Diving at a reef wall with no bottom in sight

[Teamcasa]

I too love walls and rigs.
Like others have said, buoyancy control and paying close attention to your depth and your buddy is essential. Keep in mind that many first time abyss divers will not handle it very well. Panic can and will set in when you least expect it. Go over your dive plan with your buddy very carefully and insure you are in sync with your hand/light signals then go and have a great dive!

 

[twashowich]

Karpata in Bonaire...... 25 ft at the top to deep dark 3000 ft below. It like flying in orbit like a spaceman....

I love it, as long as you look at your depth gauge.....nothing like it..and keep your eye on the blue for the Pelagics!!

 

[BKP]

Don't know if you have quarries in Ireland, but they make great practice dives for walls...
Around here, we have a couple that run 120-160' deep, with at least one entire side, made up of semi-sheer wall.

Point is, at 150 feet or so, it's still recoverable, even if you *really* bullox up your buoyancy with vertigo, and end up doing a bounce. However, it'll give you the opportunity to practice vertical reference point diving as some of the others have suggested...

 

[DiverBeth]

I'm in the group that loves walls. I always make a point of stopping to look down into the depths.

 

[Teamcasa]

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