Scuba Diving emergency, out of air in a fast current! St. Lawrence River 

Dude, where's the secondary reg!!! Mines about 6ft or so and bright yellow, it stands out like dogs balls for this exact reason. Stay safe people👌

Your dive buddy saved you for sure. They are a true buddy! I would dive with them anytime! They were calm and did not hesitate in donating you their air! Great buddy work!!

They didn’t panic👍 and that’s number one ☝️ good job

Instructor here - if you're offering criticism, shut up. These guys probably aren't tech divers and they did what they should. They learned and lot from this and will more than likely change their configurations to improve it. However, they me the #1 rule - they came up alive!

Geez man. Glad you guys made it to the surface safe and sound. I haven’t seen buddy breathing like that in a while but it is a skill worth being trained in. Excellent teamwork and excellent communication. Looks like everybody was offering you their regs.

I like how that person in the beginning gave up their mouthpiece without second thought

Absolutely amazing - wonderful how each one cares for the other one.

This video shows how inconvenient is the new system of not having a regular octopus and instead having a mouth piece in the bc hose. I am sticking to the old octopus system.

this is so freaking awesome, im so happy you guys did work so nice together, very great job guys! all of you rock.

Someone just pointed this video out to me. I've seen people test hose failures. The high pressure hose is a pinhole opening. So the air loss is usually quite slow. The low pressure hose (regulator) is a much bigger hole. It was made to deliver a lot of air because that is what is needed on a regulator. I'm quite surprised that a rupture in the pressure gauge caused such rapid loss of air. I guess all high pressure hoses aren't made the same. Nice job staying calm. Not as pretty as practicing in the pool but if everyone walked away okay then it was a great recovery.

people should watch these kind of videos while learning to dive. scare them to be safe!

Great job all of you. Amazing to see how your buddies quickly assessed the situation and ensured you had air when needed. What a nightmare though when that regulator started free flowing like that! Can't believe you were able to stay calm.

Good job staying calm and making due with the equipment they had available.

I love that the guy out of air pulled the guy in the middle back to the line. That current was gonna take him for sure. Quick thinking under pressure!

Excellent team work on the part of everyone involved, especially in not panicking. Congrats. I got a SpareAir for myself for exactly situations like this.

I have to say as a diver when you are under water things happen super fast and you only have a split second to decide what to do. You can't judge them because this was not your experience, this was theirs and they all survived. I'm sure they will learn from this experience and I am sure this experience scared the bageebeezzz out of them. ●DON'T JUDGE JUST BE THANKFUL THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO STAYED CLOSE WHILE DIVINGE AND SHARED AIR●

Buddy system works nicely. Congrats. This is very important video for who don't mind the buddy system. Safety is the most important thing.

Not having a proper 36" bright yellow octopus under your arm, ready at your chest to rip away and give to a buddy is irresponsible in my opinion. Another good video on proving why having a pony bottle on you is valuable!!! Knowing that you are in a strong current with anchor ropes on site, it makes sense having a 2' rope with 2 caribiners on each end equipped with you. When you looked at your SPG it was already reading practically 0. You were lucky you even noticed it at all with a couple of seconds of air left that essentially were precious seconds to grab a buddy reg! Truly amazing! Just imagine if that was at 60 or 100' and your closest buddy was 15' away!!!

Know your gear and know your buddies comfort levels!! Only Rescue Diver certification level here but I was fortunate enough to learn from Naval dive officers while active duty. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

I just ran out of last week but I knew it was coming . Thankfully my buddy was there for me and we were able to managed safely but it is truly the worse feeling I have experienced. This guys made it alive and it what counts . I will keep my bright yellow octopus. Check ur air every 3 mins- seems this guy had a big leak

You did amazingly well. Calm under pressure. And failures of HP gauges are more common than people know - they still have an o-ring in which can fail.

This is one reason why my recreational kit is setup just like my tech kit....I use a 7ft hose and a short hose on a necklace....this would have come in handy for the troubled diver.

