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hchoat · 10th February 2006, 15:23

Quote: (Originally Posted by Nick uk.)

Hi Heather. Would you as a safety diver be inccuring any deco time yourself? Would this not compromise your abbility to perform certain other procedures were it may nesecary for you to surface?

What's the rule of thumb?

Hi Nick. Obviously the short answer is yes. To some extent it depends on the schedule your gas team is on. For example, once you have done the "meet and greet" at 150', you have to do something with all the gear you just collected from the returning team. We have a ledge that runs about 70' where we stash used gear until we are ready to bring clean up divers into the water to bring it out- so you would ascend to the ledge and get rid of all the used gear (typically 3-4 bottles and a couple of scooters per diver). Once that is accomplished you would descend back to your decompressing team. Given the stop time length at these deeper depths, the returning team has been through quite a few stops by then, and will typcially be approaching thier 70' stop. So, your realistic time at 150' is not that great.

Hope that helps,
H

10th February 2006, 15:23	#8 (permalink)
hchoat Resident Selkie Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pensacola, FL- USA Posts: 227	Re: Safety divers for deep dives Quote: (Originally Posted by Nick uk.) Hi Heather. Would you as a safety diver be inccuring any deco time yourself? Would this not compromise your abbility to perform certain other procedures were it may nesecary for you to surface? What's the rule of thumb? Hi Nick. Obviously the short answer is yes. To some extent it depends on the schedule your gas team is on. For example, once you have done the "meet and greet" at 150', you have to do something with all the gear you just collected from the returning team. We have a ledge that runs about 70' where we stash used gear until we are ready to bring clean up divers into the water to bring it out- so you would ascend to the ledge and get rid of all the used gear (typically 3-4 bottles and a couple of scooters per diver). Once that is accomplished you would descend back to your decompressing team. Given the stop time length at these deeper depths, the returning team has been through quite a few stops by then, and will typcially be approaching thier 70' stop. So, your realistic time at 150' is not that great. Hope that helps, H __________________ Duct tape is like the force... it has a light side and dark side, and it holds the universe together.
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