swimlikeafish

What is the maximum depth one is recommended to dive at. I'mof those who likes going down a little more at each dive, but wouldn't want to turn it into something dangerous for my health.

scuba jerm

The text book answer for that is 130' if you have the basic certification. I know of quite a few people that have gotten "Narc'd" going too deep. Have you heard of this? Your body starts to wig out with all the nitrogen you are loading into your system... you get a little loopy. My Aunt started following a fish at 90' and kept going to about 180' My uncle grabbed her and pulled her back up.. did a saftey stop and asked her what the $#@& she was thinking. She didn't really recall what the fuss was about, and didn't remember going that deep. So pushing the limit with diving isn't the smartest thing. Most of the good stuff to see is at 30 to 40 feet anyway.

Having said that, if you are trained on a rebreather, you can go deeper longer since you are not loading as much nitrogen into your system..... something to look into if you are interested in deep diving.

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SEA hunter

It's very easy and dangerous to go too far, when you start swimming down you often stop thinking of the distance, you often are deeper than you thought. But yes I agree of course when you have a good training on depths you can go far deeper

Cuda66

I'm not trained in a rebreather, but if you are not loading as much nitrogen, wouldn't you be loading up on oxygen? wouldn't that cause more serious problems at deeper depths?

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