Parking Lot Save-a-Dive Kindness

[Tangfish]

You've all been there. You're getting ready for a dive and, d'oh! you forgot something important. Well, I've forgotten some pretty silly things before. Weights, booties, fins, a DIN valve (okay, just kidding on the last one). But, today I went to go do a dive at Muk with Scubagrunt and partway into getting ready realized that I'd forgotten my drygloves! :angry:

No sooner than I exclaimed "Houston, we have a problem" than a friendly diver in the parking lot replies "I have an extra pair of Diving Concepts drygloves that you can borrow". Dayaaaammmnn! Talk about a dive-saver! Who the heck happens to have extra drygloves laying around, AND they happened to fit my ring system?!!!

Anyway, I believe his name was Steve (or was it Scott?), an instructor from Lighthouse in Seattle. I just wanted to give him a big THANK YOU for saving our dive today. He later said that he doesn't visit the forum much. So, if anyone here knows him please let him know how grateful I am.

If you have a story about a nice fellow diver saving your dive in a dive site parking lot, please share it here.

[cardiver]

You've all been there. You're getting ready for a dive and, d'oh! you forgot something important. Well, I've forgotten some pretty silly things before. Weights, booties, fins, a DIN valve (okay, just kidding on the last one). But, today I went to go do a dive at Muk with Scubagrunt and partway into getting ready realized that I'd forgotten my drygloves! :angry:

No sooner than I exclaimed "Houston, we have a problem" than a friendly diver in the parking lot replies "I have an extra pair of Diving Concepts drygloves that you can borrow". Dayaaaammmnn! Talk about a dive-saver! Who the heck happens to have extra drygloves laying around, AND they happened to fit my ring system?!!!

Anyway, I believe his name was Steve (or was it Scott?), an instructor from Lighthouse in Seattle. He later said that he doesn't visit the forum much but I just wanted to give him a big THANK YOU for saving our dive today.

If you have a story about a nice fellow diver saving your dive in a dive site parking lot, please share it here.

Damn, Calvin. Last week it was your weights and this week it's your dry gloves....

I'm just sayin'..........

[Tangfish]

Give me a break. I haven't gotten wet in 4 months. At least the weights were in the car. oh wait.... that might be even worse.

[cardiver]

Give me a break. I haven't gotten wet in 4 months. At least the weights were in the car. oh wait.... that might be even worse.

I totally forgot that you were recovering from surgery.
You were walking really well at Cove 2 last week. It's good to see you back in the water.
If you're up for Sunrise tomorrow.......

[Tangfish]

Baby steps, not giant slippery hills for me at this point. Yes, still recovering, but thank gosh I can dive now. I was going crazy for awhile there. Now I just have to be really careful about where I step. Thanks for the invite but I don't think I'm ready for Sunrise yet - unless you have a boat!

[Grateful Diver]

No sooner than I exclaimed "Houston, we have a problem" than a friendly diver in the parking lot replies "I have an extra pair of Diving Concepts drygloves that you can borrow". Dayaaaammmnn! Talk about a dive-saver! Who the heck happens to have extra drygloves laying around, AND they happened to fit my ring system?!!!

Anyway, I believe his name was Steve (or was it Scott?), an instructor from Lighthouse in Seattle.

Instructors often do ... after all, if we punch a hole in a glove during class, the show must go on.

I usually have an extra pair of dry gloves in my dry bag for just that reason.

If you have a story about a nice fellow diver saving your dive in a dive site parking lot, please share it here.

Saturday afternoon ... I was pulling double-duty, doing one class at Redondo in the AM and another at Cove 2 in the PM. Showed up for my PM class only to realize that in the process of unloading gear for one class and loading gear for another I'd forgotten to bring the BCD I was letting my student use for the class. Kelly (ktb) was there, doing a dive with Georgia (wylerbear), and when I mentioned to her that I needed to head back home to get the rig she nicely offered to leave me her BP/W and weightbelt for my student.

Turns out it wasn't needed because my student showed up with shortly afterward with some gear she'd borrowed from a friend that she wanted to try out ... but it was a generous offer that could potentially have saved my class from some serious interruption. Thanks Kelly.

I've found over the years that most divers are happy lend a helping hand ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[spatman]

i haven't yet been the recipient of a save-a-dive item, but i have helped out in a couple cases. the thought of driving all the way up from portland to realize i forgot something led me to put together a kit full of goodies.

i've lent out tank valve din plugs, din to yoke adapters, a drysuit hood, wetgloves, and even a second stage. probably a couple other small things i'm forgetting...

it's a good feeling to be able to help out. i hope that when i need something, someone else is there with a spare.

