Underwater Sleep

[Compressor]

The time I dozed off was when I was in warmer waters, minimal stress and was mesmerized by the underwater beauty I was witnessing. I was ultra relaxed. I do not suffer from narcolepsy.

 

[fsardone]

I said maybe because I believe I enter in a kind of vigilant trance in which while keeping my eyes open I am so relaxed and detached that it feels like sleeping. But I never missed the time to ascend to the next stop. I only get in “the zone” in deco and while on a SMB or Deco trapeze ...

 

[RyanT]

Do you guys who fall asleep while diving also fall asleep while driving? Seems similarly dangerous. And seems like either is a sign of narcolepsy or other sleep disorder.

No, it's not a narcolepsy kind of thing. When you are doing a long deco hang and are really relaxed after an awesome dive, but have nothing but look at but "blue", it's easy to take a little snooze. When I've done this, my actual asleep time is probably less than a minute. More like like being just being super relaxed and kind of being in a half-awake state.

 

[Superlyte27]

I actually got caught snoring a couple of times. After that, I started pulling the comm wires from my helmet.

 

[ofg-1]

I had a waterbed pop a seam one night, does that count?

 

[Sean Walberg]

My OW instructor loved her naps (above ground) and she often joked how she should try to make a PADI Underwater Napper distinctive specialty. Then we'd all try and figure out what skills you'd need to demonstrate.

 

[markmud]

Oh...hmmm....ah...um...

I will not do more than 10 minutes of deco; furthermore, I have limited myself to Tec 40 because I know I would fall asleep u/w and then grab the high octane reg and suffer a CNS hit.

I know I would do that--a man has got to know his limitations, and I know mine. (that's a great line, I should copyright that).

dive on (without me and that long deco stuff),
m

 

[lv2dive]

I don’t have any sleep disorders either, but I’ve napped for a few minutes on deco on multiple occasions. Typically on dives dives with a lot of deco - when the final stop at 10 feet hits triple digit minutes. It has been a while since I’ve done one of those dives, though.

The time I dozed off was when I was in warmer waters, minimal stress and was mesmerized by the underwater beauty I was witnessing. I was ultra relaxed. I do not suffer from narcolepsy.

 

[happy-diver]

wild ride this diving caper with the availability of sleeping one second and cheek clenching the next

 

[JMBL]

Used to nap during the 10 feet deco stop, while on a rocky ledge. Don't any more, because it seems to scare the living daylight out of some fellow divers each time. Don't like been shout out when back on the boat.