30m - deep?

[MarkP]

Originally Posted by Janos

30m in the UK deserves a lot of respect.

I think it deserves it anywhere. The physics stays the same, it's the psychology that differs. (And a degree of task loading.)

[MarkP]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

Whilst I love the irony of the meaning of the CESA (Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent), I thought that was only a prefered option from shallow depths?

Sure, but if it's your only option? By the way, it works from 30m. I tried it once.

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

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Whilst I love the irony of the meaning of the CESA (Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent), I thought that was only a prefered option from shallow depths?

Mal

Originally Posted by MarkP

Sure, but if it's your only option? By the way, it works from 30m. I tried it once.

Thank you Mark. Mal, if all else failed and I had to get myself out of there I don't think I'd be too worried about what my PADI standards say

[Steve Jones]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

So what do you consider a shallow dive?

Is a 15m dive a shallow dive?

I bet most divers with a couple of years experience consider 15m a shallow dive but when I told them this at Whips Cross i was informed that in Hyperbaric terms anything past 6m is considered a deep dive.

I agree with Mark (and many others who have posted in a similar vein)

I consider anything less that about 35 metres to be "shallow" but that doesn't mean that you should be complacent as that is the very thing that leads to your downfall.

I managed to do my first sea dive of the year yesterday after having 7 days blown out. The depth was just over 60 metres (we had planned a wreck at 71 metres but due to problems we had to change our plans). Bottom time was 31 minutes with a run time of 97 minutes. But as it was the first sea dive of the year I was more than aware that things were not quite as they should be. (Including a cell failure)

Steve

[Mal Bridgeman]

Originally Posted by MarkP

Sure, but if it's your only option? By the way, it works from 30m. I tried it once.

If it's your only option then it's your only option .... though I prefer the EBA (not sure what everyone else calls it but with SSI it's called an emergency buoyant ascent) technique....at least your buddies get to sell your kit on eBay.

It does sound a bit wrong to be discussing these largely outrageous self rescue techniques in a thread which, to me, seemed to be promoting caution about depth, though.

A "prevention is better than cure" mindset to which I fully subscribe.

There are so many things that need to go wrong before you get to the point of needing to bolt for the surface I think.
Mal

[GLOC]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

There are so many things that need to go wrong before you get to the point of needing to bolt for the surface I think.
Mal

Nah, just one. Dive with me and I will fuck the deco up and shorten your it so much that it appears that you are bolting to the surface

[The Duck]

Originally Posted by GLOC

Nah, just one. Dive with me and I will fuck the deco up and shorten your it so much that it appears that you are bolting to the surface

And I may end up diving with you in Scapa?!

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[Garf]

Originally Posted by The Duck

And I may end up diving with you in Scapa?!

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make sure the boat is tied up somewhere where he can phone us and ask if the deco is right

[GLOC]

Originally Posted by Garf

make sure the boat is tied up somewhere where he can phone us and ask if the deco is right

We do have new technology which means you don't have to use wires for a phone call However, I do think I have your number in my mobile if need be

[Garf]

Originally Posted by GLOC

We do have new technology which means you don't have to use wires for a phone call However, I do think I have your number in my mobile if need be

speed dial "I-fucked-it-up-again"