Hydration and hydrating

[covediver]

A very informative article, Hydration for SCUBA Diving and Fitness, appears in this month's issue of California Diver. Might be of interest to some people on this thread. "even when drinking adequately between dives, your body can absorb only between one and one-and-a-half gallons per hour; and fluid loss from immersion diureses may equal the amount of fluid intake. However, a good goal for fluid intake is one liter per hour during activities. You should increase your fluid intake if your urine becomes darker or the volume of urine decreases."

 

[lmorin]

I recommend that folks read an earlier answer to a question about hydration. See HERE (post #5) for the excellent explanation by TS&M.

 

[grandizer52]

It seems another item we have seem to not brought up.. is alcohol dehydration, either, prior to, before the boat/beach/ just before, on the boat/ at the beach, post dive consumption. NOW' "before this gets to become a hijacked thread" on alcohol use and diving. I want to stop that now!!!!before this becomes the focus. most divers have either witnessed it, or been a part of it, so i'm amplifying. this isn't about beer and diving. NOW-
what is the personal/projected % of dehydration from diving with alcohol either residual (hang-over dive) or presently ingested?
this is growing the way I hoped it would and getting some great fact vs opinion .
thanx divers