Deep Stops

[FreediveWI]

I've dove some of those canyons, past rec limits, and thought that they were a lot of fun. A pretty easy way to get deep and a nice sand dollar bed to swim through while you off gas on your way back to the beach.

The Irvine article is a bit much for recreational diving, since were not doing 300' saturation dives, but the deep stops still make a HUGE difference in post dive fatigue. They make a big difference even if your just diving air and staying within your no-deco limits.

On a dive like the Milwaukee I would do a minute every ten feet on my way back up- if doing a no-deco dive. For deco dives I use the right gas and tables. Diving the Willy is the same- a minute stop every 10' on the way back up.

I was hoping that Gert would post his profile from diving the Vernon last month with the Dive Rite Team. He actually deco-ed out a couple of minutes faster than they did by just using tables and a stop watch- while they were using Helium deco computers. Which proves once again that dive computers are highly over rated. Of course, deep stop were used by all on those dives.

Jon