Deep stop

[AMW]

Do you find a problem at Linley with not exerting your self after a deco dive. As it seems that you have to fight your way past burning tyres to chase youths running of with any kit they could find at the dive base :-)
Andrew.

[Duncan Price]

Originally Posted by AMW

Do you find a problem at Linley with not exerting your self after a deco dive. As it seems that you have to fight your way past burning tyres to chase youths running of with any kit they could find at the dive base.

Its a big problem for any deco cave dive (not the burning tires or theaving kids). I must admit that I tend to walk out with all my gear on if possible. Very naughty for DCS.

[AMW]

They system we employ in France is to have Sue hand around beer from the river/Lake bank and then float around drinking for half an hour talking up the dive before moving out of the water. This only seems to work in sunny areas :-) In caves with deep sumps along way in can be a big problem (not getting the beer in, but exertion after a dive). 50M + of SRT after a dive then kit moving can add to the risk.
Andrew.

[Finless]

Do Pyle stops have to be deep AND meaningful?

[jptaylor9]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

I always do deep stops and I hardly ever exceed 3m/min ascent rate on any dive. The VR3 gives deep stops...

I've speeded up my ascent to the VR3 Pyle stops & up to the first proper stop or 12m. I'm trying to do 10m/min. My ascent rate had slowed down a lot on when I moved to CCR diving.

Found the slow ascent at depth was loading deco & found it did much more on CCR as compared to OC. Makes the TTS a more useful guide, as VR3 is assuming an ascent of 10m/min.

Note: Works for me, not suggesting anyone else does it this way.

[Nick Kay]

Did some dives in Spain over the past couple of weeks

One of the dives on a wreck at 45m: 3 of us on air, a separate group of instructor plus 2 students on a trimix course!

Back to the point:
Max depth of 45m on air, most of the dive at 40m
Stops at 24, 18 (swapped to 50%), 12, 9, 5.5, 3
The "5.5" was to make sure the Suuntos didn't sulk if you went from 5.9 to 6.0 and then "stopped the stops"
We'd completed all the mandatory deco the Suuntos requested (5.5m) and then did an extra 3+mins at 3 (no hurry nice and warm, lots of fish to look at!)
The deeps stops were all "current minute plus 1 full minute"

No tiredness afterwards - just made sure to drink plenty of water (v.hot on the rhib)

Personally, deep stops on anything where I carry a deco gas, i.e. pretty much anything below 20m requiring planned deco