[LCF]

I've borrowed or lent any number of things, but I think the incident that made the greatest impression on me happened at Edmonds, the first year I was diving. I had agreed to meet a friend for a dive, and she showed up without her gloves. It was probably an hour's drive back to her house to get them at that time of day, and as we were agonizing about what we could do, the man packing the pickup truck next to us said, "You can borrow these," and offered his own.

Not a big deal, normally, but this man was from Montana, and was done diving for that trip, and was headed home. He said, "You can mail them back to me." I was stunned at the generosity of someone who would offer an item, which is not cheap (because nothing in diving is cheap) to a pair of women he had never met before in his life, and expect to get them back.

Turns out, we went and rented some at the Underwater Sports shop. But that man's generosity was my introduction to how amazingly NICE the world of divers is.

[Joshua Smith]

I had two dives in a row saved by buddies who happened to have the right 02 sensors in their kits just recently. Thanks, John and Calvin!

[John Rawlings]

I had two dives in a row saved by buddies who happened to have the right 02 sensors in their kits just recently. Thanks, John and Calvin!

My pleasure! I know, without question, that you would do the same for me!

[dwashbur]

My first NWDC club dive a couple of years ago, I got my gear assembled and realized my HP hose had blown. I had quite a few somewhat off-the-wall items in my SADK, but that wasn't one of them. Valerie was nearby and heard my dilemma, and immediately brought me one from her kit. It was the first time we had met, and I was amazed that she was willing to loan a fairly expensive piece of equipment to what amounted to a total stranger.

Since then I've been able to pass the favor on a couple of times with different pieces of gear, and when I get the chance I'm delighted to do so. Divers helping each other is a big part of what it's all about, IMAO (In My Arrogant Opinion)

[lizard0924]

I had a really nice guy lend me a drysuit inflator hose at Cove 2 last winter. I had just switched from my Diving Concepts drysuit to my DUI and didn't realize that the DC suit had a proprietary connector. So, after I was all geared up and trying to connect my DC hose to my DUI suit, I realized that I had a tiny, little problem.

I didn't know the guy and have never seen him since (he was diving Cove 2 that day with his teenage son and I recall the guy drove a white SUV...Lexus or Infiti or something along those lines), but he was nice enough to lend me a hose for my dive and he waited around for me to finish so we could give it back. That was extremely kind of him. One of my favorite parts of the sport is how friendly and giving divers are.

[airsix]

Best one I've seen was on a charter diving with Joe. He pulled his neck seal over his head and it tore. Even before the cursing could begin multiple people offered to lend him their spare suit. Saved his dive and mine.

[scottsax]

Our own Josh Smith saved by butt by loaning me a 2nd stage when my octo wouldn't stop freeflowing!

[airsix]

Our own Josh Smith saved by butt by loaning me a 2nd stage when my octo wouldn't stop freeflowing!

I was thinking I hadn't been on the recieving-end of a save-a-dive, but you just reminded me that Josh saved my butt by loaning me a soft weight when I was too light on our 10ft stop. Not only does he drive the giant green save-a-dive kit, he apparently carries one underwater too. (If anyone thinks I'm bad now you should have seen me back in those days.)

[ktb]

Saturday afternoon ... I was pulling double-duty, doing one class at Redondo in the AM and another at Cove 2 in the PM. Showed up for my PM class only to realize that in the process of unloading gear for one class and loading gear for another I'd forgotten to bring the BCD I was letting my student use for the class. Kelly (ktb) was there, doing a dive with Georgia (wylerbear), and when I mentioned to her that I needed to head back home to get the rig she nicely offered to leave me her BP/W and weightbelt for my student.

Turns out it wasn't needed because my student showed up with shortly afterward with some gear she'd borrowed from a friend that she wanted to try out ... but it was a generous offer that could potentially have saved my class from some serious interruption. Thanks Kelly.

I've found over the years that most divers are happy lend a helping hand ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Happy to help Bob (even if it wasn't needed). I love the generosity of the dive community, and I consider it a "pay it forward" kind of thing. Like this Spring, when I was in the middle of Hood Canal on a Pac Adventures Charter when I realized I had left my hood and gloves on the dock. Doh! Thankfully, Don has an extra one of pretty much everything on the boat. Whew! And I've lost count of the times folks have loaned me gear just to try it out.

[Berritt]

Divers are some of the most generous people I have ever met. A complete stranger lent my fins when one was lost at Sund rock.

[Dusty2]

My whole truck is one big save a dive kit. I'm pretty sure I could outfit another diver complete or near complete but there have been times that I forgot something that wasn't redundant. Thanks to this post and thinking whats in my truck I realize there are a couple of items I would need to do a complete second outfit. Hmmm Time to add a little more weight to the rig!

And yes you can borrow what you need if I'm around when your in need.

Divers are good folks.