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SCUBA Q&A: Deep Diving Below Recreational Agency Depth Limits

Filed Under: Scuba Diving Tips For Beginners, Scuba Q&A, Scuba Tech Philippines Articles by Andy Davis

March 7, 2018

SCUBA Q&A Question:   I was taught that “recreational divers plan all dives to be no stop dives” and also that most agencies consider 40m /130 feet as the maximum depth for recreational deep diving.  That seems inconsistent when my dive computer allows me to dive below 40m/130 feet and still stay inside no-stop limits . Why […]

Tags: co2 retention, decompression sickness, deep diving, depth, dive safety, gas consumption, limits, narcosis, oxygen toxicity, scuba agencies, scuba equipment, technical diving

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Decompression Sickness, Treatment and Recovery – A true story by Richard Pyle

Filed Under: Knowledgebase by Andy Davis

March 7, 2018

Confessions of a Mortal Diver – Learning the Hard Way (Decompression Sickness, Treatment and Recovery) by Richard L. Pyle (deepreef@bishop.bishop.hawaii.org) ScubaTechPhilippines note:  I’ve posted this article as it represents a serious lesson and learning text for technical divers.  It was originally posted via a washington.edu website, but sadly that location hasn’t remained online. The true story, […]

Tags: dci, dcs, deco, decompression sickness, Diving, palau, pyle, recovery, scuba, story, technical, treatment

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