But at 25 dives..... Hope he listens to all the good advice he was given...
Jim...
Yes I'm, when I will begin with diving out of supervision, will plan accordenly and redundantly
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But at 25 dives..... Hope he listens to all the good advice he was given...
Jim...
my dive computer handles deco brilliantly. no confusion about what it is trying to tell you. it beeps like crazy and clearly indicates your next move. and i get to learn all this in my kitchen.From my experience most recreational computers do not handle deco really well. I use to dive an Oceanic Versa Pro when I first started diving. I then started cave diving and trimix and decided I wanted a computer that could handle mix and O2. I bought a Predator when they came out. I used my Oceanic as a backup for a while. Running 30/70 the Predator would be showing a minute or two of deco and the Oceanic would have 5 -10 minutes left. Now when the Oceanic went into deco it would start giving unrealistic times. I would have 20 -30 minutes on the Predator and 2 - 3 hours on the Oceanic. I bought a Petrel when they came out and now they clear within a minute or two of each other.
Yes I'm, when I will begin with diving out of supervision, will plan accordenly and redundantly
A lot of novice divers seem to be in love with depth, and frustrated by the fact that deep dives are necessarily short, if you want to avoid deco. Of course, deep dives for novice divers are often EXTREMELY short, if they are paying attention to their gas supply, because the high consumption of new divers is even more frightening at depth.
In addition, divers whose primarily attraction to diving is wrecks, often find that the well-preserved wrecks sit deep enough to make bottom time brief, which is particularly annoying if you have paid a hefty charter fee to go out and see them.
I'm lucky. Depth has never held any appeal for me in and of itself, and I like critters, which are more abundant in shallow water
TSandM, I think it's human nature to want to go to places, and stay there longer, just because it's hard to do. We crave challenges, and pushing the boundaries. From my mountaineering days, the question was always, why would someone climb a tall mountain, or take a difficult route up if there is an easy one. And the answer is invariably: because I can. I see recreational diving the same way: I dive a deeper wreck because I can, not because there is something so unique about it that compels me to see this one over a shallower one. I noticed that, with age, I became more content with less risky endeavors, no more free solo climbing for me for instance, but I still like to go to places where few have been, just because I can go there. And I'm prepared to accept some risk in doing so, although I try to minimize it with proper training, equipment, and preparation.
I dive a deeper wreck because I can, not because there is something so unique about it that compels me to see this one over a shallower one.
Deep for deep sake is silly. As an avid wreck diver I will go deep if the specific wreck I want to see is deeper than another. No other reason makes any sense whatsoever.