Which agencies teach deep stops for recreational diving? I know of UTD, GUE, and NAUI. Who else?Dudes not talking about doing deco. The deep stop he is referring to is the “recreational deep stop”.
Simple answer, it won’t hurt you to do a deep stop. The initial reason that agencies started teaching recreational deep stops is that many divers are still ascending too damn fast. The deep stop and the safety stop for recreational divers is a tool to limit the ascent rate average.
Now that tomfcrist explained the ascent rate and why they started doing rec deep stops it makes much more sense to me. I agree its only 1:30 on my watch so why not.
"Why not?" How about "Why?"
Here is the DAN discussion with a panel of experts on the question of recreational deep stops. They are nearly unanimous in saying don't do them.
Alert Diver | Deep Stops
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