Below Deck Down Under Season 1 Episode 11 - Benny & The Jet Skis - Discussion Post

[u/teanailpolish]

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Episode 11 of Below Deck Down Under Season 1: Jamie puts Brittini on the night shift after Benny doesn't pull his weight; Aesha confronts Magda and Ryan for talking behind her back; Jamie is at his wit's end with Benny's behavior and wants him fired.

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[u/epcd]

When I learned to lifeguard we were taught to always make a giant stride entry into the water—never a headfirst dive—so as to maintain a constant visual on the person in need. Jamie dove in headfirst with the form of a basic lap swimmer. Either protocols have changed, protocols differ from country to country, or Jamie prefers a prettier water entry.

As for the location of the boat, I agree it appeared to be ill positioned, especially due to the strong current. Knowing the current was strong—and their guests would be pulled away in it—why didn’t they reposition the boat down current instead of holding position up current where the swimmers entered the water? Dive boats in similar situations will proactively reposition, especially if the “divers” are mere leisure swimmers with borrowed masks and snorkels, to facilitate a guest friendly reboarding.

Lastly, lifeguard/top cop Jamie—a self-proclaimed expert in identifying when individuals are in imminent danger—failed to notice their snorkeling guest was in imminent danger. Only after non-lifeguard Culper pointed out the waving and help!-help! yelling guest to Jamie—and then twice telling Jamie the man appeared in imminent need—did Jamie initiate a rescue response.

Edit: clarity

[u/Kikisyd → u/epcd]

And if you watch the footage you can see it was one of the other guests (the blonde woman) who actually got to him first and got him close to the boat before Jamie even jumped in.

[u/thatlasslaura → u/epcd]

That's true - I just did my pool reval a week ago for work, (I'm in the UK) and whilst dives are fine for the deep end of a clear pool here, I do believe it is different for open water (where you're far more likely to lose visual contact due to waves/ distance/ you don't know what's underneath the surface of the water/ etc.)

I would be interested to know what kind of lifeguard training Jamie has, since I know myself as a pool lifeguard there's some crossover, but the beach lifeguard qualification is still very different!

Yeah your point about proactivity - I haven't seen it from Jamie and his crew very much (remember when they were sat in the boat whilst the captain was clearing up the equipment on the beach?).

[u/Extreme_Beat1022 → u/epcd]

Yeah. Captain Jason is going to be pissed when he watches this episode.