do you still do these when free diving? also say you did a three minute dive how long would you leave it before you dive again?
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decompreession stops
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After suffering freediving DCS several times, I found that I could avoid it by doing deco stops at the end of each dive, air permitting. Normally, during the ascent, I slow down at 10m, creep to 5m, wait for about 5-8 seconds, then creep to the surface. This seems to prevent DCS for me. The interval I take between dives seems much less important than the deco stop during the dive. Be warned that doing such deco stops can be very risky, since you are in the hypoxic SWB zone. If you have any doubt as to your air supply, go straight to the surface!
thanx, does a decompression that short really help tho in scuab diving (not possible in free diving really) decompression stop from 20m is three to five minutes with some of my instructors tho most only do one
I am talking about doing deco stops in freediving, not scuba diving.
Shallow water blackout is loss of consciousness (blackout) from too low oxygen levels, which usually happens in the last few meters of the ascent, as the lungs expand and the oxygen pressure drops quickly. Blackout is normally fatal unless you have someone there to rescue you.
Shallow water blackout is loss of consciousness (blackout) from too low oxygen levels, which usually happens in the last few meters of the ascent, as the lungs expand and the oxygen pressure drops quickly. Blackout is normally fatal unless you have someone there to rescue you.
Oh, that was perfect response to BO question.
Until now I saw just comments like:
BO is not dangerous, it's just ...... You just need a buddy ..... and so and so, you know what I mean.
BUT saying "Blackout is normally fatal unless you have someone there to rescue you." is straight and propper warning.
Thankx Eric for formulating it this way.
Petr
Until now I saw just comments like:
BO is not dangerous, it's just ...... You just need a buddy ..... and so and so, you know what I mean.
BUT saying "Blackout is normally fatal unless you have someone there to rescue you." is straight and propper warning.
Thankx Eric for formulating it this way.
Petr
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