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no, most of us know we're supposed to be away from the boat once we enter, or we go to the anchor line which is no where near the ladder.
Air in BC? What do you do?
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no, most of us know we're supposed to be away from the boat once we enter, or we go to the anchor line which is no where near the ladder.
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Oh Yeah! Sideband brought up a good point. When I was in Honduras... they didn't even want us to surface. I still did anyways to give the quick "ok" before descending... it just made me more comfy to do that...
Well said, Terry (Web Monkey).
It is one thing when you have a lot of experience and choose to dive in a particular way to suit. Divers gaining experience like myself, are probable better off following a more conservative approach until that we reach that level.
For me personally, I usually dive in a small group, so we usually start our desent together. Even when it is just me and a buddy, I don't find it a big deal to wait a few secs on the surface to desend. I end up going down and enjoying myself anyway.
If at some point in the future it is suggested to me to do a 'hot drop', I guess I will follow my instints and do whats comfortable.
It is one thing when you have a lot of experience and choose to dive in a particular way to suit. Divers gaining experience like myself, are probable better off following a more conservative approach until that we reach that level.
For me personally, I usually dive in a small group, so we usually start our desent together. Even when it is just me and a buddy, I don't find it a big deal to wait a few secs on the surface to desend. I end up going down and enjoying myself anyway.
If at some point in the future it is suggested to me to do a 'hot drop', I guess I will follow my instints and do whats comfortable.
Bottom time begins when you leave the surface, it is that by the definition, if your cheating it by hanging around at 10 to 20 feet then oficially your busting your tables. If your running a computer then you can adjust perhaps more on the fly but even they best I can tell figure their time from the moment you leave the surface.
I don't plummet out of control, I don't have all the weight nor do I need it. This thing about people plummeting to their deaths due to weight is a bit weird. If y'all are plummeting, you got to much weight on. N
I don't plummet out of control, I don't have all the weight nor do I need it. This thing about people plummeting to their deaths due to weight is a bit weird. If y'all are plummeting, you got to much weight on. N
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I too enter with air in my BC and deflate as I descend.
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Walter and Nemrod,
Wanted to tell you what happened when I tried your point yesterday. Boat dive, possible some air in BC, didnt squish every last bit of air out when packed gear bag. Added some additional neoprene first try so Im probably 2 - 4# overweighted by carrying 4# ditchable. Just simple giant step off boat platform and waited to see what happened. By golly you were right, no plummet. Rose up to being 1 - 2# overweighted (surface buoyancy check criteria) with no action on my part and totally manageable in low seas.
Thank you both for your time helping me to learn as well as gain confidence in my ability to work out gear configurations.
Diverblam, thanks too for the original questions, and best wishes on that dive career!
Wanted to tell you what happened when I tried your point yesterday. Boat dive, possible some air in BC, didnt squish every last bit of air out when packed gear bag. Added some additional neoprene first try so Im probably 2 - 4# overweighted by carrying 4# ditchable. Just simple giant step off boat platform and waited to see what happened. By golly you were right, no plummet. Rose up to being 1 - 2# overweighted (surface buoyancy check criteria) with no action on my part and totally manageable in low seas.
Thank you both for your time helping me to learn as well as gain confidence in my ability to work out gear configurations.
Diverblam, thanks too for the original questions, and best wishes on that dive career!
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