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If your diving t or above 60 feet. What is the normal protocal for surfaceing. Do you come up slow or stop every so many feet. Or at or above 60 does it matter.
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If your diving t or above 60 feet. What is the normal protocal for surfaceing. Do you come up slow or stop every so many feet. Or at or above 60 does it matter.
I make a habit of always doing a safety stop at 15-20'. It may not be needed on a shallow dive, but its good practice for bouyancy control and weight tuning. I used to skip it on some shore dives, doing a gradual ascent following the bottom to the exit point. However, as senility has set in, I would rather develop an automatic reflex to always do one all the time rather than risk forgetting to do one in a stressful situation. Just my 2 cents.
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If you are diving with a computer, the internal algorithm has certain assumptions and you should ascend in such a way as to keep the computer out of an alarm state. In some cases, that will be 60 fpm below 60 feet and 30 fpm above 60 feet. Whatever makes it happy. Read the manual! Some computers lock up when they get angry.
Richard