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Reply to: RE>>New government regulation for SCUBA diving instruction > This is nothing .... > > In Queensland (Australia) the government has ... > Therefore diving deeper than 39m is like > a 'dangerous work practice' (or I suppose ... > (This has probably come about from the brisk > trade that decompression chambers do on the > barrier reef.) |>Well, if they do such a "brisk trade", one could see that there are |>lots of bent people down there, then??? Oh, it gets better.... It is LAW not only on the depth of the dive, but the time. Anything outside the PADI rec limits is considered a commercial dive and requires the boat to have the proper commercial dive facilities (chamber, tenders, etc). Dives are monitored in QLD (DM asks for time & depth) and in some cases the DM will limit the time for some divers (usually table divers) on the last dive of the day (limit of 4 per day). The boats are required to log the time and depth and keep a record. At least they strongly advise at least a three minute stop for the rec limits. Some divers see this as an inconvenience?!?!? They also used to REQUIRE the same commercial rules to apply to any gas that was not air, although NTX has just started being served on one of the day boats there, but the sites that this boats go the NTX is wasted and not useful, just a gimmick. Steve
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