decompression procedures

Hi guys, I’m a 17 year old diver, skinny and average height (I say this as when visiting the Paris dive expo some manufacturers told me tech diving gear was “too heavy for me), and I have some questions related to tech diving. I’ve been diving for five years now, and I love it, I try to dive as...

When I took PADI's OWD course. The instructor told us the basic profile for recreational dives with the safety stop, ascent rate and everything else... I was reading NOAA's Diving manual, which recommends to do a stop at half the max depth of the dive for 2.5 minutes, plus the safety stop at 15...

I was discussing the safety aspects of using 'in-water recompression' in the situation where a recompression chamber is not nearby - i.e. more that a day or more from the dive site. Has anyone had any experience of using this form or recompression/decompression? Has anyone got views on the...

Hello Pacific Northwest Divers! If anyone has considered diving a little deeper and staying a little longer, TDI's Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures courses may be what you are looking for. These two courses are often the first two the diver will take when wanting to begin technical...

My buddy and I just completed our Cavern and Intro to Cave courses, we're planning to wait a good while to acquire the cave diving experience needed before we go on to full cave. <= This part I'm good with, but we're hungry to learn more. We talked about taking an Advanced Nitrox and Deco course...