Answers from questions from our Newsletter "Blowing Bubbles"
1 What is the most important rule
in scuba diving?
Breathe continuously and never hold your
breath.
2 If you and your buddy lose
contact underwater, you should:
a. search for each other for not more than
1 minute, then surface to reunite if you haven’t located each other.
3 If you run out of air at a depth
of 35ft and can’t see your buddy, you should:
b. make a controlled emergency swimming
ascent.
4 If you are planning three or more dives in one day and your ending pressure group after the second dive is a Y, you should wait a minimum of 3 hour(s) between all subsequent dives.
5 Indicate the final
pressure group upon surfacing from the second dive. First
dive: 60 ft for 30 mins: surface interval: 30 mins.
Second dive: 50 ft for 30 mins.
Pressure group R
6 Indicate the final
pressure group upon surfacing from the second dive. First dive: 55
ft for 50 mins: surface interval: 24 mins. Second
dive: 50 ft for 30 mins.
Pressure group X
7 Indicate the maximum bottom time
for the second dive. First dive: 70 ft for 32 mins; surface
interval: 1 hour. Second dive to 65 ft.
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