Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean
So, a guy with tons of experience goes for open water dive without a diving marker or diving alert device, decide to leave his dive-buddy and return to the beach by himself. Some other articles says he was a navy veteran. That would probably explain his overconfidence, as those are things that recreational and tec divers are explicitly trained not to do.<p>Lots of diving accidents reports starts with someone being overconfident (ignoring the recommended safety limits or his personal limits), ignoring safety-checks and&#x2F;or losing his diving buddy. I guess this is one of those. I like reading those kinds of reports because it shows how things can go wrong, even for experienced divers. And how to be prepared for those problems. It also shows that most diving accidents happens usually because of human error instead of equipment failure.<p>The good thing: He&#x27;s still alive. He returned to the diving spot a few years later (to take a picture for his &quot;treading water&quot; book) and he became a &quot;Water Safety Ambassador&quot; in NZ. And his history might serve as an example during diving safety classes.