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04/10/2026

First night dive. Wondergat. Around 1984. Buoyancy compensators (BC's), then known as Adjustable Bouyancy Life Jackets (ABLJ's) were just becoming the new recommended equipment. In 1986 instructors had to do an ABLJ course be able to teach new divers how to correctly use these devices. The weight belt was always put on last to avoid entanglement with the crotch strap should one need to jettison the weight belt in an emergency. This was before secondary regulators which became known as "Octo's" as they started making the regulator looking like a 4 tentacles of an octopus 🐙. Buddy breathing sharing your only regulator was the standard.

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14/09/2026

Running out of air is rarely about air alone.

Gas management is a fundamental skill, and every diver is trained to understand air consumption, monitor tank pressure, know the limits of their available supply, and maintain adequate reserves. Yet running out of breathing gas remains a surprisingly common dive incident and a leading cause of diving fatalities. Out-of-air emergencies rarely stem from a single cause.

📉 Take depth, for example: Gas consumption increases dramatically as a diver descends, reducing available bottom time and increasing the gas needed for a safe ascent. Combined with exertion, extended dive times, or missed pressure checks, a manageable dive can become an out-of-air emergency faster than many divers realize.

Often, an emergency results from the accumulation of small factors, such as depth, exertion, anxiety, procedural oversights, and equipment issues that increase gas consumption, rather than one critical mistake. Even experienced divers can find themselves in these situations.

Review the most common causes of out-of-air emergencies at dan.org/most-common-causes-of-out-of-air-emergencies.

10/09/2026