DIVER LEFT STRANDED AT SEA RECORDS HIS "FINAL HOURS"
DIVE TALK · 1:12:45 · 2.1M views
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2 divers recommend · r/scuba, r/scubadiving · 2021–2024
What went wrong
A diver was separated from the boat and stranded far from shore in open water, and survival depended on being found before dark. Divers draw the lesson to always carry signalling gear.
Jacob Childs was stranded 30 nautical miles offshore and filmed his last hours on a GoPro while rescue helicopters searched. Dive Talk retells the story and ends with an interview with him.
Why divers recommend it
Divers cite it as a lasting reminder to never dive without a surface signalling device.
- Discipline
- Incidents
- Level
- New to tech
- Type
- Incident analysis
- GUE
- Different approach
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