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At 02:40 PM 9/22/99 -0400, Sean Cary wrote: >I've actually seen this as shallow as 108 fsw (the Capt. Dan). [SNIP] I had it happen to a diver on a dive to the Bibb in the middle Keys. It's about 130 feet to the sand. There was a strong current and the exertion against the current may have raised this guy's PCO2 to the point of black-out. He and his buddy went down the line with my buddy and me following. When he got to the wreck, he settled onto the deck and started adjusting his mask which was partially flooded. I watched him for a second to make sure he was OK. Then he headed off sideways over the side in went head-first into the sand. When I got to him, his eyes were open and he returned an OK. I left him alone and he just settled back face-down on the sand. I didn't know what was up with him. I grabbed him and started up the line figuring that if he was really OK and just studying something really small in the sand, he'd resist my attempt to pull him. He didn't. He just limply hung in the current until about 60 feet or so where he woke up again. I signaled that he should ascend and he didn't argue. My buddy and I followed him up to make sure he got on the boat safely, then continued our dive. Later, when asked about the incident, he had no memory of anything from the time he got to the deck to the time we reached 60 feet. -Mike Rodriguez <mikey@ma*.co*> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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