Thirty years is recent for Sam!Gotta love Sam!
Thirty years is "recent".
K.
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Thirty years is recent for Sam!Gotta love Sam!
Thirty years is "recent".
K.
I am myself almost recent, yay !Thirty years is recent for Sam!
How about this --
Generally, buddies establish that they are to swim around for 1 minute when you're separated. If the separation is mid-dive, why not swim around at SS depth? It may even be easier to find the lost buddy, as you may see their bubbles rising from this vantage point. And if viz is good enough, you may see the buddy at the surface from here.
This wont solve all the problems, but it seems a good compromise, and will give you a 1 minute SS at the very least.
Alternatively, you can take a minute to slowly swim around in a corkscrew pattern to the surface.
Ideally you'd both shoot your dsmbs so there would be no need to hunt for bubbles. If one person surfaced before the others, they could then swim over to the others' dsmb, and descend (gas/time allowing)
I surface at between 30 to 60 fpm
As per PADI recommendations, surface ascent is no faster than 18m per minute (I believe).
Missing a safety stop is NOT "risking your life". Not at all. It is not even proven that it puts you at any additional risk, however small.
Safety Stops ARE NOT REQUIRED!!!!!
Recreational diving does not have a ceiling, meaning, that one can ascend to the surface (whilst maintaining a safe ascent rate) without having to stop....So, if you have a buddy separation- follow whatever you discussed as part of the dive planning. Assuming you did plan the dive...