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**Freef** · 8th July 2007, 20:30

Quote: (Originally Posted by CEStanley)

My interest is not seeing something I can see at 20 feet, rather something that was set down during the last ice age, from 14,000 years ago to 10,000 years ago. It is a way of seeing something that interests me greatly and if going to 150m or 266m, I am more then willing to pay the dues to see those things.
If the "beach" were created from wave action, the sand should be smooth like the beaches around the world. If they are wavy as stated, the water level would be changing much as a creek or stream level changes over the duration of a day. The story stated wavy, so my guess is a stream near by. That could have been cold water dropping over the shelf underwater, becoming trapped and flowing along the wall. I just gotta see for my self.

Cheers -
Charles

Wave and curent action can create a rippled sand effect at many depths. Is seeing it at 100m any better than 10m? Going deep should be for a better reason than going deep. The Doria is a good reason for going deep, my most recent deep dive was to a wreck I have wanted to do for about 2 years and was well worth the training and cost.

There are a couple of divers I know who go deep for the sake of it, often on air. Why bother? Trimix mean you can rememer the dive and are safer, hitting 63m on air is a bit silly.

If your interest is on seeing ice age formations then that is a perfectly good reason for going deep, and there are many rebreathers that will let you get there, but 266m is a bit beyond a Dolph...

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Freef Custom Title Disallowed! Current Rebreather/s: Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Dolphin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Land of the Freef, UK. Posts: 1,456	Re: Update on my Dolphin Quote: (Originally Posted by CEStanley) My interest is not seeing something I can see at 20 feet, rather something that was set down during the last ice age, from 14,000 years ago to 10,000 years ago. It is a way of seeing something that interests me greatly and if going to 150m or 266m, I am more then willing to pay the dues to see those things. If the "beach" were created from wave action, the sand should be smooth like the beaches around the world. If they are wavy as stated, the water level would be changing much as a creek or stream level changes over the duration of a day. The story stated wavy, so my guess is a stream near by. That could have been cold water dropping over the shelf underwater, becoming trapped and flowing along the wall. I just gotta see for my self. Cheers - Charles Wave and curent action can create a rippled sand effect at many depths. Is seeing it at 100m any better than 10m? Going deep should be for a better reason than going deep. The Doria is a good reason for going deep, my most recent deep dive was to a wreck I have wanted to do for about 2 years and was well worth the training and cost. There are a couple of divers I know who go deep for the sake of it, often on air. Why bother? Trimix mean you can rememer the dive and are safer, hitting 63m on air is a bit silly. If your interest is on seeing ice age formations then that is a perfectly good reason for going deep, and there are many rebreathers that will let you get there, but 266m is a bit beyond a Dolph... __________________ David. "I've got the whole cast of Fraggle Rock here; they're not happy..." "There's one speed. Mine. If you can't keep up, don't step up" Richard B Riddick.
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