Okay, halemano; maybe I am not remembering the dive perfectly. I know we went to 130; I know we saw garden eels, and I remembered them as being the deepest thing we saw, but I could be wrong. It was over five years and 900 some-odd dives ago!
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emphasis, edit and parens addedB&B:DIVE SITE DETAILS (Reef's End)
Min Depth:...............................40 feet
Max Depth:..............................130+
Scuba Diving Visibility:..............100+ feet
Current:..................................Slight Currrent
Experience Level:.....................Beginner
Type of dive:............................Mooring (edit; "Anchor" not allowed for over a decade)
GENERAL DIVE SITE INFO
Reefs End is an excellent dive. The top of the finger lies just below the waterline and drops down in terraces to hundreds of feet of water. If you go inside the crater you can find the Garden Eels in 70 fsw of water and the Center Reef just beyond. The dive can also be done as a drift around to the backside of Molokini. We have found the most interesting critters from Grey Reef Sharks to Humpback Whales at this dive site.
emphasis addedTS&M's Blog:The instructor quickly figured out that we were okay, and took us down to see the garden eels, which are apparently unique to Molokini, and we found them at 120 feet, which is the deepest I have been and I was surprised to realize we were down that far.
DiveD asked
I did a private a couple of months ago and the first night's lecture was pretty much just about KR 1, Question 5. By the time we finished, they all had a very good understanding of how that effects just about everything, buoyancy control, gas management, even DCI (both AGE and DCS).
I always give out my "Air Supply Cheat Sheet" to my OW students. Cheat Sheet
Here are the canned answers:
1. 130 feet max depth for recreational divers. 60ft for new divers. 100 for AOW divers.
2. Use tables to determine No Decompression Limits. Don't push the limits. Check SPG frequently. If diving with computer, read owner's manual and don't go beyond Dive Time Remaining. Don't push computer's limits.
3. 3000psi. Everyone uses an AL80.
These rudementary questions speak volumes though, don't they?
Indeed. I think Bob's point in raising those "rudimentary" questions is that those canned answers fall apart incredibly quickly when you actually start considering the gas planning in detail. How deep should I go, how long should I stay, and how much gas should I bring, are all interrelated functions, and are affected by a number of other individualized factors - breathing rate, dive plan, desire to keep a buddy amongst the living in an out-of-gas scenario, etc.
DiveD asked
I did a private a couple of months ago and the first night's lecture was pretty much just about KR 1, Question 5. By the time we finished, they all had a very good understanding of how that effects just about everything, buoyancy control, gas management, even DCI (both AGE and DCS).
I always give out my "Air Supply Cheat Sheet" to my OW students. Cheat Sheet
My journal is my journal, and records what I did, thought or remembered.
Note that I said "should" ... not "can". My next question to all of your answers would be "why"? If I were to put these questions on a scuba test, none of your answers would be acceptable, because they don't really tell me anything meaningful.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
halemanō;5670926:The OP is talking about a course in the Health Sciences College at a University! Imagine how the students would view the instructor if your question was on the Final Exam and one of the students "remembered" the details of their own Reef's End dive. :shocked2: