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Speaking of gas consumption, I had an interesting dive on Tuesday while visiting Jupiter, FL. We dived over two sites, High Ledge and Capt. Kirle's. We started on top of the reef and at about 20 min, we did a 10 min swim back to the main ledge against a strong current. We finished the dive at Capt. Kirle's.
My overall RMV for the entire dive was 0.40 cu ft/min, just one std deviation above my overall avg RMV of 0.36. However, by the end of the swim over, my RMV was almost doubled over my avg to 0.66 cu ft/min. I maintained that consumption rate for about two minutes. My exertion was strenuous, and I would not have been able to maintain that indefinitely. Fortunately, we reached the ledge and my gas consumption returned to normal over several minutes.
This is the largest swing in my RMV that I have seen. I have been diving a Teric since May 2019, 523 dives.
My overall RMV for the entire dive was 0.40 cu ft/min, just one std deviation above my overall avg RMV of 0.36. However, by the end of the swim over, my RMV was almost doubled over my avg to 0.66 cu ft/min. I maintained that consumption rate for about two minutes. My exertion was strenuous, and I would not have been able to maintain that indefinitely. Fortunately, we reached the ledge and my gas consumption returned to normal over several minutes.
This is the largest swing in my RMV that I have seen. I have been diving a Teric since May 2019, 523 dives.