snturner
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:11: Based on an articale I read about a dumb diver.... what's your deepest dive?
What's your deepest dive
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snturner:
To prove what?
To prove absolutely nothing. I am curious to find who will admit to making unsafe dives. Yeah know the ol' rule of thumb, recreational divers should stay above 60 ft. Lots of divers talk about how safe they are. I have never been on a dive boat where everyone follows to many safety rules. I have only been on about 20 of those dives. Not as many as most. I don't understand it when a diver gets back on the boat and tells his or her dive buddy that he just ignores the beeping sound coming from the computer because he has plenty of air left. It seems to me that the general attitude seems to be "If I have air I am staying down." I have even heard a dive master in Belize say something stupid like this. The dive master thought it was cool that his dive master buddy could make his air last that long. Most of the dive boats I have been on start off with a first dive of some where between 60 to 80 feet. Some divers will be down for an hour or more. I can't believe they can make the air last that long for one. Thirty to forty five minutes later they are back in the water at the same depth.
That's it. I wasn't trying to show off or say something like "I can dive deeper then you". As for me I have been to 123 ft, took a picture and went back to 80 feet.
Have a nice day.
That's it. I wasn't trying to show off or say something like "I can dive deeper then you". As for me I have been to 123 ft, took a picture and went back to 80 feet.
Have a nice day.
snturner:
Most unsafe dives happen above 120 ft - simply because that's where most dives happen. That said, there are a lot of people on this board that have the training and experience to dive far below recreational depths and who will bristle (at least a little bit) at being told that they're unsafe. It's good that you're aware of your limits and respectful of them but your limits aren't necessarily the same as everyone elses.
snturner:
You only asked to what depth have you dove. You did not ask if you have dove to a depth that you were not trained for!
That would have been a question with only two possible responses. Yes or No.
If you ask nicely, I'm sure a moderator will modify your poll to better reflect what information you are seeking.
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Oh, and ditto on what Reefraff said.. :flame:
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I think I've read that most accidents happen at the surface.
I know that you've been a registered member about as long as I have, but not very involved with SB. You might do better to read and chat on our New To Scuba forum for a while - maybe asking better questions.
Or, if you like a morbid approach, I read the DAN accident and fatality reports, to learn to not repeat their errors. If you're a member, you can log on for free; if you're not, you should be...
good luck
I know that you've been a registered member about as long as I have, but not very involved with SB. You might do better to read and chat on our New To Scuba forum for a while - maybe asking better questions.
Or, if you like a morbid approach, I read the DAN accident and fatality reports, to learn to not repeat their errors. If you're a member, you can log on for free; if you're not, you should be...
good luck
There are a lot more major causes of "unsafe diving" practices than simply depth. I can think of a few people id class as lethal no deeper than 20ft whereas others id trust to 10x that.
Im not answering the poll as i dont think depth is the best judge of "unsafe dives" at all.
FWIW the 60-100ft range here has by quantity the largest number of incidents - it follows near a bell curve.
The BSAC reports have a lot of "surface incidents" however it goes onto mentioning that all rapid/uncontrolled ascents and incidents of DCS tend to manifest at the surface so its not really a fair indication.
Im not answering the poll as i dont think depth is the best judge of "unsafe dives" at all.
FWIW the 60-100ft range here has by quantity the largest number of incidents - it follows near a bell curve.
The BSAC reports have a lot of "surface incidents" however it goes onto mentioning that all rapid/uncontrolled ascents and incidents of DCS tend to manifest at the surface so its not really a fair indication.
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snturner:
The "rule of thumb" doesn't say recreational divers should stay above 60 ft - rather that's the typical recommendation for OW cert.
...hmm, even if my deepest dive was to 20ft I could pick any of the first 3 choices. "200 or less" includes 20.
reefraff:
Yep, what Steve said.
Depth doesn't say anything about how safely the dive was done. A well trained diver with the right equipment and the right buddies may have a lot more of a safety margin than hundreds of divers at resorts diving to 120 wearing a single 80 and diving with strangers any given day of the week.
Any depth can be unsafe.
Oh, I don't vote on poles like this because a measure of depth only tells the least interesting aspect of the dive. Now, if we start to talk about specific wreck or other places we dive the subject of depth might eventually come up because it has some relavence.
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