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My old dive buddy said surface decompression is for people who can't plan, and I can't stop thinking about it
Sat with a guy I came up with at a bar in Morgan City last Friday, and he dropped that line on me over a plate of oysters. He spent 22 years doing sat and says he's only ever used a chamber on an emergency, not as a regular plan. I've been running surface decompression on a lot of my shallow stuff for 6 years now because it's easier on my body and I get back in the water faster. But he made me think about how much I lean on it instead of just planning the dive better from the start. We're talking 60 to 80 foot jobs, nothing crazy, and I've done maybe 40 of them this way. Now I'm sitting here wondering if I got lazy or if he's just old school and stubborn. Any of you run surface decompression as your normal routine or do you think it's a crutch?
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logan5251mo ago
Used to figure surface decompression was just being smart about your table, but a sat diver told me something similar once and it stuck with me. Now I look at it like this, if you can plan the dive to avoid needing the chamber, that's the real skill, and the chamber is just the backup.
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