Diving with no air and no mask

Some of the skills Technical Divers learn to do: swimming with no mask and no air towards a buddy

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Sports

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• technical
• diving
• out
• of
• air

[deefstes]

What's with all you guys? Of course it's a training drill. Why else would he swim 20m when there's another diver right next to him plus yet another one photographing the action?

Thanks for posting the vid, nice illustrative.

[ASP132]

pretty poor fin technique...looks like he's riding a bike

[nunomigduarte]

@zomystro That's a common misunderstanding. in initiation courses they teach that because when you are learning to dive you have crappy buoyancy and to prevent you from getting lung expansion in case you come to the surface to fast they teach you that, liability my friend. if you hold you're position in the water you can hold you're breath as long as you want...

[metallicate]

@pelegw That is how technical diving works, in an out of air situation you donate the regulator you are breathing from, and have your secondary bungeed around your neck.

so the diver would then simply pop his chin down and put his secondary in.

[SuperEasytiger]

good point JLLK009, there are better dive stories and videos on the net. try the myscubastory site. type "dive stories" into google and its like the 12th result, on the 1st or 2nd page of google... youll find other good dive story pages but i think the myscubastory site is better as its dedicated to dive stories, accidents, sharks and videos - good luck

[metallicate]

@pelegw In Technical diving, the primary regulator is normally donated (being the one on the long hose) then the shorter alternate air source is bungee'd around the neck,.

[zomystro]

@UKairsoft94 b/c when u acsend, the air in your lungs increase in volume, and can cause major injury to the lung tissue. that is why u can see he is blowing out a slow stream of bubbles. (it isnt as important if you are stayin at the same depth but it is a good habbit to get into whenever your reg isnt in your mouth)

[itsumonihon]

kinda funky, i guess i'm weird or lucky but i have no problem in water without a mask or goggles. the clarity is reduced but i can still see decently

[UKairsoft94]

@zomystro why not?

[zomystro]

FIRST RULE OF SCUBA DIVING: NEVER hold your breath!