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  • My smell is my buddy... i dont shower

    9 16.07%

  • A good couple of hours

    13 23.21%

  • At least an hour

    16 28.57%

  • 30 mins

    2 3.57%

  • 15 mins

    5 8.93%

  • 5 mins

    2 3.57%

  • As soon as i can - beat the rush.

    5 8.93%

  • Not an issue, i dont do that kind of diving/have access to a shower

    4 7.14%
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  1. 26-07-08 08:00 PM #1
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    Question Diving and showers...how soon?

    Ok, you are doing some 30m-ish diving, maybe a little deco. You surface, feel fine. How long do you leave it until you jump in the shower if you are on a liveaboard?

    Hot showers immediatley after diving are supposed to be not too good for you, due to releasing nitrogen stored in the skin. I found this out the hard way, but i do remember it being taught by my BSAC club. What do you do?
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  2. 26-07-08 08:02 PM #2
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    confused ......

    is there a problem with having a shower then...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helen F H View Post
    Ok, you are doing some 30m-ish diving, maybe a little deco. You surface, feel fine. How long do you leave it until you jump in the shower if you are on a liveaboard?

    Hot showers immediatley after diving are supposed to be not too good for you, due to releasing nitrogen stored in the skin. I found this out the hard way, but i do remember it being taught by my BSAC club. What do you do?
    if the water pressure is below 1 bar in the shower and you are not at altitude you can do a shallow shower for no more than 12mins for every 1 hour surface interval.
    don't go for it solo unless you have a death wish
    less is more.
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  4. 26-07-08 08:21 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by mala View Post
    if the water pressure is below 1 bar in the shower and you are not at altitude you can do a shallow shower for no more than 12mins for every 1 hour surface interval.
    don't go for it solo unless you have a death wish
    Nah thats ratio showering.....we are talking showering on the fly...
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  5. 26-07-08 08:37 PM #5
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    Cold shower , rough towel, feel rosy all over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helen F H View Post
    Nah thats ratio showering.....we are talking showering on the fly...
    in that case i reccomend 100% vodkerox and a black loofaaa..
    less is more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Prometheus View Post
    Cold shower , rough towel, feel rosy all over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by teddybeardiver View Post
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    Shower? On a dive trip? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

    Personally, I don't come up cold, and don't shower hot. If I do come up cold I get into warm dry clothes and get warm before I go anywhere near hot baths or showers.

    In a shower on your own is a great place to collapse after a dive and no-one know you're there for quite a while.

    Best option is either shower in the morning, or shower when you get home form the pub. But you do need everyone to play by the same rules, otherwise you go to the pub and they won't go near you.

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    Do what we were doing on Valkyrie: take a shower straight away in your dry suit
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