Lost 3 days of work on a sat dive last month in the Gulf

Buddy and I were doing a pipeline inspection 40 miles off Louisiana. My comms unit died halfway through the second day. Surface kept yelling but I couldn't hear a thing. Had to abort and redo the whole thing. 3 days gone. Anyone else have comms crap out on them like that?

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linda_clark25d ago

150 feet for 45 minutes" - that's wild. But I gotta ask, what kind of dive computer was it? Because I've seen some of those cheaper models start acting up after a few saltwater dives, especially if the battery wasn't changed on schedule. My buddy had a similar thing happen with an old Suunto, but it turned out the battery contacts were corroded from a tiny leak. He didn't notice until it started giving him random depths and times. Did your buddy ever find out if it was a battery issue or something with the computer's guts? Because if you're trusting your life to that thing, you gotta know what happened. I wouldn't dive again with that computer until I had it taken apart and cleaned by a tech, or just replaced it. Shame to lose three days of work over a bad battery contact.

the_sean25d agoMost Upvoted

Had a buddy whose personal dive computer went haywire on a night dive off the Florida Keys. Thing started beeping nonstop and he couldn't tell if it was a deco violation or just a low battery. He finally just popped it off his wrist and stuffed it in his pocket. Spent the rest of the dive kicking around in the dark with a compass and a prayer. Came up and his computer showed he'd been at 150 feet for 45 minutes. He was actually at 90 feet for about 15. Still don't know what was wrong with it. Never trusted that thing again.