The buddy who helped the Out of air diver had a safe second BC combo system . He was loaning the OOA diver his primary reg . It got chaotic with the 3rd buddy tried to offer his traditional octupus. Instead of adding more confusion they should of kept it simple and let the original buddy continue to provide secondary air

I see I made the right choice to go with a sidemount setup with long hose. It’s nice to have redundancy and be able to feather my valve. The long hose is definitely easier than this mess of having the octopus integrated with the inflator. Thanks for sharing this vid. Always educational to see.

Good video! I think your buddy's second was free flowing because of the current which I see was quite strong and might push the diaphragm. Good to see all ended up ok. Safe diving!

Dude you guys don't carry octopus!

Anything can happen, when I dive with my girlfriend and kids I’m always on them to check their gauges!! So important. This team of divers did a good job ! Getting to the surface and sharing air

Imagine how this could have ended without the rope.... Good Teamwork guys!

I’m a diver and love watching videos like this. What they did right what they did wrong how to deal with the situation next time etc. I refuse to dive with anyone who I don’t feel comfortable with and they gotta have a octopus 😂

Use always too second stages, one separate from the other, and the emergency one with extra centimeters.... This is a crazy video and lucky you for handle the situation, hope for the next you learnt how to do it faster!

I know nothing about diving, but you guys managed to stay calm job well done.

O man this was rough to watch, I’m very glad you guys made it out. Way to improvise.

This is why is it important to practice out of air drills with buddies

These guys have nerves of steel good job

I've done that dive, and made the mistake of letting go, That current is unreal (and I'm an experienced diver) but well done. Unless you've been in those waters, it's hard to understand the pressure trying to manouver with that current. I for one would probably not done as well.

You better buy that buddy a beer:)

Its stressful situation but managed to get into surface... Im glad no one hurt.. Double check your gears before jumping into the water guys

Thank goodness everyone was close by. Things like this can end tragically if you panic.

it's good to see the comments here. I've been looking at alot of diving incidents on RU-vid and out of the 10 or so I've looked at this seems to be the only one where the the divers seem to do things correctly. Other videos seems to be inexperienced and stupidity. I'm currently setting up a new recreational kit and I'm using a long hose configuration as I feel there is a significant benefit. I'm also removing all hose protectors which you get on the ends so it's possible to fully check for damage. (I'm not suggesting poorly maintained equipment in your video though). thanks again for your feedback on this dive.

I don’t know what happened, but i’am glad they are alive my God

This looked fine at first. Nothing wrong with the integrated octo, at least at first. Out of air diver signals, second diver hands him his primary, and starts breathing from the integrated octo. But then at some point somebody is actually buddy breathing with the out of air diver. WTH is that about?

dude that is a friend you have there perfect team work!

Some of these guys need their certs revoked if we’re being honest.

I live fairly close to the St.Lawrence and have dove there a few times. The current can be crazy at times, nice job staying calm.

0:15 he shake it just in case it is stuck lmao

whoaaaaaa good job on not panicking and the teamwork!

I used to dive that wreck back in the late 70's early 80's with 2 other divers and my wife. The shallow part of that wreck has extremely fast current as I can attest to. Matter of fact the deepest dive I ever made in the St. Lawrence was off the wreck with one of the guys I used to dive with. We were recovering some stuff from the bottom in 195'. This the wreck just south of the AlexBay bridge or actually west I guess it would be. You can actually swim under it on the stern. I had a similar situation on the Keystorm up river a few miles when certifying an open water class. We carried all manner of safety gear though, I had a 30 cu.ft. bail out on my main tank with separate regulator and also a BC with a bottle fill device that could be used in a dire emergency for breathing if one had to. I look back on it on some of the dives we did back then and being much older now I am amazed we did what we did! Great fun though. Stayed at Kewaaden State Park and kept our boat up there outfitted for diving there all year.

A longhose configuration would have been perfect for this kind of situation...

Great Job, guys!!!

Only thing I would prefer to see is one diver stepping in to be the air donor before the ascent starts. The divers are all so close to each other and fiddling with gear while also trying to climb the line. One step at a time, secure the diver, provide air, make sure they are okay, and start the ascent. Easy to say here from the couch. Just glad it ended okay.

