As an inexperienced diver I was wondering whether or not depth awareness increases with experience.
I was recently diving at a quarry, looking around an old plane body at 22m, I knew from the guide map before starting the dive that it was at 22m and I confirmed this with my dive computer. After the dive one of the group I was with commented that they didn't feel comfortable at that depth, that's when I realised that other than knowing that the plane was at that depth and seeing it on my computer I had no real physical/mental awareness of my depth and couldn't tell how deep I was from looking up to the surface.
So the question to the experienced divers out there is do you know how deep you are without looking at your gauges (or without site knowledge)? If so when did this skill develop?
Thanks
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I was recently diving at a quarry, looking around an old plane body at 22m, I knew from the guide map before starting the dive that it was at 22m and I confirmed this with my dive computer. After the dive one of the group I was with commented that they didn't feel comfortable at that depth, that's when I realised that other than knowing that the plane was at that depth and seeing it on my computer I had no real physical/mental awareness of my depth and couldn't tell how deep I was from looking up to the surface.
So the question to the experienced divers out there is do you know how deep you are without looking at your gauges (or without site knowledge)? If so when did this skill develop?
Thanks
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