dothanfrogman
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I enjoy looking at wrecks but, I would like to penetrate them. What instuction if any would I need?
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Actually I just completed the PADI Wreck specialty a few weeks ago. We did do penetration. PADI allows for penetration within the daylight zone, as long as the depth and distance penetrated does not exceed 130', ie you can penetrate 50' into a wreck at 80', 30' into a wreck at 100', etc. The value of that "standard" though is questionable IMO. My instructor had been through GUE Tech 1 training, which added to the value of the course for me. I felt it was a good introductory course for wrecks - it does NOT cover in detail many considerations of overhead diving.AquaTec once bubbled...
all of those types of diving are technical style of diving don't be missled by padi their specialties are not designed for wreck penetration diving
Had a siltout during the course, one deck down about 60' into a wreck in 70' of water (just coincidence this is 130'). Myself, instructor, and a tech buddy, I was leading, and caused the siltout. I just reversed and followed the line out, reeling as I went until I was out of the siltout. I mean siltout, as in 2 inch visibility. My instructor and buddy weren't in the siltout - they were on the edge of the big ball of mud I stirred up with a misplaced hand. But if something else had happened, like an entanglement, OOA, etc, I would have been a bit overloaded.AquaTec once bubbled...
what happens durring a silt out and your 100 feet inside that wreck/cave sitting in 30 feet of water. or ooa situation, etc, etc.
Then the Padi speciality - Divorced Diving