jmasin
Contributor
Holstin,
Cool, thanks for the explanation.
I think one thing you learned was the conservative nature of the tables. Over time you'll want to throw them away
because they'll really limit your diving (not all dives are max depth for the entire time).
Still, it is important to dive a plan. My wife and I were challenged with this recently in Roatan. We are computer divers with watches/tables as backup. The bottom was 110ft, which was the max for our Nitrox mix anyway. My wife and I weren't 100% comfortable with being right at our MOD, so we set a depth limit for ourselves before we jumped in.
It was a mental challenge watching a few divers at the bottom of the wreck at 110 and forcing ourselves to stay at 90 and up, but it was our plan and we stuck to it. That's the important part.
It definitely sounds like you have a great attitude and are thinking about the right things. My only advice is while you are new, be conservative so when you do forget to look at a guage, it doesn't turn into a major problem. When checking gauges is 2nd nature, then you can start to stretch things a bit.
Cool, thanks for the explanation.
I think one thing you learned was the conservative nature of the tables. Over time you'll want to throw them away
because they'll really limit your diving (not all dives are max depth for the entire time).Still, it is important to dive a plan. My wife and I were challenged with this recently in Roatan. We are computer divers with watches/tables as backup. The bottom was 110ft, which was the max for our Nitrox mix anyway. My wife and I weren't 100% comfortable with being right at our MOD, so we set a depth limit for ourselves before we jumped in.
It was a mental challenge watching a few divers at the bottom of the wreck at 110 and forcing ourselves to stay at 90 and up, but it was our plan and we stuck to it. That's the important part.
It definitely sounds like you have a great attitude and are thinking about the right things. My only advice is while you are new, be conservative so when you do forget to look at a guage, it doesn't turn into a major problem. When checking gauges is 2nd nature, then you can start to stretch things a bit.
