Question What distance do you remain when diving off the sea floor?

[Troglodyti 4.0]

At what depth do you hover when diving?

 

[lowwall]

Assuming open water and bottom is shallow enough to not worry about NDL.

My default is probably 3 to 5 ft (1-1.5m) above the bottom or feature tops (coral, rocks, etc.). But I'll move a lot closer if I'm looking at something or just feel like low-level flying. And maybe higher if I'm trying to get somewhere instead of looking for stuff. Definitely higher if I decide to use dolphin kicks or hard flutter kicks.

 

[RobPNW]

Whatever distance you need to not stir up silt.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Unless I'm diving a coral reef, I'm part of the substrate.

 

[formernuke]

Whatever distance you need to not stir up silt.

^^^ this

 

[TMHeimer]

I'm basically crawling on the bottom looking for shells. I dive alone so don't care if I stir up anything. I do stay above any eel (sea) grass when it occurs.

 

[rjack321]

Anywhere from 20cm to 100m

 

[Searcaigh]

Pretty close to the bottom sometimes when photographing some subjects but usually half to one meter above the substrate.

No flutter kicking even when solo diving.

 

[Blackcrusader]

Pretty close to the bottom sometimes when photographing some subjects but usually half to one meter above the substrate.

No flutter kicking even when solo diving.

This taken on a night dive near the Matahari Resort in Tulamben. I was in less than 2m of water as I was coming to the end of a dive when I saw the lion fish hunting prey. I guess I was half a meter above the lion fish.

 

[Blackcrusader]

Whatever distance you need to not stir up silt.

Well not always silt to stir up. This is me hovering just off the sea bed with lot's a manta swimming by..... South Lombok Indonesia