What limits your bottom time?

[DevonDiver]

Just a quick poll to determine which factors affect diver's bottom time/dive duration the most....

 

[tstormdiver]

Depends on the type of diving I'm doing. If it is recreational, then I use NDL's; if it is technical, then my air supply is my limiting factor. Although diving locally, here it can also be the cold at the bottom of the quarry.

 

[Aquatrax]

Depends, deeper dives it's the NDLs, shallow dives it the amount of gas, since "most" of my dives are at 60 feet or less, I will say air

 

[Chugwhump]

I have three answers to this poll:

Answer #1
When "Boat Diving" from a private boat I/we have no hurries and no worries respective to time, NDL's are the only limiting factor.
I do my safety stops and usually double the reccomended times on the rope or the bag, but I get so very bored.
I HATE DECO! I GET BORED!

Answer #2
When "Beach Diving" (which is about 90-95% of the time for me) it is gas gas gas.
4+ hours submerged on a good summer day on one tank is a beautiful thing.
I have mastered the consumption of Capri Suns under water.

Answer #3
When paying for a ride on a "Moo Boat" or even a "Six Packer" I am limited by Imposed time limit by DM/Boat.

I dive with steel 130's about 99% of the time in SE Florida.
Warm waters all year, good weather, close to the beach...these things make it really easy.
Chug

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

What limits my bottom time?

Hunger and sleep ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[naick]

Most of the time it's having to pee, since I always dive a drysuit.

Gas is a limiting factor too and it will always be... We stay down as long as we have gas

 

[diverdowndude]

I would say the limiting factor is in the dive plan and experience - if you have make a dive plan / objective and then dive your plan without exceeding your experence/training then you have all the necessary gas and support required for the dive.

Most of the time it's having to pee, since I always dive a drysuit.

Try adding a pee valve (get training - bad place for a squeeze!) or use adult diapers

 

[Teamcasa]

Money is first.

And depending on the depth, air or NDC limits.

 

[TSandM]

In my local diving, the majority of sites are either too shallow to worry about deco, or we multi-level the dives so that it's not an issue. I dive LP95s or HP130s, and always have plenty of gas. What drives me out of the water is cold. I have just about maxed out on what I can do about that.

And yes, whether you are male or female, there is an answer to the peeing problem.

 

[ptyx]

Air for local dives, air potentially including deco or DM limit for boat dives mostly.
Used to be air in buddies tank - but they got better (and it's still an air problem).

I guess I'll have to go doubles - but then it will be a buddy and or/back problem (the weight scares me).