Picture perfect !

[Bonafide]

Hi, i was wondering, i see all thoses beautifull wreck pictures taken around 150 - 200 feets ? I was told by my Instructor that scubadiving was restricted to 125 feets ??? did i miss something ??? Ok i am only PADI OW limited to 60 feets... even then !!!

Anyhow,
See ya for now !

 

[Quarrior]

Hi, i was wondering, i see all thoses beautifull wreck pictures taken around 150 - 200 feets ? I was told by my Instructor that scubadiving was restricted to 125 feets ??? did i miss something ??? Ok i am only PADI OW limited to 60 feets... even then !!!

Anyhow,
See ya for now !

Good question. You will find as time goes on and you move further into diving there are a lot of things that can be done. It's true, "recreational" diving is limited to 130 feet, but not by any kind of law or anything, just recommendation for safety purposes. The diving to 150 feet + is what is known as Technical diving. The skills are much more detailed and experience of these divers is significant.

There are plenty of wrecks within the recreational limits to see. As you learn and advance in your experience and training, you will find that you will also move into things you never thought of when you started diving. One step at a time.

 

[jbd]

Using SCUBA you can actually go much deeper than 300 feet. However that is a whole new ball game compared to what you have been trained for at this point in time. Depths beyond 120 have very short NDL's and there is the issue of nitrogen narcosis having an some effect beyond 100 feet.

These kind of dives are technical dives and require training in using different gas mixes and planning staged decompression stops. It also requires excellent bouyancy control skills. Now is the time for you to work on mastering that skill

 

[diverbob]

It's true, "recreational" diving is limited to 130 feet, but not by any kind of law or anything, just recommendation for safety purposes. The diving to 150 feet + is what is known as Technical diving.

Just curious...what kind of diving is it between 130 and 150 feet? Pre tech diving?

 

[flounderboy]

If you take advanced nitrox
That will get you down to 150 FSW safely
then tech nitrox or tech trimix will get you down to 200 FSW

My advise
take it slowly and dive with peeps that have many dives like that under there belt

The deeper you go the more risks involved (and gear)

Dive Safe


Mark s

 

[Bonafide]

Thanx, for all thoses tips, advanced padi start september 15th... cant wait... Born to Dive, so calm and relaxing........
see you under water !

Bonafide

 

[Quarrior]

Just curious...what kind of diving is it between 130 and 150 feet? Pre tech diving?

Now you know where the TwilightZone is.

 

[matt_unique]

If you take advanced nitrox
That will get you down to 150 FSW safely
then tech nitrox or tech trimix will get you down to 200 FSW

You go deeper than 125' and you will surface in China also - it's crazy - very disorienting.

Ha ha - OK - all kidding aside. TDI Advanced Nitrox certification will enable you to purchase and use Nitrox with an 02 concentration higher than 40%. The TDI Decompression Procedures course trains you to conduct staged decompression dives to 150'. These two courses are often combined but you can take them seperately. The TDI Extended Range course trains you to dive to 180' on air but again this course is often combined with Entry Level Trimix.

--Matt