Well I couldn't stop myself from chiming in, I tried but came back. There ares oe very good comments here and some that aren't exactly correct.
How deep is deep or too deep is going to be a question that comes up regularly and will always be difficult to answer. Here is my version for what it's worth
Everything that Mike said is correct
You always MUST have a dive plan. What needs to be considered when "deep" diving is this.
Air/Gas mgmt. do you have enough gas to make the dive AND effectivly handle a problem/emergency without having to also handle an impending OOA. It doen't matter what your air consumption rate is, it matters that your carrying enough gas.
Equipment MUST support the dive.Do you have the proper redundency so that regardless of what goes wrong you can still make it to the surface comfortably and not exceeding proper ascent rates, safety/deco stops etc.
Your TRAINING and SKILL level must be that you can implement the two previous criteria with ease and confidence
Those that are telling you that there isn't anything to see below a cetain depth and therefore don't need to go any deeper are incorrect. There is plenty to see at deeper depths and those with the skills, experience, training and equipment SHOULD go see these things-JMHO
Diving progressivly deeper doesn't really increase your abilities for deeper diving and in fact often creates a FALSE sense of security. Get more training and experience under the tutalage(sic) of a qualified deep inst.-M
How deep is deep or too deep is going to be a question that comes up regularly and will always be difficult to answer. Here is my version for what it's worth
Everything that Mike said is correct
You always MUST have a dive plan. What needs to be considered when "deep" diving is this.
Air/Gas mgmt. do you have enough gas to make the dive AND effectivly handle a problem/emergency without having to also handle an impending OOA. It doen't matter what your air consumption rate is, it matters that your carrying enough gas.
Equipment MUST support the dive.Do you have the proper redundency so that regardless of what goes wrong you can still make it to the surface comfortably and not exceeding proper ascent rates, safety/deco stops etc.
Your TRAINING and SKILL level must be that you can implement the two previous criteria with ease and confidence
Those that are telling you that there isn't anything to see below a cetain depth and therefore don't need to go any deeper are incorrect. There is plenty to see at deeper depths and those with the skills, experience, training and equipment SHOULD go see these things-JMHO
Diving progressivly deeper doesn't really increase your abilities for deeper diving and in fact often creates a FALSE sense of security. Get more training and experience under the tutalage(sic) of a qualified deep inst.-M