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The water acted correctly; it would have filled the room and the air would have just been compressed. There would have been a small pocket of air left somewhere, but with 40' (?) of water above, it would have come rushing in, although at a much higher rate than on the show. I'll forgive that kind of indiscretion, though. Remember, air compresses; water doesn't.
Could he have fit through the porthole? Possibly. Could Desmond gotten there with scuba equipment in time? Probably not.
I think that the point is that Charlie just sort of gave up when his fate reached him. He didn't fight it; he embraced it. Sort of fitting after his drug struggle.
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