I would suggest spending some time with an instructor and going over dive planning and execution.
1. As a new diver, you need to understand how your computer is programmed (15ft vs 20ft) safety stops.
2. Your first dive of a multi dive day should be the deepest dive, not start shallow and dive deeper later.
3. Ascent should be 30ft/min or less... and most importantly this also includes the last 15ft to the surface... which should take 30 secs or more.
4. Be very aware of depth and the maximum you have planned for the dive. At 70'+ you really should have more gas for redundancy for you and your buddy.
5. Makes no sense (and bad for you) to head to the surface to complete a safety stop and/or deco stop then go back down again.
6. Dont do deco diving by accident or by design until you have had appropriate training in gas management and dive planning.
A well executed NDL dive may see you with 500lbs of gas at the surface or 1500lbs of gas at the surface - Do not bounce dive just to use up gas... because its bad for you.
Dwayne
1. As a new diver, you need to understand how your computer is programmed (15ft vs 20ft) safety stops.
2. Your first dive of a multi dive day should be the deepest dive, not start shallow and dive deeper later.
3. Ascent should be 30ft/min or less... and most importantly this also includes the last 15ft to the surface... which should take 30 secs or more.
4. Be very aware of depth and the maximum you have planned for the dive. At 70'+ you really should have more gas for redundancy for you and your buddy.
5. Makes no sense (and bad for you) to head to the surface to complete a safety stop and/or deco stop then go back down again.
6. Dont do deco diving by accident or by design until you have had appropriate training in gas management and dive planning.
A well executed NDL dive may see you with 500lbs of gas at the surface or 1500lbs of gas at the surface - Do not bounce dive just to use up gas... because its bad for you.
Dwayne