ballastbelly
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the padi ow has a few pages on skin diving and promotes hyperventillation to stay longer under water, it explains that skin diving is useful to scout out places to go scuba diving.
what i am surprised it did not mention was that deep breathhold dives after a scuba session increase risk DCS bubbling to almost an absolute certainty. i just stumbled on this by chance browsing through these forums & googled a bit about it. some recommend waiting a day after scuba at least. freediving before scuba is ok though.
the book explains avoiding air travel & high altitude driving, but not to avoid freediving? if the risk is scientifically established, thats quite an ommission
what i am surprised it did not mention was that deep breathhold dives after a scuba session increase risk DCS bubbling to almost an absolute certainty. i just stumbled on this by chance browsing through these forums & googled a bit about it. some recommend waiting a day after scuba at least. freediving before scuba is ok though.
the book explains avoiding air travel & high altitude driving, but not to avoid freediving? if the risk is scientifically established, thats quite an ommission