I am one of those who dive as deep as the object of mu dive plan necessitates. On a few occasions that has specified depth for its own purpose. A few of those were training dives with other DM's as we "rehearsed emergencies of people exceed recreational limits on air, and went 135-142 feet under controlled conditions. I have also on three occasions ( all in Bonaire, interestingly enought, planned dives to 102 feet and took divers who had me as their private guide to that depth because they had never been 100 feet deep. We descended an inclined wall to depth, then slowly ascended up the wall looking a t neat things, so time at that depth was about a minute. I think a lot of recreational divers, once comfortable in the water, think about going a certain depth. I did for a while. It took years to get over it. I too can enjoy a weeks diving under 40 feet if there are things to see or do at that depth . I like the longer bottom time. Maybe that's why I like diving in the Keys.
DivemasterDennis
DivemasterDennis