Worst day of my career last Tuesday in the Gulf

I was doing a hull inspection on a platform about 30 miles off Louisiana when my comms unit went completely dead. Zero warning, just static in my ear for a solid hour while I was at 45 feet. Had to finish the job using hand signals with my tender, which took twice as long and made my shoulder scream. Has anyone else had a comms unit just die mid-dive like that?

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rivera.susan1d ago

That's rough, man. But honestly it's just how everything is these days. Nothing works when you need it most. My phone dies at 15% battery, my car key fob stops working in a parking lot, now your dive comms go out underwater. Everything's built on the edge of failing, like they save a penny on quality and we pay for it with our time and sanity.

wren3071d ago

Had something similar happen on a dive boat off Galveston a few years back, only it was my regulator that decided to freeflow at 60 feet. @rivera.susan, you're right about stuff failing at the worst moments. That regulator was two months old and cost eight hundred bucks. Spent the rest of that dive doing the world's most anxious slow ascent while my air hissed out like a pissed off snake. Hand signals are great until you need to explain "my breathing apparatus is trying to kill me" to a guy with a forehead the size of a dinner plate.