Why Nitrox

[Divin'Papaw]

I've already arranged to take the Nitrox specialty course with my AOW in June. For me, with extended bottom times and decreased SI times, it is a no brainer. Also, I'm taking a wreck diving course off of Morehead City, NC ("Graveyard of the Atlantic" so I hear!), and they really encourage it.

 

[DandyDon]

I've already arranged to take the Nitrox specialty course with my AOW in June. For me, with extended bottom times and decreased SI times, it is a no brainer. Also, I'm taking a wreck diving course off of Morehead City, NC ("Graveyard of the Atlantic" so I hear!), and they really encourage it.

Big time - there you'll easily do 2 back to back dives below 100 ft. Nitrox and a 90 minute SI.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Big time - there you'll easily do 2 back to back dives below 100 ft. Nitrox and a 90 minute SI.

Stop ... The trip isn't until July and you're getting me too pumped up!

 

[MSilvia]

Increased bottom time? I just took the class 'cuz I like putting big green stickers on stuff.
(j/k)

 

[Web Monkey]

(There are people who believe the fatigued feeling is actually a symptom of subclinical dcs, and that a lot of recreational divers routinely 'bend' themselves without even realising it. - Only way to verify that, I suppose, is trying to dive more conservatively, and see if you feel less fatigued. For more detail on this, have a look at the WKPP project : http://www.wkpp.org/articles/Decompression/min_deco.htm )

I'll buy that.

When I first started diving, I'd routinely do the last 15' too quickly (probably between 30 and 60 fpm) and I'd be really tired afterwards (almost fell asleep while driving home)

After reading a message by UP, I started really working on the last 15' of my ascents (the rest of the ascent was always fine, but controlling the last 15 was more difficult).

As I slowed down my ascents, I started feeling much better, and now do really boring, hard-to-tell-if-I'm-actually-moving ascents for the last 15'. Even after a few dives, I still feel great!

Terry

 

[OE2X]

Terry,
To make your last 15' stop interesting - hold it supine looking up at the surface. Then take one minute to get from there to the surface. Looking at the surface is almost hypnotic and if you have enough gas in your tank, then the stop will last a whole lot longer.

 

[Web Monkey]

Sounds very cool. I'll have to try it!

For some reason, I've never spent much time looking up. Probably the same reason my dog never tried to pull the refrigerator door open: just never thought about it.

Terry

Terry,
To make your last 15' stop interesting - hold it supine looking up at the surface. Then take one minute to get from there to the surface. Looking at the surface is almost hypnotic and if you have enough gas in your tank, then the stop will last a whole lot longer.

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Terry,
To make your last 15' stop interesting - hold it supine looking up at the surface. Then take one minute to get from there to the surface. Looking at the surface is almost hypnotic and if you have enough gas in your tank, then the stop will last a whole lot longer.

Good suggestion. Thank you!

 

[tkring]

I am certified with Nitrox but find that I dive regular air for most of our dives. The reason is the cost is higher and my buddies don't dive Nitrox. However, we were doing repetetive dives a couple of weeks ago on regular air. The air divers could not do more than 3 dives per day and were tired at the end of the day. Whereas, the Nitrox divers were doing four or more dives per day plus staying out later.

Result -
single day diving - go air
multi day diving - go nitrox every time

 

[caseybird]

Request 28%.

For your own good, take the course. Let's learn what we're doing, OK?