Says who? The Scuba Police? No thanks
As has already been said, if you own your own boat, then who is to stop you?
Dive with extreme aggression and little prudence and you might find that charter boats and potential dive buddies become 'mysteriously busy' as reputation proceeds you.
I've seen customers banned/denied from boats and dive centres for unsafe diving practices - including bounce diving and/or deliberately going into deco. I've also seen where those boats/centres have 'passed the word' about said divers to their business peers. That's the prerogative of the instructor/business concerned.
Let me remind you the title of this thread "Is Deep Air / Light Deco (bounce?) Discussible on ScubaBoard?"
And...to be fair...the answer has been given.
That answer being...'in the right context, yes'.
Context is determined by whether the discussed dive plan fits the level of training possessed by the diver who would carry it out.
That context also determines the appropriate location, within the forum, for the discussion.
Nothing more, nothing less.
And what is a "Deep Air / Light Deco (bounce?) dive" anyway?
Deep air.. there's a range of possible interpretations; but each of these interpretations has a context, which can still shape the nature and location of the discussion to be had.
Deep air
can mean a recreational dive within the zone of possible/potential narcosis. i.e. using air for dives in the 30-40m range.
Deep air
can mean a technical dive that exceeds training qualifications (air courses tend to limit at ~50m), or beyond agency recommended max PPO2 limits.
Deco is Deco. A diver either has specific training/qualification for a deco dive (of whatever depth/duration/deco time/gas mix/es) or they don't. If they don't, then they shouldn't be doing it.
By going into deco? If so, according to what? Your tables? My tables? His computer? The other guy algorithm?
By whatever approved method you have chosen, and been trained, to utilise.
So, If I set my computer in very conservative mode and it goes in light deco (the one that goes away by the time you get to your safety stop) why is it worse than setting the computer in very aggressive mode so it does not show any deco obligation - for the same profile?
Well, there's very little point setting a conservative mode on a recreational dive, if you're not going to adhere to the NDL anyway.
You either dive conservatively, or you dive aggressively. People set the conservative status because they want to dive prudently and/or they acknowledge specific factors that may otherwise predispose them to DCS. Going into deco is probably not the best strategy if a diver is concerned about their predisposition to DCS.
Why would anyone who wanted to dive aggressively then put their computer into a more conservative mode? To win petty arguments on an internet forum?
What I am trying to communicate here is that: a) yes, we should discuss this thread - even outside of the tech forum,
If the context is right, you can. If it isn't right, or people subvert the thread to lead it out of context, then the thread closes, or gets moved.
b) those types of dives happen every day,
Lots of things happen every day. It does not mean they should be advocated, encouraged, popularised or otherwise countenanced.
The frequency in which something occurs, should not be used as a tool for legitimising it. It should be judged on its merits, not its popularity.
and c) divers - specially the recreational divers in vacation - should be made more aware of the risks of those type of dives
In which case, simply add some threads to the New Diver, Basic and Advanced forums re-stating the prudent advice given by the training agencies... and back these up with definitive examples of why these rules exist. Substantiate those examples with references to valid examples contained within the A&I forum - or with reputable explanations described within the Diving Medicine and 'Dr Deco' forums.
Providing clear advice
not to do something... a warning, a recommendation etc... that is in-line with agency advice and standards... is a very different vehicle to debating pros and cons about whether that activity should/could be performed, at any given level of diving.
