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| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
How far down do scuba divers really go? Aren't they relatively close to the surface? |
open water (1st level of cert) is limited to 18 meters or 60 feet, advanced goes to 30 metres, deep diver cert is 40 metres.
Professional divers go far deeper but then spend hours or days in decompression chambers.
some deaths from embolisms from surfacing too fast, some heart attacks from being unfit to dive, some from doing stupid things when suffering narcosis.
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