Woman diver fatality at Redondo
Woman diver fatality at Redondo
Saturday night, news reports say due to "out of air".
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
Hate it. Hate these things.
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
This is sad to hear...
Unfortunately these things do occur. This is why it is important to check your air/how much air you have or are consuming, know your consumption, practice OOA, dive plan, buddy check, communicaate with your buddy and NEVER dive beyond your experiance level or comfort level...
My thoughts go out to the parties involved...family, dive buddy,...
Kirsten
Unfortunately these things do occur. This is why it is important to check your air/how much air you have or are consuming, know your consumption, practice OOA, dive plan, buddy check, communicaate with your buddy and NEVER dive beyond your experiance level or comfort level...
My thoughts go out to the parties involved...family, dive buddy,...
Kirsten
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
Another sad day for puget sound divers. I know each of us feels the loss even though we don't yet know who it is.
My prayers got out to the families and a special prayer for the dive buddy who will suffer tremendously for a long time to come.
My prayers got out to the families and a special prayer for the dive buddy who will suffer tremendously for a long time to come.
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As with all such things we will probably never know anymore than we do now. Unless someone on the board was there we now know all we will know because the media only prints the actual moment and never follows up.
It could well have been a medical emergency of some sort but getting caught in unexpected current can be very life threatening especially near the end of a dive. We can only pray that it doesn't happen again and try to prevent it from ever happening to any of us.
Dive safe guys, second chances are a rare thing.
It could well have been a medical emergency of some sort but getting caught in unexpected current can be very life threatening especially near the end of a dive. We can only pray that it doesn't happen again and try to prevent it from ever happening to any of us.
Dive safe guys, second chances are a rare thing.
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
Very sad when this happens,only hope we can learn something that can help prevent it from happening again.
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Would depend on how deep you went and how long. I have been lucky so far and never experienced it. I did once at edmonds and I don't want to do that again.
Wish the news had given a name. Does anyone know?
Wish the news had given a name. Does anyone know?
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
Her name was Leanne Miller. There's memorials, flowers and messages, left on the rock structure next to the stairs.
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
Rest in peace, Leanne. My heart goes out to her friends, family, her buddy, and the responders.
I would also like to post a gentle reminder that this board is not the place for speculation. I know that we are all touched by a fellow diver's death, and are intensely curious about what happened. We are human beings! However, please stick to known facts about the case, or condolences to the bereaved.
I would also like to post a gentle reminder that this board is not the place for speculation. I know that we are all touched by a fellow diver's death, and are intensely curious about what happened. We are human beings! However, please stick to known facts about the case, or condolences to the bereaved.
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
All the news reports indicate that she did.Mortuus wrote:Anyone know if she had a buddy?
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
Wait....derp. Nevermind. For some reason I didn't recall the mention of it.
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
This is truly a sad event and my prayers/condolences to friends and family involved.
Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
It's always sad to hear about these things happening.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and her dive buddy.
Anyone ever discuss putting up a sign of some sort warning "new" or less experienced divers with this site that it can be current sensitive.
I'm not sure about liability issues about putting up a sign but thru out this thread many have said that there is a known issue with a down current that can affect your dive.
We don't know if a sign warning of potential dangers would have prevented this situation but maybe we as a community can do something to possibly prevent this from occuring again.
Just my $0.02,
Mike
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and her dive buddy.
Anyone ever discuss putting up a sign of some sort warning "new" or less experienced divers with this site that it can be current sensitive.
I'm not sure about liability issues about putting up a sign but thru out this thread many have said that there is a known issue with a down current that can affect your dive.
We don't know if a sign warning of potential dangers would have prevented this situation but maybe we as a community can do something to possibly prevent this from occuring again.
Just my $0.02,
Mike
Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
If the friends or family of leanne read this I hope they understand that these "Discussions" of the incident help us grow as divers and learn from the situations other divers have faced. In the fire service we study all near misses and fatalities in an effort to prevent more deaths and learn from our brothers mistakes. I have only found one good publication in the recreational diving community that studies near misses, Diver Down was probably the best book i've ever read relating to scuba diving. I wish it was a required read for rescue classes.
In the spirit of discussion and learning, Bob, in my opinion you are very very correct in your statements! Scuba diving is Alot different than swimming, IMO get LOW and head in is the best plan in most currents when scuba diving. I have found that most of my buddies in currents stay too high and work way harder. If getting low and heading in doesn't work you can try perpendicular but in my experience here in the puget sound if you can't make progress getting low you can't move at an angle either. I haven't seen this at redondo but Day Island wall on a bad day comes to mind. By all means try it before you surface, once on the surface start kicking towards shore whatever shore you can get too. A long walk is better than the alternative.
If i was diving redondo and current picked up that much I wouldn't think it was a river that I could swim perpendicular too and get out of. it's just the current..... My heart hurts for the lost diver and her family..... I never met her but she's been on my mind since saturday.... a large group of divers from my shop were there saturday doing a shop dive just a few hours before this incident. It could have easily been one of ours.
In the spirit of discussion and learning, Bob, in my opinion you are very very correct in your statements! Scuba diving is Alot different than swimming, IMO get LOW and head in is the best plan in most currents when scuba diving. I have found that most of my buddies in currents stay too high and work way harder. If getting low and heading in doesn't work you can try perpendicular but in my experience here in the puget sound if you can't make progress getting low you can't move at an angle either. I haven't seen this at redondo but Day Island wall on a bad day comes to mind. By all means try it before you surface, once on the surface start kicking towards shore whatever shore you can get too. A long walk is better than the alternative.
If i was diving redondo and current picked up that much I wouldn't think it was a river that I could swim perpendicular too and get out of. it's just the current..... My heart hurts for the lost diver and her family..... I never met her but she's been on my mind since saturday.... a large group of divers from my shop were there saturday doing a shop dive just a few hours before this incident. It could have easily been one of ours.
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
My condolences to the family, friends, and dive buddy of Leanne. May she rest in peace.
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Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
My sincerest condolences are with Leanne, Her Family, Friends, and Dive Partner. Very sad news.
Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
This is definitely a sad thing to hear about. My condolences also go out to the family.
Re: Woman diver fatality at Redondo
I've heard a conflicting story about this accident which was that it had nothing to do with current at all and was not an OOA situation and she simply went unconscious at 20 feet at the end of the dive. Sounded like it might have been a medical issue.
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It could certainly have been natural causes. I seems a good percentage of diver deaths are.
I wish someone could update us so we could know.
My condolences go out to everyone hurting from this incidence and may they find peace as she surly has.
I wish someone could update us so we could know.
My condolences go out to everyone hurting from this incidence and may they find peace as she surly has.
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