Calmness saved lives that day

No panic, team work, Technics.... Good job guys!

Consider using a long hose (7ft) on your primary reg, because the out of gas diver has more room to manouver

Great team work

this is why we check our equipment before every dive

Good job they stayed together and managed to get up safely. Imo there was some panic when he couldt find an octopus. When there was an octopus available this would have been so much easier and less stressful.

I keep my main on a longer hose as that’s the one people grab..my octopus is equally expensive apecs & hangs round my neck by my chest in yellow so I can find it in pitch black super easy. Having twins with isolatable sides then 2 gauges 2 inflators & one reg each side with a mixer valve helps too.

Best video ever great dinner you can have after

No air as result of a high pressure port leak is rare. It can take over 30 minutes for your tank to be empty. Yes ok this is at the end of a dive with already low air. One thing I know for sure, I will never dive with someone who only has a secondary reg on their inflator hose.

Good drill 👍🏼 don’t panic, the only way to survive

Очень эмоциональное видео, сам как будто это пережил. Ныряю часто один, очень отрезвляет

This looks like maybe the Vickey? I hope they did better training after that. And dumped that integrated air. Yes everyone is alive and made it is the good part. But the cluster that was there shows the lack of training. Glad you’re all ok, hope you furthered your education.

And that, my friends, is why you always have a dive partner.

This is why I have a pony rig ALWAYS! I’ll gladly take the little weight of a 20cf to be self sufficient when doubles aren’t being used.

If the SPG fails you can still have a surprising long time till it runs out of air due to the diameter of the hole is very small.

One buddy has a safe second/octopus and one doesn't, I thought the training industry had standardized this. But when you take a 2-day or 2-weekend scuba training course anything is possible. The failure was either a result of the HP hose separating from the fitting or the HP fitting becoming disconnected from the gauge (the latter is unlikely because the HP fitting would have had to thread itself off the gauge and the diver would have noticed leaking from the console for a while). This potential failure would have been caught by inspection and oring replacement during annual service. Thye did pretty good on air sharing except I don't understand why the diver is sharing with multiple divers, one who is unequipped to help their buddy.

Am I the only one who noticed how the donate always ended up being the primary after the diver fiddles for a brief second trying to find the octo? Doesn’t this just reinforce primary donates philosophy?

Great buddy/team work!

Glad everyone was safe.

I would never dive without a buddy with an octo on his rig.

moral velues; do not panic! stay calm & relax. then, go to the surface slowly.

Really good video! I'm starting the Divemaster course and have just been looking around for videos of divers in emergency situations, just to get a sense of what could happen and how the poeple reacted in those situations. This is the best one! You did everything right and it's very educational, shows the importance of the buddy system and always remaining calm! What happened at mid-video though? It looked like your uddy started drifting/ascending?

Lots of debate about configuration it seems. At the rec/sport diving level, students are not taught the 7ft long hose. It's not even mentioned. The fact is that most sport diving kit is poorly configured at best. This makes it easy on the rental operator but not necessarily good for the diver. Some operators like to call this 'techie crap' or the like. The fact is these people are very ignorant / small-minded and don't know any better. Its what they learned years ago and they are stuck in the Cousteau days. I have put a long hose / necklace reg on a new diver with no issues. It is easy and makes sense if you know why you are doing it. I try to explain the benefits of such a system, particularly when using an h valve for redundancy. Some sport diving agencies or local shops try to configure people with gear that is ill-suited for currents and looks like a medusa entanglement hazard, not to mention grossly over weighted. My opinion, for what it's worth, is that sport diving can benefit from some of the concepts used in tech/DIR/Hogarthian diving because they are safer and more streamlined. The long hose is one such item. When paired properly with an H valve it becomes much safer when malfunctions occur. Ditching the jacket BCD in favor of a harness is another. If you are serious about diving, take time to look at these things with an open mind. Streamline your gear and set it up clean and simple. Practice using your safety systems in real life. You will be glad you did.

