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Hi All I just wanted to find out how many rebreather divers we have in SA? Is anyone certified in rebreathing on the forum?
Currently I am a open water advanced diver who can dive up to a maximum of 30m deep. I have a large amount of dives under my belt and I am looking to start my rebreather diving course now. I have been doing some research on what rebreather unit I should purchase but I have noticed that the recreational rebreather units are have a deco upgrade but only gives me another 10-18m. So what I wanted to know as well is what equipment you are using if you are a certified rebreather and how deep you are able to go? Plenty shallow wrecks to do as well I see to many people fascinated with going deep only to be bitterly disappointed I would also look at doing a specialised deep divers course if you are so keen on diving deep, I would also do the rescue diver and dive master course before diving very deep, reason being is that these course make you a more complete diver in theory anyway and teach how to be prepared for most things that could happen. Having said that though some of the best divers I know only have open water 1 but that would be my suggestion anyway.
Unless you are going looking for something specific at that depth like a coelacanth or some sort of rare fish or treasure. To me its very boring. I have done a couple of deep trimix dives with a good friend of mine close to diepgat off the coast at sodwana bay in the hope that we might find a coelacanth, but that ended up to be the most boring dives ive ever done & i completely wasted 2 days to do 1 dive (& a lot of money.) I have done only one dive with a rebreather before, but for the amount of dives i do. It just wasn't worth buying one for myself. Another thing that I would recommend when doing a dive deeper than 60m, is that you should only dive with a buddy that you know VERY well, & knows your abilities & history! I would never do my first real deep dive in a foreign country with someone I don't know!
You need a buddy that cares & has the ability to get you safely to the surface if something does go wrong. A guy I once knew died on his very first deep dive while looking for coelacanth's at sodwana about 10 years ago. I saw that Poseidon is releasing the tech rebreather but haven't seen when. The problem is currently with the line of Poseidon rebreathers is that the 2 battery packs that allow you to go to 40m and 48m which is still very shallow. I would like to get the experience here in SA before going abroad and doing some deep sea diving.
I am extremely aware and cautious of the risk involved in going those depths so its me and 4 life long friends who are going to be doing the course together. Nothing worse than being down 100m and not knowing if anyone has your back.
The reason I wanna go down that deep is discover new species of fish, I don't know what SA waters can have down deep but in the Pacific they have found the following fish recently. Peppermint Angelfish Narcosis Angelfish Masked Angelfish Dr Seuss Fish That's what my main interest is, finding new fish and great depths. I know its going to take years and years of experience and plenty of dives to get there but I am patient.