What is the dumbest thing you have ever seen a diver do?

[navyhmc]

I'll see what I can do, however, I have no UW video and know no one with one.

[MacDiver]

I've gotten out to the dive site on the boat and realized I'd left my booties behind; the water was around 50 degrees and I had open heel fins.
I made do with some wool socks instead...

[Karletto]

jumped from sailing boat cabin with full free-dive gear on the mask was ripped off, fins came off my ankles and weights were on my ribs

[digitalman]

Originally Posted by mrohio

caught up in the excitement impatiently waiting for everyone to get out of the boat so that we could all descend together, I forgot to switch snorkel for reg......not once but twice

I've gotten a huge mouthfull of water doing the same more than once. Switched to a dry snorkel and thought I forgot to turn on my air before I realized it wasn't my reg.

[LCF]

On a trip to the BVI, my husband put on his wetsuit and began complaining about how tight it was. We spent several minutes teasing him about his weight gain, before anybody told him he was wearing MY suit.

I watched somebody do a giant stride off the boat into heavy kelp . . . without his fins. Watching him try to get back to the boat to get them was definitely funny.

I took an out of town diver out to one of our standard local sites. As I was warning her, "Watch your footing, getting in here at low tide can be slippery," my feet went out from under me and I landed flat on my back. In doubles. In twelve inches of water. Luckily, I have mastered the "roll over on your belly, get to your knees and crawl backward until you float" maneuver. (I followed this performance by getting lost on the second dive. I'm sure the woman thought she'd had the poor luck of getting Puget Sound's worse diver for a guide!)

[Splitlip]

I saw a diver chase down a huge swimming Loggerhead with some punk riding on his back today.
Oh wait, that was me chasing him down to put the Mike Nelson half nelson on him. Burned a few hundred pounds and took a few minutes to get my breathing right.
When are people going to learn. It is: 1. bad for the animal. 2. Against the law. 3. Now there is probably one fewer turtle he or any of us will ever have the opportunity to see.
Sheesh.

Oh. And it was not good for me either .

[fisheater]

Originally Posted by Splitlip

I saw a diver chase down a huge swimming Loggerhead with some punk riding on his back today.
Oh wait, that was me chasing him down to put the Mike Nelson half nelson on him. .

Should have cut his exhaust hose! That's what Mike would have done.

[Splitlip]

Case of "Reef Rage" on my part.

When I got to him I realized he was a teen. I did not touch him but put the fear of God in him. New hand signals.
I later realized his father was the diver I had seen earlier molesting Puffers and Morays. I am sure the father encouraged the act or set it in motion.
I steeled myself for the exchange that I expected from the father when I got back on the charter.
When I boarded the boat, the pair were forward and nowhere to be seen. My buddy had surfaced a several minutes ahead of me. He told me that he challenged the pair on deck (they were on air, so surfaced well ahead of us with a DM) asking if anybody had instructed them about the marine life.
"Yes, but.." "But what?!"
So I hope message received.

[emcbride81]

Rock on man!!!

Originally Posted by Splitlip

Case of "Reef Rage" on my part.

When I got to him I realized he was a teen. I did not touch him but put the fear of God in him. New hand signals.
I later realized his father was the diver I had seen earlier molesting Puffers and Morays. I am sure the father encouraged the act or set it in motion.
I steeled myself for the exchange that I expected from the father when I got back on the charter.
When I boarded the boat, the pair were forward and nowhere to be seen. My buddy had surfaced a several minutes ahead of me. He told me that he challenged the pair on deck (they were on air, so surfaced well ahead of us with a DM) asking if anybody had instructed them about the marine life.
"Yes, but.." "But what?!"
So I hope message received.

[dogseatmayo]

these are hilarious... keep 'em coming!