engdiver
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New bubbles are made with every breath maintaining the same size each time. I always follow these as I ascend. If not then yes the first bubbles made at the bottom reach the surface very quickly.
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CD_in_Chitown:Someone in a discussion yesterday cited the PADI book as teaching them 60 ft/min recently too. I was surprised too, several agencies have adopted 30 ft/min. I heard a rumor that perhaps there is too much capital or revenue around the RDP for them to consider 30 ft/min (That joke made by a PADI DM, don't shoot the messenger).
If you've got a PADI ow book that states 30 ft/min please cite the page and pub date. Thanks.
Thalassamania:This is the kind of thing I'm talking about. Here we have outdated information bing spread under the auspice of the best known recreational training agency. Is this because the Instructors involved dont not know any better, because they dont want to go against "the book or ?
Minimizing diving risk requires practice, practice with your gear, practice of your skills and practice with your mind. You must stay current. None of us always succeed we all learn new thing every day. But for an instructor to not be conversant with something so mainstream that it was up on the DAN website in 2004 is, I fear, negligent.
I'm curious, how were the instructors "woefully out of date"? They taught the slower ascent rate. If anything, the agency materials, which were recently supplied to them, were out of date.Thalassamania:Exactly nothing aimed at PADI here, these instuctors, I'm sorry to day, were (are) woefully out of date.
akbpilot:As it has been stated many times on this board, "It's not the Agency, it's the instructor".