So, outside of my usual diving habits I have joined a local diving club. They're all CMAS divers and their belief in CMAS almighty puts any DIR cult talk to shame. They despise anything PADI, and lo and behold - I am carrying a PADI badge.
Anyway, this weekend I went diving with these guys. We made one dive to 22 meters (72 ft) in the morning and made plans for the second dive to split the groups into less & more experienced ones. Less experienced divers were supposed to dive the afternoon dive (18 meters - 59 ft) and us, more experienced were to go for a night dive that evening (11 meters - 36 ft). All dives were to last for about 35-40 minutes.
At that moment I said: "Hey, I'll join you guys in the afternoon AND do my night dive later "
They replied: "CMAS and our club strictly forbids to go for three dives in one day!"
To cut the long story short, I did have it my way in the end, made three dives in one day (as I've done on several occasions before, to much bigger depths too) and survived to tell the story. But, I've never heard of this rule before ever! Need I say it makes no sense to me that such a rule would exist anyway? Does it exist? In CMAS? Anywhere else? Anyone heard of it?
Anyway, this weekend I went diving with these guys. We made one dive to 22 meters (72 ft) in the morning and made plans for the second dive to split the groups into less & more experienced ones. Less experienced divers were supposed to dive the afternoon dive (18 meters - 59 ft) and us, more experienced were to go for a night dive that evening (11 meters - 36 ft). All dives were to last for about 35-40 minutes.
At that moment I said: "Hey, I'll join you guys in the afternoon AND do my night dive later "
They replied: "CMAS and our club strictly forbids to go for three dives in one day!"
To cut the long story short, I did have it my way in the end, made three dives in one day (as I've done on several occasions before, to much bigger depths too) and survived to tell the story. But, I've never heard of this rule before ever! Need I say it makes no sense to me that such a rule would exist anyway? Does it exist? In CMAS? Anywhere else? Anyone heard of it?