What is the deepest you can do an OOA?

[gangrel441]

It may not be intuitive, but it SHOULD be taught in Basic Open Water training.

As it is...but for some, learning it once during a few weeks of classroom and pool work and two days of OW checkouts isn't enough to keep the memory fresh.

 

[Cacia]

it would be a high stress maneuver

If you talk to people who have done them, (and for me) It is amazingly low stress. I think that is because you expect to have air hunger and you don't..... I know it is not desirable, but at the time it feels pretty good. Your brain says "hey? What's the big deal?..this is a piece of cake....this is going very well here" Only when you get to the surface do you think "geez, hope I did not screw myself."

 

[HowardE]

As it is...but for some, learning it once during a few weeks of classroom and pool work and two days of OW checkouts isn't enough to keep the memory fresh.

Then people like that should take a refresher course. If you don't know the basic principles that effect SCUBA divers, then you shouldn't be certified. Pressure change with depth is a very basic principle of SCUBA... If you don't know it, I would learn it.

BTW - I did all of my classroom in 2.5 days. I know how air pressure is effected by depth and/or altitude.

 

[String]

It may not be intuitive, but it SHOULD be taught in Basic Open Water training.

Not all agencies.

And i applaud the forward thinking ones that no longer require it instead concentrating on the several much better solutions.

 

[Diver Dennis]

If you talk to people who have done them, (and for me) It is amazingly low stress. I think that is because you expect to have air hunger and you don't..... I know it is not desirable, but at the time it feels pretty good. Your brain says "hey? What's the big deal?..this is a piece of cake....this is going very well here" Only when you get to the surface do you think "geez, hope I did not screw myself."

Aaaah, but did you do them because you had to, or just practice?

 

[EastEndDiver]

Any training agency that REMOVES something that might help in a life threatening situation is going BACKWARDS not forward.

Just my opinion.

 

[String]

Any training agency that REMOVES something that might help in a life threatening situation is going BACKWARDS not forward.

Just my opinion.

Any training that removed un-needed and potentially dangerous training and replaced by far safer more practical solutions is a big step forward in my view.

Like dual hose regs and J valves, modern practices and equipment make cesa a relic.

 

[ShakaZulu]

Don't know, but keep an eye on these guys, they may be able to tell you soon....

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=171224

 

[EastEndDiver]

cesa is a relic..........ok.............


Guees you know it all.

 

[gangrel441]

cesa is a relic..........ok.............


Guees you know it all.

Ah, fugeddaboutit, Eastie...I've been trying for 9 pages. These guys know everything.

:shakehead