In our training we have been taught that a diver should always do their deepest dive first with subsequent dives shallower. How critical is this in shallower depths?
Context: My family will all be newly certified by the end of the weekend. As of Sunday evening we will have each dove to a max of about 30'. We are planning a family dive trip Monday to a local dive park. We're taught "deepest dive first." Which implies as newbies we can only make progress on successive trips if we don't want our first dive to possibly stretch our comfort levels.
Main question: At these depths is it going to wreck us to do a couple of 32' dives (to several training platforms) to verify everyone's comfort levels and then a final 40/45' dive? By the charts we'd still be within the limits for our dive times (that was a good practice exercise, but then I am a data geek). We'll have i300 computers in our gear as well to watch deco limits.
While I understand best practices, I can't imagine we're pushing the envelope. Nomex suit acquired.
Context: My family will all be newly certified by the end of the weekend. As of Sunday evening we will have each dove to a max of about 30'. We are planning a family dive trip Monday to a local dive park. We're taught "deepest dive first." Which implies as newbies we can only make progress on successive trips if we don't want our first dive to possibly stretch our comfort levels.
Main question: At these depths is it going to wreck us to do a couple of 32' dives (to several training platforms) to verify everyone's comfort levels and then a final 40/45' dive? By the charts we'd still be within the limits for our dive times (that was a good practice exercise, but then I am a data geek). We'll have i300 computers in our gear as well to watch deco limits.
While I understand best practices, I can't imagine we're pushing the envelope. Nomex suit acquired.