navy85 once bubbled...
SeaJay - as a relatively new, inexperienced diver, thanks for having the guts to share your experience and endure a few pokes.
Hehehee... "Par for the course" around here.
I am gaining a better understanding of dive computers, their limitations, NDLs and of course the reasons for diving your plan as a result of this thread.
Very cool. I learned a lot as a result of the dive, too, and sharing the experience - so that others could benefit too - was the main objective to putting myself up for ridicule.
I'm thrilled that you're finding use for it. Maybe it'll help to keep someone else a little safer, too.
BTW, my parents live in Summerville (and I am an SHS alumni - Go Greenwave). If I have time to dive next time I'm there, I'll look you up - I've never been diving in the area.
Pfffttt... That's right up the street!
Yes, you've got to come dive with us! Check the website address in my signature line.
jiveturkey once bubbled...
You have some pretty serious peaks and valleys in your profile. I wonder if this has anything to do with the long deco time. I don't know exactly how much movement it takes for nitrogen to come out of solution but I wouldn't be comfortable yo-yoing more than a meter or 2. Your Suunto probably doesn't like it either.
Yeah, I was waiting for someone to notice that, especially on my second dive. I thought for sure I was getting "nailed to the cross" for that one! I'm surprised that it took this long for anyone to notice.
The reason for the "yo-yo-ing" was because the dive was on our local "big wreck" out here. Each up and down was the slight decent and ascent over wreckage. I'd swim along the deck of the boat and descend down into it's enormous holds, checking for anything that was cool. These holds were like 50' wide and 50' across, and maybe 30' deep, and missing altogether their enormous topside hold doors; thus it was never a true penetration. Pretty amazing stuff, really, and a very cool dive.
But you're right... That made for a less-than-ideal dive profile, and that might have been a contributor.
For the record, I think that most of the "spikes' were 10-15 feet (2 meters or so) each, with one exception to maybe 20 feet (a little over 3 meters).
But yeah, the profile was resultingly a little "spikey."