birdwrasse
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i know the rules, but what i'm looking for is a way to learn to ascend without watching my sunto cobra or sunto mosquito... if there is a failure in both or even a failure in my primary air source, and switch to my redundant air source...
i usually swim up slowly, but sometimes it feels like i'm not moving anywhere, and when i check the computer, the depth reading isn't changing...
i know the computers are conservative on the ascention rate, say 40 ft per minute and you can go up to 60 ft per minute... when i watch the computer and i'm getting close to the slow indicator coming on, i slow down, but the starting and stopping on the ascention is not giving me the right perspective on speed. when i do a shore dive, it's not a big deal because i just follow the bottom in...
the muscle memory will develop in time, but am wondering if anyone uses a special technique to learn this speed without a computer... i know about the smallest bubbles, but if there was an emergency, i'm wondering how practical that one would be... staying calm would work in this case, but again, just want to learn as much as possible...
knowing this too will help in avoiding getting bent, i'm assuming...
thanks,
--carlos
i usually swim up slowly, but sometimes it feels like i'm not moving anywhere, and when i check the computer, the depth reading isn't changing...
i know the computers are conservative on the ascention rate, say 40 ft per minute and you can go up to 60 ft per minute... when i watch the computer and i'm getting close to the slow indicator coming on, i slow down, but the starting and stopping on the ascention is not giving me the right perspective on speed. when i do a shore dive, it's not a big deal because i just follow the bottom in...
the muscle memory will develop in time, but am wondering if anyone uses a special technique to learn this speed without a computer... i know about the smallest bubbles, but if there was an emergency, i'm wondering how practical that one would be... staying calm would work in this case, but again, just want to learn as much as possible...
knowing this too will help in avoiding getting bent, i'm assuming...
thanks,
--carlos