When Do You Need to Decompress When Diving?
If the Dive Lasts a Certain Time Beyond the Threshold of 40 Meters, You Must Imperatively Carry out a Decompression Stop at the Ascent. for Very Deep Dives...
If the dive lasts a certain time beyond the threshold of 40 meters, you must imperatively carry out a decompression stop at the ascent. For very deep dives, deep and long decompression stops are REQUIRED first 12m then 9m then 6m then 3m.
At what depth do you need to decompress?
The deeper and longer your dive the more chance you need decompression stops. Shallow dives of 6-10 metres (20-30 feet) you can spend over 200 minutes without a decompression stop. Dives to over 30 metres (100 feet) limit your dive time to around 20 minutes before a decompression stop is required.
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How deep can you dive without decompression?
There's a bit of physics and physiology involved in a full explanation, but the short answer is: 40 metres/130 feet is the deepest you can dive without having to perform decompression stops on your way back to the surface.
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