BDSC
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My thoughts on safety stops is this. In general I will do them unless there is some compelling reason not to. To me it's just a few extra minutes underwater and that's not a bad thing. But if I choose not to do one I don't worry in the least little bit.
It's always been my understanding that under normal recreational diving (no deco required) a ss is recommended and not required. I guess this is still the case but not sure. Knowing how most agencies/companies/organizations work, they will almost always err on the side of caution. So if there were a real reasonable chance of a DSC hit or any other problem for that matter, then safety stops would have been required initially. The fact that they were not required tells me it's not something you should have to worry about. It wouldn't have been an option or a recommendation if a real danger to the diver was there.
So any talk of 2 victims instead of one because of a missed ss doesn't really make any sense to me.
It's always been my understanding that under normal recreational diving (no deco required) a ss is recommended and not required. I guess this is still the case but not sure. Knowing how most agencies/companies/organizations work, they will almost always err on the side of caution. So if there were a real reasonable chance of a DSC hit or any other problem for that matter, then safety stops would have been required initially. The fact that they were not required tells me it's not something you should have to worry about. It wouldn't have been an option or a recommendation if a real danger to the diver was there.
So any talk of 2 victims instead of one because of a missed ss doesn't really make any sense to me.