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9/2: How to Beat Narcosis

By Scuba Diving Partner | Published On October 18, 2006
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9/2: How to Beat Narcosis

Avoid task loading. Remember the K.I.S.S. principle, because stupid is what you'll be. If you've got a new and confusing camera housing, get familiar with it at shallow depths. And it's not just the picture you might screw up at 130 feet. You've got a diminished amount of attention to devote to everything, and if you concentrate almost all of it on f-stops, you won't have enough left for the little things like, say, how much air you have left. Diving with only one piece of new equipment at a time is always a good rule. Below 100 feet, it's a rule to live by.

Learn the 10 Ways To Outsmart Narcosis. Because at 100 feet, everybody gets narced.

Avoid task loading. Remember the K.I.S.S. principle, because stupid is what you'll be. If you've got a new and confusing camera housing, get familiar with it at shallow depths. And it's not just the picture you might screw up at 130 feet. You've got a diminished amount of attention to devote to everything, and if you concentrate almost all of it on f-stops, you won't have enough left for the little things like, say, how much air you have left. Diving with only one piece of new equipment at a time is always a good rule. Below 100 feet, it's a rule to live by.

Learn the 10 Ways To Outsmart Narcosis. Because at 100 feet, everybody gets narced.