No problem with ears. Occasionally I have to hesitate on the initial descent - not nearly as much as my husband. Never any problems after a dive (hope I didn't just jinx it).No problem with your ears too?
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No problem with ears. Occasionally I have to hesitate on the initial descent - not nearly as much as my husband. Never any problems after a dive (hope I didn't just jinx it).No problem with your ears too?
Hadn't thought about that. Sounds like I'm being told not to 'play around'. I stay within 10 to 25 ft (I think 25ft is the outside of my depth on my Peregrine for the safety stop). The only drawback I've seen in my 'stupid' stuff is running low on air. Not exactly a 'problem' in my books.They are stupid because the purpose of the safety stop is to help you off gas....that means light movement, not heavy rushing about.
I did that calculation, and that's exactly where I am.If math isn't your strong point, there are plenty of specialized calculators on the internet, for example Surface Air Consumption Calculator | DiveBuddy.com.
FYI, assuming you ended with 2500 psi on your four dives you posted, you are solidly in the 0.6-0.7 cuft/min camp.
And I'm an approximately 88kg man with a fairly low fat mass for my size and age. So, I burn through air, especially if I'm doing a bit of work on the dive, like cold water and moving a fair amount.Physiologically speaking, and dependent upon body mass, if you accept that there is no magical drug that truly decreases your metabolic rate, any 70kg male who claims a SAC below 0.23 CFM is almost certainly slightly, if not significantly, hypercarbic.
Unless the dive was, start to finish, a Zen drift dive in 80° water requiring zero movement.
And for those with great consumption on an average low effort dive, you shouldn't even try for less than 0.35 CFM. The required breathing habit (and baseline hypercarbia) will not put you in a good place on a deep dive where you're suddenly required to work with high gas density.
Jes' sayin'.
Diving Doc
All of that will make a significant difference. Dives where I'm not doing a whole lot, and am warm, my SAC drops pretty low. If I'm working, it could easily be double or more what a resting dive would be.And I'm an approximately 88kg man with a fairly low fat mass for my size and age. So, I burn through air, especially if I'm doing a bit of work on the dive, like cold water and moving a fair amount.