up, away from the current. In an up current you want to swim 45 degrees head down, away from the current. Both situations you want to use BCD gas to help with buoyancy, more gas for down current, less for up current. However you need to be ready to adjust BCD again once you're out of the current for neutral buoyancy.
@@SgtDreamz if it was a down current on a wall - would you swim up and away from the wall or stay parallel and up? I know in a rip current off of a shore, you'd swim parallel to the shore so wondering what to do with down current on a wall ( do you try to go parallel and up or away and up from the wall?
@@philipnicholson3216 dude, just hope you never find yourself in this situation. Just avoid it. You may be given excellent advice but once it happens you are unlikely to remember anything and will act on pure instinct. These waters on the video are deadly, it should be illegal to dive there. Every year divers are perishing in places like this ending up thousands of feet on the bottom.
@@intrepidsouls wow - that was so incredibly helpful - NOT ! Since nobody, including an advanced snorkeler like yourself, can predict when a down current like this will arise, I was looking for how people deal with something that is not predictable. I am sure some or most of the deaths were from people diving in an area that was thought to be safe. But thanks for your contribution !!!!
@@philipnicholson3216 I am not a snorkeler.. you don’t have to predict anything, people who are familiar with the area will know if there are currents in those waters. It is up to you, if you don’t care about your life, might as well go diving Andrea Doria on a pony tank. Just remember you have a good chance of becoming another statistic. You are not the only one asking the same question. And you will notice nobody can give you any solid advice on how to deal with it. Because nobody knows. Some basic instructions may or may not work depending on the exact conditions you end up in. Also, panic is a great variable, and it is extra easy to freak out in this case.
Because he’s kicking against the down current and is ascending much faster than the ideal rate. Its basically trying to tell you to slow down ascent rate.
I heard that downcurrent normally happens near to a wall, but there was no wall here... looks like what I heard is not true
Jessie Wang
You can see a wall first 5seconds and 40-55 seconds.
@@川野芳裕-o4e Oh I see, thanks. So it is true... Could you have held the wall somehow?
What is the acceptable method of getting out of the down current? Swimming laterally ? Is there a different strategy for when a down current occurs against a wall versus out in the open water?
In a down current, you want to swim at a 45 degree angle head up, away from the current. In an up current you want to swim 45 degrees head down, away from the current. Both situations you want to use BCD gas to help with buoyancy, more gas for down current, less for up current. However you need to be ready to adjust BCD again once you're out of the current for neutral buoyancy.
@@SgtDreamz if it was a down current on a wall - would you swim up and away from the wall or stay parallel and up? I know in a rip current off of a shore, you'd swim parallel to the shore so wondering what to do with down current on a wall ( do you try to go parallel and up or away and up from the wall?
@@philipnicholson3216 dude, just hope you never find yourself in this situation. Just avoid it. You may be given excellent advice but once it happens you are unlikely to remember anything and will act on pure instinct. These waters on the video are deadly, it should be illegal to dive there. Every year divers are perishing in places like this ending up thousands of feet on the bottom.
@@intrepidsouls wow - that was so incredibly helpful - NOT ! Since nobody, including an advanced snorkeler like yourself, can predict when a down current like this will arise, I was looking for how people deal with something that is not predictable. I am sure some or most of the deaths were from people diving in an area that was thought to be safe. But thanks for your contribution !!!!
@@philipnicholson3216 I am not a snorkeler.. you don’t have to predict anything, people who are familiar with the area will know if there are currents in those waters. It is up to you, if you don’t care about your life, might as well go diving Andrea Doria on a pony tank. Just remember you have a good chance of becoming another statistic.
You are not the only one asking the same question. And you will notice nobody can give you any solid advice on how to deal with it. Because nobody knows. Some basic instructions may or may not work depending on the exact conditions you end up in. Also, panic is a great variable, and it is extra easy to freak out in this case.
What is that bliping sound and what its mean?
It's rapid floating alert.
Because he’s kicking against the down current and is ascending much faster than the ideal rate. Its basically trying to tell you to slow down ascent rate.
Any strong current underwater need a pair of strong legs with a good fins to jet diver out from those situation.
What's the hell is going on??!!!!
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