Depth limits-Recreational Diving

[fppf]

Oh by no means is it a one way street.
Anytime anyone changes something it can create stress and issues.

The flip side of my example is taking someone that is use to low vis and putting them in 100 foot vis. I have seen people loose track of there actual depth because they can still see the surface. As we all know everything goes faster at depth and they get into trouble. Not because they don't know how to dive deep, but because they loose focus.

 

[Seadeuce]

The limit in Egypt is 40m.
They tried to get that changed to 30m but it didn't prove popular with the tourists, so they went back to the original 40m.

Kevster - If you have over the 100 dives done, as per your profile, you should be more than ready to go to the next level.
But I would not let a piece of paper convince me I am "now qualified" for that next level.
You will gain that qualification when you have the new level well within your personal comfort zone. This may take many dives in differing conditions to that depth.

A "qualification" without experience is a disaster waiting to happen.

Practice - Practice - Practice


Sorry if this post seems to be a bit on the lecture side - it just contains what I repeat to all the divers I help train.

Best of luck with the new course, may it open the door to a new learning curve!

Seadeuce

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

I've started to go deeper than 130' on air once, but there was this mean guy down there, with chevrons on the sleeves of his wetsuit, holding up a stop sign. It scared me, so I really didn't continue on to 160'.

 

[Melicertes]

I second Seadeuce's comments on experience. Sometimes I think one of the the greatest threats to divers' safety is their complacency and sometimes resistance to taking things slowly and learning through experience once they've managed to get a really good grasp on the theory of diving (if they've even managed that at all). A paper ticket will help you <censored> in an emergency situation at even 30ft (so many people have handed in their snorkels to St Paul at shallower depths than even that) - what counts is a cool head, being comfortable with well honed diving skills and procedures at every stage of your dive. Of course a wee bit of luck helps also, whether that is to spot a rare fish species or simply surviving a sudden crisis underwater. Now IMHO at 130ft that portion of luck plays a much more significant role and your measure of cool headedness and skill needs to match it in relation for you to be able to deal with an emergency situation at that depth, or at any other depth for that matter. Just because one person can do a bummflip duck dive to 130ft and complete a rubix cube in under 10 seconds does not mean that another person is capable or even nearly comfortable in doing so.

Like all good things in life, quality often only comes through a slow process of honing over time. Take things easy and slowly while surrounding yourself with good dive buddies who are knowledgeable and responsible and deep diving can be an awesome experience.