Glimmerman
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How long should I wait between diving and flying?
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scubaaaronh
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at least 12 hrs. but, the longer the better
NOAA has a very nice table on that in the NOAA Diving Manual, if you can get hold of a copy. I forget the page number, but it is called "Flying After Diving".
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I will just be doing my 4 open water PADI certification dives, they wont be more than 14m, so would 12 hours be enough?
I think the current rule of thumb is...
...for a single dive, 12 hours is sufficient.
...for a single day of repetitive dives, 18 hours is sufficient.
...for multiple days of diving, 18 hours is sufficeint.
In your case (OW dives), you are doing repetitive dives and you are diving over multiple days, so I would wait at leaast 18 hours.
As others stated, a longer wait is always better.
...for a single dive, 12 hours is sufficient.
...for a single day of repetitive dives, 18 hours is sufficient.
...for multiple days of diving, 18 hours is sufficeint.
In your case (OW dives), you are doing repetitive dives and you are diving over multiple days, so I would wait at leaast 18 hours.
As others stated, a longer wait is always better.
Glimmerman:
From the DAN website.
A: Revised Flying After Diving Guidelines for Recreational Diving - May 2002
The following guidelines are the consensus of attendees at the 2002 Flying After Diving Workshop. They apply to air dives followed by flights at cabin altitudes of 2,000 to 8,000 feet (610 to 2,438 meters) for divers who do not have symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS). The recommended preflight surface intervals do not guarantee avoidance of DCS. Longer surface intervals will reduce DCS risk further.
For a single no-decompression dive, a minimum preflight surface interval of 12 hours is suggested.
For multiple dives per day or multiple days of diving, a minimum preflight surface interval of 18 hours is suggested.
For dives requiring decompression stops, there is little evidence on which to base a recommendation and a preflight surface interval substantially longer than 18 hours appears prudent.
scubaaaronh
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wow that has changed since i took my course we were told 24 hours.
Skyjunky
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24 hours is a good rule of thumb. Why chance it with the minimums.
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