How we do deco dives (CAUTION)

[@ivoryjohnson4662]

Glad to see you back love the new format

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

When you say new format, which part do you mean?

[@ivoryjohnson4662]

@ more on diving than animals. I enjoy this more than

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

@@ivoryjohnson4662 that's because this is a separate channel than Critter hunter

[@riderdiver1]

It's a whole new world below 30m, very informative 👍

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

Come join!

[@BurhanMuntasser]

Well done!

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

Thanks

[@DavidRabbit]

I'm a bit surprised you only went with approximately 1.25x per person for gas volume (you mentioned each person carrying an extra 1000L). The minimum safety factor I was trained at was 1.5x even in an open-water situation. You may want to try a SM configuration for your deco bottle in the future once you're comfortable with deco dives now that you've done sidemount. I prefer a deco bottle being secure and tight to my body while swimming at depth regardless of the 'main' configuration. Also looks like you may need to take a look at your right-post first-stage. O-ring may be damaged or the DIN 'turret' might be loose. Tiny bubbles when you were descending/ascending.

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

what do you mean, sidemount configuration? is it not?? all i would need to do is adjust oring placements on belt and maybe clips on tank, as well as shorter rope on single ender, which is what I'd do in sidemount anyway. but how am I going to wear a sidemount bcd lol, if thats what you mean? ITs just a matter of a few adjustments that I cant do underwater, but have now. This one wasnt my dedicated twins bcd, so not too worried about permanent adjustments that day.

[@DavidRabbit]

@@DecoLounge-scuba Instead of using a pre-made stage-bottle set with interconnected boltsnaps on webbing and a pipe-clamp for attaching to the cylinder, using a cam-band with paracord and a boltsnap for the lower connection, and a loose choker and boltsnap for the upper connection. Then adding a bungee loop to your backplate to pull the valve closer to the body when attached to keep it more streamlined. After doing this myself I can't stand having a stage bottle 'swinging' under my body.

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

@@DavidRabbit pretty sure just a shorter boltsnap connector will be fine. I don't need an extra bundgy to deal with

[@HBHeroDive]

Nice video man

[@michelbonnet584]

Plan the dive and dive the plan !

[@ivoryjohnson4662]

Do you think you can have a local discussion on radio or rv station. Perhaps in local language have translator, about the dangers of deep diving. I am halfway through my deco class now. Dive planning is mandatory

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

Sadly, no one would care

[@ivoryjohnson4662]

@ that’s too bad , it’s tough after a recovery

[@Andreas-pd6nt]

45 m on compressed air? MOD is certainly o.k., but didn't you guys have any issues with Nitrogen Narcosis? 45 m usually is Tx21/35 territory already.

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

No, no issue for me, certainly not my IT, and I want to build a tolerance and think clearly anyway.

[@ryan021985]

Do you have good cave diving there? I just got my nsscds Cave Diver rating.

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

@@ryan021985 no not in Dauin

[@ccreevan]

For recreational my ppO2 alarm is set to 1.4, what's the thought process behind 1.6 for this dive? Is it where the alarm is set but you monitor and stay well under?

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

For recreational I'm set to 1.4 as well, but am pushing it a little more for tech

[@neilgarrett6271]

A tec diver should not exceed 1.4 ppo2 on open circuit for the working portion of the dive. A 1.6 ppo2 is used during the decompression stage to maximize off gassing. The down side of using 1.6 is that you increase the rate of CNS buildup.

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

@@neilgarrett6271 what do you mean when you say "1.6 is used to maximize offgassing"? That doesnt make any sense. We use 1.6 only in our dive planner, to make sure we never reach that maximum amount, which would lead to oxygen toxicity. Of course we are never getting to that limit anyway. I mean the PPo2 of air at 45m is like 1.04 or something like that (off the top of my head), so it's just to make sure the planner gives us the right deco stages to eliminate possible dcs, without any CNS ect. You must of read somewhere that 1.4 is for rec and 1.6 is for tech I guess, but how you use those numbers for normal dives is to set your dive computer pp to 1.4 max, which is a conservative or contingency level.

[@AR-1996]

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[@askingdiver]

@@DecoLounge-scuba No, @neilgarrett6271 is correct. You mentioned you are TDI, so your limits are 1.4 for bottom gas and 1.6 for deco gas. It is not true, you dot reach 1.6, because you used Ean50 for deco part. E.g. you switch at 21 meters, where the ppO2 is exactly 1.6 and that is the deco partial pressure, which opens oxygen window to accelerate the decompression.

[@arthur1670]

Why do you even have backup computer... not just a depth and timer one?

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

Why would I buy a timer, if I have a training facility full of computers that can do same thing?

[@arthur1670]

@@DecoLounge-scuba less wear and tear on more expensive equipment

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

@@arthur1670 I guess

[@connorwilsonbikes111]

​@arthur1670 wear and tear on computers? Like, what? Scratches? if you get a decent a computer should last for years. Or are you just insanely cheap

[@arthur1670]

@@connorwilsonbikes111 exactly, definitely cheap. But it depends where you are Going, at home he’s got space ones/ us common fock a shop. if I end up being a tech diver spend all the money to go to a remote fabulous location. You might want Copy of your dive computer anyway, service kit for your regulator, spare dump valves ect otherwise it might be a very expensive free dive lol

[@CalypsoAdventures]

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[@Ruby1848]

Gobsmacked, people dive deco dives with no training? Why?

[@mikesonntag7698]

What was the purpose of that dive? All I saw was sand. Was it just to do a tech dive?

[@DecoLounge-scuba]

Yes. As I said in the video, I need to get more deco diving experience before moving on to next level.

[@mikesonntag7698]

@ Gotchya! I missed that part!