DECO the Dark site in recreational Diving

[Remy B.]

But at 25 dives..... Hope he listens to all the good advice he was given...

Jim...

Yes I'm, when I will begin with diving out of supervision, will plan accordenly and redundantly

 

[KeithG]

From my experience most recreational computers do not handle deco really well. I use to dive an Oceanic Versa Pro when I first started diving. I then started cave diving and trimix and decided I wanted a computer that could handle mix and O2. I bought a Predator when they came out. I used my Oceanic as a backup for a while. Running 30/70 the Predator would be showing a minute or two of deco and the Oceanic would have 5 -10 minutes left. Now when the Oceanic went into deco it would start giving unrealistic times. I would have 20 -30 minutes on the Predator and 2 - 3 hours on the Oceanic. I bought a Petrel when they came out and now they clear within a minute or two of each other.

my dive computer handles deco brilliantly. no confusion about what it is trying to tell you. it beeps like crazy and clearly indicates your next move. and i get to learn all this in my kitchen.

the only reason i know this is because i toss it into my DIY pressure chamber when i test camera housings. it has some very extreme profiles in its log. getting down to 200 feet in under 20 seconds is easy if you pump hard enough.

uwatec alladin, born 1995, revived several times...

 

[AfterDark]

Yes I'm, when I will begin with diving out of supervision, will plan accordenly and redundantly

Godspeed!

 

[EastEndDiver]

After reading through this thread this famous saying comes to mind

"Hold my beer and watch this"

 

[oldschoolto]

If he listens... He will be fine... IF he doesn't... Then we will be reading about him in " THAT " other forum....

Jim...

 

[Storker]

Not necessarily. Problem is, enough people get away with unsafe and irresponsible behavior to provide anecdotal "evidence" for those who won't listen (the 'my granddad smoked like a chimney and lived well into his eighties'-syndrome)

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[kafkaland]

A lot of novice divers seem to be in love with depth, and frustrated by the fact that deep dives are necessarily short, if you want to avoid deco. Of course, deep dives for novice divers are often EXTREMELY short, if they are paying attention to their gas supply, because the high consumption of new divers is even more frightening at depth.

In addition, divers whose primarily attraction to diving is wrecks, often find that the well-preserved wrecks sit deep enough to make bottom time brief, which is particularly annoying if you have paid a hefty charter fee to go out and see them.

I'm lucky. Depth has never held any appeal for me in and of itself, and I like critters, which are more abundant in shallow water

TSandM, I think it's human nature to want to go to places, and stay there longer, just because it's hard to do. We crave challenges, and pushing the boundaries. From my mountaineering days, the question was always, why would someone climb a tall mountain, or take a difficult route up if there is an easy one. And the answer is invariably: because I can. I see recreational diving the same way: I dive a deeper wreck because I can, not because there is something so unique about it that compels me to see this one over a shallower one. I noticed that, with age, I became more content with less risky endeavors, no more free solo climbing for me for instance, but I still like to go to places where few have been, just because I can go there. And I'm prepared to accept some risk in doing so, although I try to minimize it with proper training, equipment, and preparation.

 

[Lorenzoid]

TSandM, I think it's human nature to want to go to places, and stay there longer, just because it's hard to do. We crave challenges, and pushing the boundaries. From my mountaineering days, the question was always, why would someone climb a tall mountain, or take a difficult route up if there is an easy one. And the answer is invariably: because I can. I see recreational diving the same way: I dive a deeper wreck because I can, not because there is something so unique about it that compels me to see this one over a shallower one. I noticed that, with age, I became more content with less risky endeavors, no more free solo climbing for me for instance, but I still like to go to places where few have been, just because I can go there. And I'm prepared to accept some risk in doing so, although I try to minimize it with proper training, equipment, and preparation.

Did you notice that in another thread the OP here expresses curiosity about the Blue Hole in Dahab? I guess you're right--some people are just fascinated by depth and seek challenges. That's fine. Others, like me, seek to find the combination of technique and equipment that will make our dives as easy as possible so that we can see and be near the kinds of things we enjoy experiencing. I want the maximum visual/perceptual experience with the minimum of difficulty. I don't find freediving of interest, for example. Scuba gear has made it relatively easy and safe to get down to places where it's like sitting in the middle of an aquarium for an hour. To each his own.

 

[RJP]

I dive a deeper wreck because I can, not because there is something so unique about it that compels me to see this one over a shallower one.

Deep for deep sake is silly. As an avid wreck diver I will go deep if the specific wreck I want to see is deeper than another. No other reason makes any sense whatsoever.

 

[EastEndDiver]

Deep for deep sake is silly. As an avid wreck diver I will go deep if the specific wreck I want to see is deeper than another. No other reason makes any sense whatsoever.

I couldn't agree more with you Deep diving just to say you dove deep is stupid.