Your max depth!

[TheTrickster]

What a fantastic story! - Many thanks for sharing!

I wish I was around in the days when scuba was emerging, I probably might not still be here mind, as I probably would of killed myself long ago, but the idea of virgin wrecks, unspoiled areas - exploring the unknown - yeah thats would of been great...

So thanks for your insight...

There is a sinkhole off the panhandle of Florida. It sometimes has a weak freshwater flow. I was told about it when I was 16 and was facinated by the stories. It burned heavy on my mind and one day I decided to see it. I hired an old sea captain who passed on many years ago to take me there. It was deep and fascinating and to this day I think my most exciting dive. It was 235 feet and I was inside the sinkhole and could look back up and see the margins of the rim with the sun shining down into the abyss like laser rays.

Disclaimer, I was much younger, I was in superb physical condition running marathons for breakfast and I was an experienced diver and I had the equipment and a plan--it was not a lark. It was before the time of mixed gases available to regular folks. It was a risk I could not and would not take now or even consider doing twice and should not have done it once. There were no computers, no isolated manifolds and it was dangerous. There were no GPS, just Loran and I remember seeing the void in the bottom returns as the captain exclaimed we have arrived. I was solo. Fish circled the sinkhole from surface to bottom--wow. The regulator I used was the all metal original Tekna T2100. It was fall of 79. That is my story.

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[Air One]

If you dived to 60 meters, it's not 180 feet, but 200 feet, good news ?

Yes ! Then I can allowed myself to go to 166.5 = 50 m ! That's it ?

 

[Bobyjimmie]

101ft

 

[Tomeck]

Yes ! Then I can allowed myself to go to 166.5 = 50 m ! That's it ?

Yes, that's right. 164.04 feet is more exact. 1 foot = 0.3048 m.

 

[RussR]

Blue Hole Belize - 130 ft that was enough - I like longer dives so I plan to stay shallower

 

[porsc]

in certain parts of the philippines, every dive we did was a deco dive. some walls didn't even begin until you hit the 50 meter mark. but my deepest dive was on the st croix wall, and it was to a nice 74 meters. that was a hell of a dive. but, notice that this was with multiple instructors (2 were tech divers), not with novice divers. so, deep diving is only recommended with experience, and with other experienced deep divers.

 

[Garwil]

Roatan 140 ft very good vis

 

[sobfrogg]

Yeah, you get $20 if your post count is lower than your depth

185ft.

Does that make me a winner

 

[Richesb]

Spearfishing 145ft. Looking 168ft. "recreational diving 123ft."
Anything deeper worth diving in the neighborhood?

 

[mdb]

199 FSW off the Bahama Islands testing the first Suunto computers.
Single Al 80, stupid dive, the computer worked, we came up slow and cleared before the tanks ran dry.