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Smae thing happened to me on a dive in St Kitts. It was to be a guided tour along the reef at about 60 to 80 feet. It was a long triangular site so lots of swimming was involved. Our guide was new and did not do a great job of checking up on eveyone (only 8 divers) in the group. We all had agreed before hand to follow the guide and stick together because of the current and depth. Well somewhere along the way, 2 of the group decided to go a diff way to get some pictures. On the last leg, 3 of us were running low on air so we signaled the divemaster to point us to the boat (which he had to surface to find, bad sign right there) and we went up as a group. About 10 minutes after we got on the boat, the remaining 3 divers came up and said that the divemaster was looking for the other 2 and could not find them. Several of us got back into the water on drift lines and floated on the surface looking for them. We were about to go get our 2nd tanks on when the divemaster surfaced with these two. All 3 were almost out of air. They went their on merry way and got lost. On our way to the second dive, the divemaster was too tired to yell, so the rest of us tookturns telling them how stupid they were and how they could have killed themselves and this poor kid.

Lesson?? STICK WITH THE GROUP.

<blockquote data-quote="gsamml" data-source="post: 715359">Smae thing happened to me on a dive in St Kitts.&nbsp; It was to be a guided tour along the reef at about 60 to 80 feet.&nbsp; It was a long triangular site so lots of swimming was involved.&nbsp; Our guide was new and did not do a great job of checking up on eveyone (only 8 divers) in the group.&nbsp; We all had agreed before hand to follow the guide and stick together because of the current and depth.&nbsp; Well somewhere along the way, 2 of the group decided to go a diff way to get some pictures.&nbsp; On the last leg, 3 of us were running low on air so we signaled the divemaster to point us to the boat (which he had to surface to find, bad sign right there) and we went up as a group.&nbsp; About 10 minutes after we got on the boat, the remaining 3 divers came up and said that the divemaster was looking for the other 2 and could not find them.&nbsp; Several of us got back into the water on drift lines and floated on the surface looking for them.&nbsp; We were about to go get our 2nd tanks on when the divemaster surfaced with these two.&nbsp; All 3 were almost out of air.&nbsp; They went their on merry way and got lost.&nbsp;&nbsp; On our way to the second dive, the divemaster was too tired to yell, so the rest of us tookturns telling them how stupid they were and how they could have killed themselves and this poor kid.Lesson?? STICK WITH THE GROUP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gsamml, post: 715359"] Smae thing happened to me on a dive in St Kitts. It was to be a guided tour along the reef at about 60 to 80 feet. It was a long triangular site so lots of swimming was involved. Our guide was new and did not do a great job of checking up on eveyone (only 8 divers) in the group. We all had agreed before hand to follow the guide and stick together because of the current and depth. Well somewhere along the way, 2 of the group decided to go a diff way to get some pictures. On the last leg, 3 of us were running low on air so we signaled the divemaster to point us to the boat (which he had to surface to find, bad sign right there) and we went up as a group. About 10 minutes after we got on the boat, the remaining 3 divers came up and said that the divemaster was looking for the other 2 and could not find them. Several of us got back into the water on drift lines and floated on the surface looking for them. We were about to go get our 2nd tanks on when the divemaster surfaced with these two. All 3 were almost out of air. They went their on merry way and got lost. On our way to the second dive, the divemaster was too tired to yell, so the rest of us tookturns telling them how stupid they were and how they could have killed themselves and this poor kid. Lesson?? STICK WITH THE GROUP. [/QUOTE]