Shallow water blackout, WW2 Plane

This is actual footage of a Shallow water black out from a spearfisher after a dive on a WW2 plane wreck in 30m of water. Kolt J and Kane G were buddy diving the wreck while having the camera rolling. This footage has been put together in the hope that it will offer other divers a teaching tool to understand the potential dangers of Spearfishing & Freediving and that you may learn how to avoid potential SWBO.

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Sports

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• Shallow water black out
• black out
• spearfishing
• freediving
• extreme freedom
• ww2 plane.

[Stratocaster05]

But the question is: did he lose his weight belt and mask?

[Extremefredom]

@Stratocaster05 Yep belt went to the bottom didnt even know till back on the boat and we were looking for it, dive buddy took off his mask to let air get at his face (this helps kickstart breathing response) and handed his mask back on the boat, thanks for your comment.

[Stratocaster05]

Yeah, I noticed he just sort of went limp as he broke the surface, but I'm not sure if he would have let go while still underwater.

[Extremefredom]

@Stratocaster05 Yes that is what we wondered also, he may have sunk quite a bit before he let his belt go if we were not there to bring him up. You can see later when he is talking to us on the surface that he is floating higher in the water from losing his belt.

[coboisarapatanas]

shouldn't he have a positive buoyancy at that depth? Or did he have more weight on is belt to go down faster?

[Extremefredom]

@coboisarapatanas He was weighted positive from about 6m - but at a depth of 20-30m your wet suit and lungs are so compressed they offer you no buoyancy. You can never weight yourself to be positive at 20-30m deep because on the surface you would be so buoyant that you would never be able to swim down you would be like a cork. Thanks for your comment I hope this helps your diving.

[quieromicubita]

Great for the editing of the vid and the soundtrack.

[quieromicubita]

It seems that he has a little more weight than he needed for that depth. Not sure.

[kret65]

Good, strong, sensible video. Thanks guys. Glad you were with him and there wasn't a sad end to this story

[GamePlayShotz]

what fins are these?

[BeanDip0913]

thanks for the video. it really emphasizes that the best safety equipment is a dive buddy

[argyrisfellas]

Good video...Raises awareness. In my opinion diver was overweighted for the depth he was at. This stresses the body at the end of the dive wich increases the chance for black out. Stay light for dives beyond 15 m even if you need to kick harder in the beggining.