Three dives in one day against the rules?

[Allison Finch]

Honestly, I spend a lot of time on Liveaboards and we schedule 5 dives every day. You are able to dive every one, if you can.

 

[Sideband]

What PADI, and NAUI consider certifications, they consider levels. Each level (includes instructors) has its restrictions. Also, as mentioned, certain dive clubs have their own restrictions.

One can be a CMAS 1-star diver, 2-star, 3-star, or 4-star. There are different levels of cave and technical instruction as well (similar to Cave 1, Tech 2, etc.)

Sounds like a dive certification that L. Ron Hubbard might come up with. Diving scientology?

 

[Paco]

Shouldn't the whole deal be about gas saturation and not the number of dives in the first place, regardless of agency or anything else?

 

[RoyN]

Doing 4 dive isn't against any rule or anything, just have to sit out a little longer on the surface interval thats all otherwise, you'll sleep well for sure.

 

[herman]

3 dive max, you have got to be kidding. On my trips to Bonaire 4 is the norm, 5 is common and I have done 6 on more than one occasion. As long as your N2 saturation is not a problem, there is really no reason you can't dive as much as you like. Diving nitrox and keeping the dives shallow I never come close to any NDL.

 

[spectrum]

The 3 dive taboo is bogus. Dive planning will spell out the limits for a given set of dives.

Why only 35-40 minutes. That's awfully short for the trouble.

Pete

 

[DivingsInMyBlood]

kinda sounds that that club is on crack or something, maybe their just being super cafeful just to cover their ***.

 

[1_T_Submariner]

I too normally dive 3 dives when we dive locally. Looking forward to a bunch more on our first trip to Bonaire in Sept. Look for a different dive club.

 

[shoredivr]

reading the link provided by Kingpatzer to CMAS training standards (in english) I don't see any mention of 3 dives per day maximum; just mention of using decompression tables correctly. In which case, surface intervals can certainly accommodate more than 3 dives per day.

However, their training standards for 2* and 3* divers are pretty interesting and rigorous.

 

[Sstorck]

If the tables say you can dive, then you can dive.