Going Deep

[SteveDiver]

Most of my dives have been deep dives with a few otherwise. I like deep dives and everything not deep has been less appealing. Is this common? I guess I like the thrill/challenge of going deep. Who knows but I need to work it out because I prejudge a dive by the depth. Crazy huh? Do others feel this way also?

 

[Quarrior]

I dive deep (below 60 ft) and shallow (above 60 ft) and love them both. Both have their appeals. IMHO, as long as you properly plan your deep dives, there is nothing wrong with it.

 

[Snowbear]

It's actually pretty common for newer divers such as yourself to feel this way. You are comfortable in the water, confident in your abilities and your equipment and your limited training and really have no idea what can go wrong nor whether you can deal with it when it does.

Have you ever practiced dealing with failures and problems at 119'? Have your buddies?

Hopefully, you will realize before it catches up with you that "You don't know what you don't know."

 

[SteveDiver]

Yes we have practiced emergency procedures, out of air, etc. at 108' depth. I am always aware of the dangers of diving and respect the sport. A good friend of ours is a PADI and NAUI instructor who we dive with frequently...He is always teaching us and scolding us as well (-: I would not go deep without having a more experienced diver with me...

 

[dwright]

I like deep dives too...nothing wrong with that. I also loke the shallow reef dives in Key Largo and other places. It's a nice mental break to not have to worry about deco and planning dives. Most of them just say "be back on the boat in an hour" so that's the dive plan

 

[Jim Baldwin]

I too enjoy deep diving. I like diving wrecks and the deep reefs and walls in Cozumel. Although you lose the colors going deep the corals and sponges look like they're on steroids along the current swept walls.

Make sure that you get adequate training in deep diving. Remember that your NDL's are very short over 100 feet and just the thrill or challenge to go deep is not a good enough reason.

I have made many dives over 100 foot and done quite a few planned decompression dives. Get the training and gradually build up your diving skills. If you're really interested in deep diving think about training with doubles and deco procedures. Most classes will require that you have at least 100 logged dives as well as advanced certifications.

I can also be real happy in 30 feet of water for an hour just looking at fish and small creatures that you just don't see deep.

They're a saying that there are old divers and bold divers but there are no old bold divers.

Jim
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Most of my dives have been deep dives with a few otherwise. I like deep dives and everything not deep has been less appealing. Is this common? I guess I like the thrill/challenge of going deep. Who knows but I need to work it out because I prejudge a dive by the depth. Crazy huh? Do others feel this way also?

 

[String]

Most of my dives have been deep dives with a few otherwise. I like deep dives and everything not deep has been less appealing. Is this common?

Define "deep". 60ft? 80ft? 100ft? 130ft? 150ft? 200ft ?

 

[Snowbear]

Define "deep". 60ft? 80ft? 100ft? 130ft? 150ft? 200ft ?

It's apparent when you look at his profile

 

[ShakaZulu]

That's not deep, the guys I dove with today went down to 180ft.............madness.

 

[Don Burke]

Most of my dives have been deep dives with a few otherwise. I like deep dives and everything not deep has been less appealing. Is this common? I guess I like the thrill/challenge of going deep. Who knows but I need to work it out because I prejudge a dive by the depth. Crazy huh? Do others feel this way also?

Actually, I do not believe you have done enough diving to establish a trend of any sort.

If depth is the only factor you judge dives on, you are headed in the general direction of big problems.

It is far more likely the dives you liked best just happened to be deeper than the others.