I had two failures on my last trip--a torn O-ring on the spg spool and a stuck inflator on my wing which kept slowly inflating it. I had spares for both, so no drama. Definitely unusual.
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When I originally learned to dive in the 1960's, my instructor, who was a former military diver, strongly recommended that we avoid diving below 60 feet with a single tank.
Yeah, been there when I lived in Manitoba. I'm not talking about those interstates. Think NY, CT, NJ, and most places East of the Mississippi. Those would be compared to Deep dives.Uhmm... in the best tradition of all analogies sucking, and car analogies sucking particularly hard, I'm much safer @ 70 on a N. Dakota interstate then @ 35 in many cities I've been to.
These dives are significantly deeper than your dives to date. You do not describe the setting, vis, water temp, current, etc. I was the buddy for a young, very fit Navy man, who had just finished his AOW, on the Duane in Key Largo. The current was moderate, the dive was a disaster. Take others advice for a guide and/or do additional training/get more experience before you do these dives. It could work out fine, or it could not. We all tend to be pretty conservative, until we are not. I've been diving 47 years now. For what it's worth.
He went through his gas extremely quickly. He was supposed to let me know when he was at 1000 psi. He let me know more like 700. We were at the bow, line was at the stern. We swam back, ascended, did the safety stop. When he was back at the boat, I descended and finished my dive. On debrief, the current on the line and on the wreck freaked him out, as did the depth. He ended with about 300 psi.Curious what went wrong w/ that guy? I have my AOW with a similar number of dives and would be hesitant to jump right into deeper dives as well.