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Safety stops are not required, but staying with your buddy is.
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just playing devil's advocate...
IF the safety stop was not in the briefing and you did a safety stop, is that "not diving the plan?" and if it wasn't in the briefing and he ascended to the surface and you stayed behind, didn't you leave your buddy? Just some ole devil's advocate there... that is all... back to the bushmills... :-D
I went on a dive with a new acquaintance yesterday. It was the first dive of the day. We spent 25 minutes down with a max depth of 60 feet. He was breathing air, and I was breathing EAN32. The dive went normally, and the ascent went normally until we got to the safety stop, or I should call it non-stop. He was leading up the rope, and didn't do a safety stop at all.
I stopped at 15 feet, and waited, thinking he would realize his mistake and look back. He never looked back and went straight for the boat. After about a minute at 15 feet, I decided that it was a clean dive, so rather than have them worry about me, I ended my safety stop early.
Once aboard the boat, I asked him why he didn't do a safety stop, and he said that his (very, very old) dive computer told him he was good to go, so it never occurred to him to stop! We had done a pre-dive plan, but honestly, it never occurred to me to tell him that I wanted to do a safety stop. I just assumed EVERYBODY knows that.
Now I know better!
I dive with some old school guys who usually don't fuss with these new fangled safety stops. I let them go to the surface and I just hang at 15' or wherever. It has never bothered me. I figure the odds of something happening to me on a no-decompression dive at 15' are considerably less than some idiot falling off the ladder on top of me in the crush to get out of the water.
I do safety stops, for several reasons. They certainly can not hurt.
One of the bigger reasons I do this is not off-gassing from NDL depths, but rather I might miss something.
I want to be in the water and not on the boat, the minute I get my camera ready to surface and hand up, a great shot will swim by, happens every time. Heck, as long as I have usable gas, I'll hang on the line trying to get the perfect boat/barracuda silhouette picture.
YMMV
Safety stops are not required, but staying with your buddy is.
Good quotes from these guys, Question when was this guy certified and what agency at one time safety stop were not in the training standards. SCUBASailor you may want to suggest to your friend it time for a new computer with a safety stop function.
I can hardly believe this thread, are we now breeding a bunch of tattle tale, teachers pets. Grow up!!
I went on a dive with a new acquaintance yesterday. It was the first dive of the day. We spent 25 minutes down with a max depth of 60 feet. He was breathing air, and I was breathing EAN32. The dive went normally, and the ascent went normally until we got to the safety stop, or I should call it non-stop. He was leading up the rope, and didn't do a safety stop at all.
I stopped at 15 feet, and waited, thinking he would realize his mistake and look back. He never looked back and went straight for the boat.
After about a minute at 15 feet, I decided that it was a clean dive, so rather than have them worry about me, I ended my safety stop early.
Once aboard the boat, I asked him why he didn't do a safety stop, and he said that his (very, very old) dive computer told him he was good to go, so it never occurred to him to stop!
The reality is that for a 25 minute dive to 60 feet, my training does not recommend a safety stop. So I wouldn't have done a safety stop.
If so, then you need to review your basic knowledge - especially if you are working at a pro level.Certification AgenciesPADI