Caissy
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I'm well aware of that, but thanks @northernone and @tbone1004 for the head's up!Worth noting this. Completely different style in Mexico compared to what's needed for our heavy tanks back home.
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I'm well aware of that, but thanks @northernone and @tbone1004 for the head's up!Worth noting this. Completely different style in Mexico compared to what's needed for our heavy tanks back home.
In cold water for a 200ft SM dive... You end up with a lot of lead, a suit gas bottle, 2 deco bottles, a light canister, and a possibly a drysuit heater canister so you really start to wonder why you aren't using the real estate on your back for some of that stuff. Especially if you are jumping off a boat and just going down to a wreck and back up. In a cave you can at least drop the deco bottles and get sort of small, but a suit bottle, light & heater canisters all conspire against you - they end up shoving tanks out or down in ways you dont want, or they're piled up on your butt anyway. In open water you are better off using your back and right hip for tanks, lights, and suit heat.
I'm sure it will be fun, but Mexico will not prepare you for Canadian SM trimix diving at all
@Caissy for OW diving, just add stages on a leash. With He in them they disappear quite easily and you'll like 85's better for CCR dilout gas unless you're doing big deep caves. If you're going to CCR soon ish, I'd forego the second set of steels unless the mixes are going to change regularly and use stage bottles
Most of us can do 180ft in cold water on a set of 85s fairly easily and 200ft is your SAC is good. The SM problem isn't really the bottom gas, its where to efficiently put all the deco gases and suit bottles. And being able to not be the slowest diver getting on and off the boat - with drygloves.@Caissy for OW diving, just add stages on a leash. With He in them they disappear quite easily and you'll like 85's better for CCR dilout gas unless you're doing big deep caves. If you're going to CCR soon ish, I'd forego the second set of steels unless the mixes are going to change regularly and use stage bottles
... knowing that 20-25 min bottom time is getting close the max I'll be able to do in SM at 200 feet... It's all good experience!![]()
What would be your total gas consumption for your 30 min bottom time + deco if you get a major failure with your 40? For what I can see, even if your SAC is 0.40, there's no way you'll have enough gas if you lose your deco gas at the end of your bottom time... Your buddy can obviously help you, but that's not the point here...I'll be doing 30 minutes at 200' with 85s this weekend. No stage required for that one and only 40s for deco. Makes for a pretty nice dive.