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Bigcape:Practicing skills at a saftey stop when the dive is next to OVER makes no sense to me either.
If you are gonna need those skills during a dive it is gonna be DURING the dive on the way down or while you are at depth. Why do this at 10ft when "if I freak out and bolt to the surface I will be okay"? Pfzzzzzt!
Mo2vation:Several people stated that in the last 3 minutes of the dive, what could be argued as the most important three minutes of the dive, they're doing mask drills, and air shares and all manner of other practice.
I don't get it.
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Ken
TSandM:That's going to be one of my September exercises . . . Once I figure out how to lay line, that is.
limeyx:I agree. You also have the most gas loading too -- if you lose buoyancy and shoot to the surface, this is the worst possible time to do it.
dbulmer:HappyBoater,
While you are doing these skills on your stop, what will your buddy be doing?
TheRedHead:To be fair, I believe that drysuit divers see a lot more shooting to the surface than warm water divers in wetsuits. In fact, I think it is pretty rare in warm water and most of the divers are overweighted making a slightly negative ascent.