How to Beat BEING STRANDED in 'OPEN WATER'

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If you were stranded in the Caribbean Sea after being left behind on a scuba diving trip, what would you do?

In this How to Beat video, I’m going to break down the mistakes made by our tourists, see if we can make better decisions, and ultimately attempt to beat the cold, uncaring ocean in Open Water.

[sealguy]

I personally think being stranded at sea is lot more scary than being lost in the forest. Think about it, you're not in your element, all predators have a giant advantage and you have to use energy to even stay afloat not to forget hypothermia. In contrast to the forest were you atleast could make a shelter and fire if you have basic survival skills. This is alot more terrifying.

[ariesmry]

This whole thing was a logistical nightmare.
Imagine going skydiving and getting the safety talk while in the airplane.
Whether your going above or below- all safety protocols should be done on land with everyone attentive.

[powwowken]

The fact that no one noticed the missing tanks was something that always bothered me about the real life story as well.
If you run a dive boat are you seriously not going to notice that 2 of your expensive oxygen tanks are missing and start asking questions about why? They're not exactly the kind of thing someone can steal by sticking it in their backpack.

[BodilyFunction]

I went snorkeling in near Florida at 8 years old. My flippers didn’t fit right and the didn’t have another size so I took them off on the boat since I thought I was a strong swimmer. Apparently the current was quite strong because after 5 minutes I look up and the boat that was anchored was now quite a ways away. I started swimming as hard as I could and screaming but I just kept getting farther away. Luckily someone heard me and a scuba instructor came out and pulled me back in. Let me tell you, watching the boat you’re supposed to go home on get farther and farther away as you swim the best you can, slowly losing energy to the point you can barely move your legs and arms was absolutely terrifying. Not to mention the thing I was following and looking at while snorkeling was a bull shark.

[deadlockraven]

I really respect you saying it was unbeaten. This was possibly real life, and these were people who made natural and tragic mistakes. The Ocean is too unpredictable to say it could've been beaten with a guaranteed strategy. Does this movie seem the most professional? No. Does it have to be? No. So with that realistically tragic ending, I can live with it

[bigbabado]

The true killer was that diving guides' incompetence. Holy crap.

[domoslomo]

4:30
Nerd Explains: “You make small talk, because you enjoy it. I make small talk so I’m not left behind in the ocean. We are not the same.”

[mindyg]

This movie seriously terrified me and was the main reason I turned down a dive trip a few years ago, because all I could think of was being left to die like this due to someone else's incompetence.

[DoobisMan]

Being stranded in the ocean will always be one of my biggest fears.

[luckydal]

I have to be honest, the scariest way to die for me has always been drowning. I have read about people who have near drowned saying it was almost peaceful, but it scared the crap out of me. When driving near bodies of water I even roll down the car windows so I have an escape route if I went off the road into the water. It’s THAT prominent in my mind.
Don’t get me wrong, other ways to die sound horrible. Really horrible. But drowning remains the scariest in my eyes.

[neckbackcripplinganxietyattack]

Found the jellyfish scene weird- moon jellies can’t sting humans. Their sting isn’t strong enough to penetrate human skin, let alone diving suits.

[SirTowerOfZaid]

This is a really good kind of episode, I'm excited for it, this is the kind of information it's most probable to actually use, and shows a lot about Nerd Explains actual survival knowledge, love it.

[svchineeljunk-riggedschoon]

Sailor and diver here in Bahamas, pretty accurate info in this video, good job.
Btw, shark attacks on spearfishermen aren't counted in statistics, as they're considered "prevoked". There were at least two that I know of here in Bahamas this year.

[mrprince]

Normally these videos are just for a good laugh or to see neat information. As someone genuinely afraid of open water and made more afraid by this film I'm thankful for this movie as it helped it seem less likely to go completely wrong and its comforting to know there are so many safety protocols to combat such a nightmarish situation. Thank you very much.

If you do the sequel the best tip is not to go drinking on a yacht with your friends.

[sanhakim]

How in the actual fuck do you "accidentally" leave two people behind 60 miles off shore. That just seems like murder to me

[kirabaum]

I went on a mission trip a few years back to Honduras and we went snorkeling on our day off. Now, we had set up this counting system for the whole trip earlier but it really came in handy out on the tour. We all were assigned a number and when told too we counted off in order until everyone was present. If we didn't hear a number we recounted again, and if we still didn't get a response then we looked around for the missing person. Or if we got confused during the counting we started over so that it was absolutely clear everyone was there and we weren't leaving anyone behind. So on the boat not only did the tour guides get a good head count while we were sitting down, my group also had our counting system. And another thing the guides did was they waited to count until we were getting ready to leave and sitting down, then no one could get marked as returned and leave again without being noticed like in the movie. And then obviously my group counted off to double check. I felt this system worked well and something like that as Nerd said definitely is what could have saved the couple.

[Brando]

This movie use to terrify me as a kid. I hated the concept of being stranded at sea

[renegade]

"If you think this won't happen to you, guess again."

Idk man, after hearing this, I've added "never going diving" to my anti bucket list after this episode; so I don't think this will happen to me.

[letsreallytalk]

Actually according to the director who made this film, the only thing similar about this from the true story is being left behind. They really didn’t want to do the real story because not much is known about what happened to them after they got left.

And For the real people, they were 20 miles from land and it was in Australia doing a dive at the Great Barrier Reef. The tour boat that left them purposely didn’t report them missing until 2 days had passed. It was during the summer so it would of been hot and the place they were at there wouldn’t have been many ships going through. So it is speculated that they most likely dehydrated or became hypothermic being out there 2 days and could of died from that.

Some of their gear later washed up on the beach but no signs of shark attack. Unfortunately they were never found. And the tour got sued big time for it, because they didn’t do a proper head count and didn’t report them missing when they first noticed their passports and things left on the boat the following morning.

It’s a very sad tragedy but this movie is fiction and not based on them. The Directer and his wife first heard about it and wanted to make a movie with this kind of scenario but didn’t want to use the real tragedy because they felt it was disrespectful to the family and not much is known what actually occurred after they were left.

[dennisj]

Once I was on a boat with a group of friends, we got to our location and me and 2 other friends (no life jackets) jumped in the water. Next thing we knew the current was taking us away half a mile, we yelled for our friends but they were so preoccupied having fun and never realized we were far away. Luckily a boat was also passing and saw the struggle and picked us up. By then we were to tired fighting the current. Moral of the story, make sure the people you are with are competent and dont assume the water is safe cause it looks safe on the surface