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#51828
Have you ever been scuba diving while intoxicated or drunk?
Greg - 2/20/2014 7:32 AM
Category: Survey
Replies: 100

Have you ever dove while intoxicated or drunk? Honest answers only please...I am just looking to educate/inform other scuba divers. If you don’t want to show your screen name when answering, log out of DiveBuddy, then answer the survey...it will show up as Anonymous.

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#71
Diving_Granpa - 2/27/2018 4:25 AM
[Choose #1] Probably more like hung over back in about 74 or 75 when I was in the Navy. I still shouldn’t have dived.
#104
mcolligon - 2/03/2015 4:57 PM
[Choose #3] Know a guy who died doing that. Asperated in his regulator and drowned. Completely stupid and a shame.
#15534
Brian_V - 9/16/2014 3:51 PM
[Choose #3] Nope! ...I save that for AFTER the dives!
#142
USACMASDiver - 7/30/2014 1:07 PM
[Choose #4] What a great question!!! I personally have not, but on the "other side" of the boat there were some local chaps who had some of dat happi smokke, man. Let’s just say that that was in another country, on another island, ya, man.
#62
Stumpy - 6/05/2014 5:25 PM
[Choose #3] I don’t see a problem doing an easy shallow water dive after a few drinks. But to dive drunkmis a whole nother story.
#16
rickbell19 - 4/27/2014 1:51 PM
[Choose #3] Never!!!
#162
Hnebdgr - 3/27/2014 1:08 PM
[Choose #3] That’s just crazy!
#85
justinsane - 3/22/2014 3:25 PM
[Choose #4] I did puke on open water dive 4 on the surface and under.While completing my DMT we would get carried away at night. It was Roatan so hard not to. Would never dive after drinking unless I had a couple hours sleep.
#2242
MDW - 3/17/2014 4:51 PM
[Choose #3] That seems pretty dangerous
Anonymous - 3/14/2014 8:16 PM
[Choose #3] Now thats just stupid
#375
pb1969 - 3/14/2014 2:13 PM
[Choose #4] Two years ago in Egypt...on our last day i dived with a hangover in a deepth of approx. 120 ft...nothing to be proud of...allways thinking about this stupid action and think it was iditiotic
Anonymous - 3/14/2014 1:54 PM
[Choose #3] Doesn’t matter the effects of what happens with the nitrogen. Drinking and diving effect your judgement. You are an idiot to put yourself and others at risk. If you can’t wait till after the dives you have a problem.
#48
cpharris21 - 3/14/2014 1:45 PM
[Choose #1] No proof on effects of drinking. in theory it might affect nitrogen absortion & degassing & slowed reaction. To think a few drinks & diving will kill you is just stupid. Research it. http://divingresearch.qofe.com/page2/page5/page5.html
#1555
Jase - 3/10/2014 2:48 AM
[Choose #3] Never been that silly
#4136
oceanfloor - 2/25/2014 6:47 AM
[Choose #3] I’d like to see who says, yes, so I can avoid diving with them!
#20281
Smithsgold - 2/25/2014 12:20 AM
[Choose #3] NO !!!
#12114
Eric_R - 2/23/2014 3:43 AM
[Choose #3] No, common sense tells you no and if you don’t have any common sense then you’ll be in the next Darwin awards.
#2635
John_giu - 2/22/2014 6:27 PM
[Choose #4] how stupid is that? I can hardly believe it when a diver exits the water and lights up a smoke!
#98
Ericocean - 2/22/2014 6:34 AM
[Choose #3] Hungover, yes
#3240
daz88 - 2/21/2014 8:05 PM
[Choose #3] usually save that for after
#754
NMGoose - 2/21/2014 10:45 AM
[Choose #3] That would be committing suicide. After a good day of diving yes/maybe but certainly not before.
#5919
SCUBASMITTY - 2/21/2014 9:52 AM
[Choose #4] in the IMMORTAL words of tommy chonge,,,,YOU,R OUTTA YOU’R FRICKING MIND !!!!
#3083
RichKeller - 2/21/2014 9:16 AM
[Choose #2] Yes when I was still a teen I did. I have a pic somewhere of me geared up ready to dive with a guy pouring beer down my snorkel.
#213
brokenogre - 2/21/2014 6:55 AM
[Choose #3] Diving and alcohol don’t mix well; no good results all around with those two. I value my life, and not drinking and diving is a part of good risk management.
#779
nitroxjim - 2/21/2014 2:52 AM
[Choose #3] Diving gives me its own High.
#4045
mkolba_ppo2 - 2/20/2014 8:26 PM
[Choose #3] I’ll let people who answer #1 and #2 be the Darwin Award Recipients.
#2788
meltonart - 2/20/2014 7:41 PM
[Choose #4] no, I value my life too much and diving is it’s own high.
Anonymous - 2/20/2014 7:39 PM
[Choose #4] no, I value my life too much and diving is it’s own high.
#187
jamusic84 - 2/20/2014 7:07 PM
[Choose #3] Never!
#6242
ScubaCrab - 2/20/2014 4:13 PM
[Choose #3] No I am not suicidal! No heavy drinking the night before either do not want to be sick on the dive the next day or make a fatal mistake because of a hangover Partying is always after the diving
#5050
diverray - 2/20/2014 1:49 PM
[Choose #3] Never even considered doing this.
#28736
RAWalker - 2/20/2014 1:22 PM
[Choose #3] Everything I know points to diving while under the influence not ending well. It’s just not worth the risk.
#20381
LatitudeAdjustment - 2/20/2014 10:12 AM
[Choose #2] Back before depth gages I got narced on a wall in Bonaire, I could see the surface so I assumed I was shallower than I was (170’) and couldn’t figure out why my camera knobs wouldn’t move until the DM signaled me to come up.
Anonymous - 2/20/2014 9:30 AM
[Choose #3] I saw someone cut another divers airhose because he was drunk to prevent the drunk from diving
#1380
HarryO - 2/20/2014 9:24 AM
[Choose #3] Run Forest Run
#4002
WarmWaterTurner - 2/20/2014 9:03 AM
[Choose #3] Rather play with a loaded gun.........
Anonymous - 2/20/2014 8:56 AM
[Choose #3] No Never !!!!
#14712
tardmaster - 2/20/2014 8:32 AM
[Choose #3] Hell to the no !!!
#8590
dalehall - 2/20/2014 8:24 AM
[Choose #3] No. But I have made some short, shallow dives while slightly hung over before. But, if we are doing any deep or longer dives, we don’t ever drink until the diving is done for the weekend.
#1376
RockRat2008 - 2/20/2014 7:52 AM
[Choose #3] Nope; Can’t say I might not ever dive after 1 beer maybe but almost all my dive trips start early morning and drinking is a night time activity. :-)
#4035
uwlover4u - 2/20/2014 7:40 AM
[Choose #3] Nope, nada, never, can’t imagine anyone foolish enough.