Footage of 2 spearfishing blackouts while freediving 

I lost my son due to freediving. He had a blackout in deep water , he was diving alone and i lost him Farsidejesus :'( Dont fre dive or dont dive alone.

So sad to hear that Margot. He lives on in your heart😇

You know, there will be always some "Rambos" out there that think that diving, free diving, spear fishing is easy as pie, they are stubborn and take risks, i've know 2 of those that said that they were ok doing that alone, one diving and another spearfishing, both are dead now, the guy that was diving was even a Medical Doctor, died at 60 meters depth from unknown causes, body was recovered the other day, the spear fishing kid loved to do that at night, alone ! Disappeared and was never found, some gear was recovered, weight belt, parts of the the swim suit, it was suspected because the kid was alone and further more he didn't even had a diver's buoy, that most likely when he was coming to the surface was hit by a fishing boat that were common and in great number at night on that spot, 2 deaths that maybe could be avoided if the followed the security procedures.

Good info! Great advice!

i have no idea why the guy tried to swim over to the grouper, grab it and swim up with it....it was paralyzed and doing circles...wasn't going to hole up

I just dont understand why someone would go alone. Its the first thing you learn.

I’ll just say honestly that although Iv never dived alone, the buddies I dive with really aren’t watching me or each other. We typically have a lot of space between us while spear fishing. I guess it’s “slightly” better then diving alone? but the risks are still absolutely there if one of us blacks out. It’s a tough situation for me because my dive buddies are all older and more experienced then me. I’m afraid of make a point to change our habits they’ll just look at me as arrogant or paranoid and then I’ll have zero dive buddies to go with.

really want to start freediving but this puts me off as I have no friends - think I will just do surfing instead.

If they had a spearfishing buoy they wouldn't need to chase the fish. Shoot the fish, drop the gun. Swim-up grab the gun and fish are attached to your buoy pull up the line to gun and get fish. Bam 10x safer.

Float line! Especially if alone.

I am new to spearfishing. Been a scuba diver with a good number of dives. Fairly athletic. I do not have someone to dive with near me, since I live a good 10 hour drive away from the next location where i can hunt. While i would like to have a buddy with me. That is just not feasible here. HOWEVER: as with most of the footage of spearfishing accidents... why do they all mess up so badly: - Hectic movement - Swimming after a fish that is already secured(just use a buoy) instead of going up calmly. - You start "working" on the fish while you go up. WHY? Go up. Do it there. (if its because of sharks in the water, you need a buddy. 2-3 would be even better) - Diving in deep, open water(often murky) alone. wtf I understand, that there is a certain risk, diving alone. Even if just from the shore in 10m depth. Even if you do everything right. But i would rly like to know what % of accidents would not happen if people did not constantly push their limits and just do what is safe and tested. Use a float line. Do not go to deep. Be well rested. Not overweight. Well trained. Well hydrated. Just go down. Get the targeted fish or not. Go back up. Calm and controlled. With enough time that you breath comfortably from the beginning. You get a Buddy for anything else and then you should STILL be careful.

Good....

It is okay to dive alone if you know how to stop believing on the term "PUSH THROUGH LIMITS" and even if you know your limits just please do not freedive deep if you are alone 4 to 5 meters is enough for you boy

I bought a gun from 2016 and didn't use it until 2019 jst i found someone diving with me.

I'm in Ensenada Mexico. It's just how it is here. But Americano just value more and risk less. Why you have to go so deep? Harvest sea cucumber inside is better than scallops. Use surfboard to drop lobster cages even far. Use rocks as weights. Lobster everywhere. Why live in the North lol. Learn to make abalone soft. Drop jars for octopus. Mix it up

fiji water

90% of my life I've been diving alone, not because I wouldn't like to have a dive buddy but because I don't know anybody that dives, and I'm usually in remote places in the world where there is nobody else diving, and I don't know anybody that can go with me I do take every precaution, I always stay well within my breath-hold limits, very conservatively, set my watch with a timer to make sure as soon as that alarm goes off I'm headed up, always go up immediately and don't worry about the fish until I get some breaths That's all I can do It's either a dive alone or don't dive

I spearfish freedived alone couple times..though i never pushed myself to the limit. I don't care about no fish that bad for me to risk blacking out. As soon as i see a fish, i go down, shoot, and as soon as i shoot i head straight back to the surface.. Fish or not😅(And i don't use weight belts or weight) ... If i wanna stay down any longer i would use tanks, simple, i dont have gills. Last couple times i went with a buddy tho.. And we're both Ocean Lifeguards

the second one was a deep water blackout? i can't figures out exactly when he blacks out

it's happened to me this year , i was alone

I never DIve alone

How to take breath

Who was filming the first shot?!

They Get tempted to chase and catch the Big fishes so they run out of breath. It Okey to return home without any catch, no shame in that.👍😀

And I beg to differ with all those naysayers that come into the boat, calling people Rambo and foolish and all that other stuff It's either dive alone or don't dive Simple as that

Why did he exhale still submerged in the water?

Your gun looks amazing

I can dive in the pool but can’t dive in a ocean beach whatever that’s deep and I’m only a 6 year old so can’t do that need a adult

I’d never dive again with anyone in the first clip. They ignored all the signs. The fish is never worth it.

I’m free dive for more then 30yers and I recommend to dive alone is match better for me and Spearfishing alone but Don't push yourself more than you can

People who go freediving alone are Just crazy or maybe they Just wanna look cool...

Just make a device to inflate should you black out you back to the surface. If you 2 minute down an back up like a timers once you don't reset it . It would infant . Just before you dive under set it too your time you take to go down an back up again be it 2 3 4 5 minutes eg... 21st century we can't make a device to inflate ....

More people die in groups than solo by a wide margin. Always make sure you take the time to breathe and get your air intake up before diving back down. You should always be mindful of this.

Alex Pullin died because of this

I always always dive solo I set my limits gv

Whos rhen camerman

is he really dead

incorrect! the first mandatory piece of information that EVERYONE should know about is knowing what depth you can actually dive to before you experience the bends. it occurs after 30 ft - basic diving knowledge 🤦‍♂

I just learn from the internet and do my dry static apnea training no courses or anything

When I look on these footages, I'm presuming that you knew in advance that sombody soon would lose consciousness and got redy to it: prepared a camera, equipment and waited for the moment of his blackout, is it right? Then, why didn't you show the moment of his rescue, CPR etc? Where did you see that a spearfisher had a partners who control his actions? It's just nonsense! But, each and everyone freediver or spearfisher ahead of time must know: his limit of being under water, breath holding time, diving depth and, most importantly, his physical and psychological readiness for freediving and spearfishing. If you are not sure, on the intuitive level, don't even get in the water! By the way, if you are not familiar with the basics of rescue on the water and under water - you will be completely useless! Because, you will kill both: the drowning person and yourself. For recapitulation: all your footages are staged, and don't have any relation at all to a spearfisher's blackouts under water and their rescue. Not ashamed?

the first one seems a bit fake

poor fish

People just know when you do risk sports. Expect a fatality. Make sure you have you ducks in row ( if you die) If God wanted humans to be under water to catch fish. We wouldn’t have FINS.