Hey everyone. Thought I'd post something to get some input. I am a divemaster and more importantly, a father with two junior open water divers. One of our friends just came back from Hawaii. He is a new diver and his daughter is recently certified as well, age 10. On their first ocean dive, a divemaster takes her to near 80 feet. I'm sure there's lots of issues that i don't know about here. Yes it is the responsibility of the diver and the parent to limit the dive as well and there isn't a scuba police out there. FYI The father did know about the 40 ft limit but I don't think he understood the reasoning and physiological concerns behind it. Do others see the junior limit enforced usually? just wondering... for me, there's a reason for the limit which was derived by people much smarter than I... What have you all seen out there? is this the variance to the norm...