Very good buddy

Why did the first guy not have an alternate air source? And why did they pannic so much, it’s easy to solve you just need to relax and tell Your buddy out of air so he can give you his alternate air source? It’s a part of the cert course

what a mess

Some divers don't know the word: maintenance

That’s what scares me the most about scuba diving

What I see here is confusion and no octopus! If my dive buddy has no octopus I will not dive.

Oxygen: "I'm out this bitch bye!"

Are you guys buddy breathing? why don't you have an octopus? this shoudl be standard gears.

molto bravo il compagno!

Wow! Good job staying calm! This is a perfect example as to why I have a 19cf pony bottle. What Happened to your other buddies secondary?

if they ran out of air, than why are they still at the bottom of the sea? None attempting to surface...it doesnt matter if there is a current thats pulling you.

Back in Okinawa, I'd always see Japanese divers going alone. I don't know if it's a cultural thing or just coincidence, but I couldn't imagine going out diving without a buddy. Seems like you'd just be asking for trouble. If that happened to someone alone and unprepared they'd be done for. Especially considering that you're diving in the ocean here, not just a river.

If you turn the hose, the air stops. . that gives you a few minutes to go up. . and if someone will bring you an octopus. . it would be wonderful. . where they obtained the certification. ?

Brilliant teamwork

Recently about a month ago, I was at 30 meters with just 10 bars left.. Had gone down to 48.3 meters as there was a Thresher Shark just a few meters away from me. Was there at that depth for some time and when I checked at the oxygen left, it was just 60 bars left at 48 meters.. Fortunately there was a dive guide with me so we started coming up and at 30 meters I had just 10 bars left so had to use the octopus of the guide. Decompression time was 14-17 minutes.. Crazy! However the guide had enough air left and we made the safety stops and came up.

Pro tip. GET A FUCKING BAIL OUT SYSTEM!!! Also, I hope you bought your dive buddies a fucking round of beer after that

Where is the buddy's second stage regulator octopus? Why are they buddy breathing?

Glad no one got hurt (or dead) and good job not going into full-on panic, but the equipment choices these divers made were “suboptimal” to say the least. This problem would have been a trivial inconvenience had one of the other divers been equipped with a primary reg on a long hose. Passing off the main reg is quick and easy, as is the switch to the bungled secondary reg. Then, the two divers would have plenty of space to sort out whatever needs to be sorted out and don’t need to be in each others’ faces.

Thank you for sharing this, but i don't understand, the buddy didn't had an octopus and used the hose?!

Dude I like the one guys computer,I think it's an Aeris Atmos AI like mine😂👍🏼

Awesome well done

Just make sure your dive buddy has yellow "buy out" secondary octo for you next time.

I'm an instructor. Let me tell you unless you train for this situation regularly its all new. They did a good job but from what I could tell is they pushed the limits of the air supply. the top guy was on 0 when he discovered his hose was leaking. The diver next to him realized he needed to switch to his air2 and did it fast now all should be good however diver 3 decides to get in the mix, use my octo why? Diver 2 lost the line and almost went on a drift gets back on the line and is out of air so now diver 3 is in the middle giving air to 1 and 2. Diver 4 is still doing nothing. The were 3 minutes from the end of the dive if diver 3 would have stayed they would of all been good for the remaining time. 2 divers running out of air on a dive is dangerous even with no currant. We train 1/2 with air2 and 1/2 with octos, I carry both at checkouts. But in the pool and at checkouts I do not allow my students to power inflate they all learn oral and are better for it. I would not dive with any of these guys they all took a big chance doing a safety stop with a few hundred pounds is dumb.

Well done guys!

That's why I freedive. Once you learn to hold your breathe for up to 3 minutes there is no need for a tank, and if something goes wrong it's my fault. Not a machines.

i booked a dive once i didnt know the buddy,it was a drift dive, the moment we got down he just fucked off, i tell you dive with people you trust and have experience with, yer life depends on it, i had a pony bottle so had redundancy and i was fine but it worries me how many videos on you tube of people not sticking with there buddy and not understanding signals

I thought everyone carries a spare regulator? Im confused 🤔