Favorite Diving Depth

[jjjjeremy]

Hi,

Does anyone have a favorite diving depth?

For me, 40/50 feet seems about right. I don't find much benefit from going deeper because the light gets worse, and you use more air (unless that's where the really cool stuff is). Above that depth you get more surge, and I feel that buoyancy is harder to control, but that might just be me.

 

[j yaeger]

...the bottom

 

[Scott]

Anywhere between 3 feet and 180 feet. I offset the low light with a big light and the gas availability with more and larger cylinders. YMMV

 

[cephasiii]

Nitrox 32% at 80feet for recreational dives; and as deep as I'm certified to go for technical dives.


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[uncfnp]

Wherever the fish and coral are! A little more seriously, probably between 30 to 60 but often go to 100 and occasionally a little more if that's where the action is..

 

[TMHeimer]

60-100' is usually pretty good for shell collecting, but any depth fro 0 to 130' that has that is my favourite.

 

[Doc]

It's the depth that will allow me to see what I came to see.

On the South shore of Roatan I see divers make a beeline for 75-95 feet and I have no idea why. The cool stuff is 0>55fsw.

Then there is the conundrum: "I went to the prescribed depth and I saw what I was supposed to see... now what?" The classic (local) example is the Blue Hole of Belize.

When a wreck is presented, there is no rule that says that you have to get underneath it and mash your computer into the sand... I watched a friend literally do this at the steamroller in Truk Lagoon.

Make a dive plan that is best for the environment you have, stay with it. Listen to the locals for best advice. Understand why they are saying what they are telling you.

The best night dives are usually quite shallow (and in the "muck") under 25fsw or less.

 

[Hatul]

The easiest diving here is around 40-60 ft, where there is little surge and buoyancy is easier to control than in shallower dives.

It's natural for divers to want to go deeper, as depth and all that goes along with it is part of the experience of diving. Some just dive for depth, not to see marine life.

 

[swimmer_spe]

In general, I do not see any reason to go below 60 feet. Not much life there. Yes, there are wrecks in the deeper water, but with so little bottom time, why bother?

 

[k ellis]

Well I enjoy the depths of about 50 feet. No deeper usually then 60 feet. I do this because most of my dives are with newer divers and I strongly discourage them from going deeper until they feel comfortable and understand the increase in risk and so forth.

The air supply last a significantly long time for me in that range so I find with the use of Nitrox I can stay quiet a long time there as well as feel better post dive so all in all the factors make this optimal for my needs.