Is 16 dives in 3 days too aggressive?

[Ministryofgiraffes]

1) you can.... i regularly do it.... on liveaboards...
2) in cozumel you will need a private boat, likely without return to shore.
3) i don't believe any regular operator is going to have a structure where you can do this many dives.


is this more of a 'wish' as opposed to someone offering it...because if it's a wish, i think you are going to be disappointed buddy...

shorediving you can do 6 if you just fall off the dock, get back on the dock as they change your tank, fall off the dock again etc.

 

[scrane]

I like to dive, but 5-6 dives per day sounds like too much of a good thing. Six dives with an hour between makes for an 11 hour day. Bring your flashlight.

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

indeed....i always go into bonaire with an attitude of: 'right, if i plan xxxx i can get 4 x nightdives in between 8 pm and xxxxx etc'......and then after the 2nd one i'm all 'where is my beer'...

I need a divebutler on a boat to do 6... basically a manservant to ensure all i am doing is getting out, taking 8 steps, shedding my kit and him helping me put it back on...and even THEN 6 dives is a push...

 

[divingjd]

I can’t imagine 16 dives in three days. Most of the diving is deeper, say 60-120. There are shallower dives, but it’s really unlikely any dive operation would do that many shallow dives. Transit time would also make it difficult. Three or four dives a day can be a lot in Cozumel. As others have said, this would require a lot of shore diving, which is not Cozumel’s strength.

 

[tursiops]

my SAC runs about 18 - 22

What units?

 

[drk5036]

What units?

I’m guessing L/min? Which isn’t exactly great...

 

[Louisville Diver]

I guess what I am asking having never dove in Coz before is 16 dives doable or way too aggressive ? Been kinda playing with profiles to see where I end up on the charts but not sure of the depths of most of the dives so that makes it a little hard to estimate. I am Nitrox Certified so I will be using it to help extend my time. Any help would be appreciated thanks in advance.

Sounds exhausting, to be honest.

 

[tursiops]

I’m guessing L/min? Which isn’t exactly great...

Well, 20 liters/min is about 0.7 cuft/min, and 20 psi/min (as shown on a Shearwater for an AL80) is about 0.5 cuft/min. With the former rate, he is possibly gas limited; with the latter, possibly NDL limited.

 

[Mike Klieb]

Thanks for the input I have altered my thinking and reduced it to 2 am and 2 afternoon dives which I think will also give me some time to enjoy Cozumel while I am there as well.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I was diving for thirty years before I made four dives in a day earlier this year. I can't imagine making five or six. They would have to be short dives. The work of gearing up alone six times would make me not want to dive the next day.