LCF wrote:I wouldn't go. 24 hours in transit to do a bunch of dives I wouldn't remember? Nah.
Lynne's humorous comment had me thinking. I remember the deep dives very well (but I cheat and take a camera to help my feeble memory). But which is actually more dangerous in the tropics, depth or penetration?
This photo was taken at 170' in clear water and benign conditions with a deco ceiling, but nothing else over your head:
This next photo is of a very famous artifact, which is not deep, but requires extensive penetration to access (down through the engine room vents, down two sets of stairs, traverse the engine room, down another set of stairs, into a little tiny machine shop):
Sorry for the thread hijack, but in my mind, the shallower dive with significant penetration into a very tight area is actually more dangerous than the deeper (helium free) dives. What do you think?