Lost comms on a deep dive off Key West last Thursday...

I was at 110 feet doing a hull inspection when my radio just went dead. No warning, no static, just silence. Has anyone else had a comms unit fail mid-water and had to rely on hand signals the whole way back up?

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jade_johnson15d ago

Yeah, had a S.C.U.B.A. Pro unit brick on me at 90 feet near the Spiegel Grove. Hand signals and a wetnote slate work fine, just take it slow and keep eye contact with your buddy.

jade_johnson15d ago

Totally lost mine on a night dive off Fort Lauderdale a few years ago. Same thing, no warning, just dead silence at 70 feet. Had to switch to hand signals and a dive light to get my buddy's attention, which was sketchy in the dark. We stayed real close and wrote out our deco plan on a wetnote before we even left the bottom. Honestly, it made me realize how much we lean on the electronics when the basics still work fine. Just keep your cool and keep it simple and you'll be fine.

diana_black14d ago

My backup torch died on a night dive once. Not the primary light, the backup. Had a spare backup in my pocket thank god. But for a solid 30 seconds I'm floating around blind thinking "well this is how I go, forgetting my own gear layout." My buddy thought I was doing some kind of dive ballet when I started frantically patting my pockets in the dark. Hand signals work but trying to sign "I'm an idiot" in the black water is tough. Wetnotes saved us too, wrote out "follow me" like we were in kindergarten.