5,000, 7,000, if it 500 or more it does not matter how deep.
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5,000, 7,000, if it 500 or more it does not matter how deep.
Anything below 40 is not something an OW student will easily come back from if he drops there, but that's just my opinion...I was about to post the same think. Anything below say 100m is irrelevant in terms of depth.
Anything below 40 is not something an OW student will easily come back from if he drops there, but that's just my opinion...
With regard to PADI, there is no requirement for a "hard bottom".
That said... I'd never conduct OW checkout dives at a site without a hard bottom that was within the standards for max depth.
is 3'-4' of silty muck considered "hard bottom"?