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>One thing that you have to watch is what I call the "Florida" syndrome. This
>is diving advice which seems to be based on diving in Florida conditions but
>is pushed out on a world-wide basis. I have even seen it in AC. As an example,
>this rule about entering caves or wrecks to 130 linear feet and remaining
>within the natural light area. If I was to dive within the natural light zone
>I'd rarely get below 20ft in the River Clyde - forget the wrecks themselves.

I think that in this case you are refering to the standards for "Cavern diver"
This level of training would not be appropriate for penetration dives in the
River Clyde.  Indeed, it can be argued that my "full cave" and "tri-mix"
training would still not properly prepare me for such a dive.  I do know
that
I don't feel qualified to do the OW hangs associated with the deep wrecks.
I do, however, feel quite comfortable in extremely low vis and have no problem
with the "hangs" in the nice calm springs.

Remember that certification applies only to "conditions similar to those in
which you were trained."

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