| With the standard scuba equipment that we wear | | | | a lot and others only one glass. |
| for leisure diving will allow us to reach depths of 60m. | | | | Besides the issue with oxygen toxicity, we need to |
| This is not because the equipment will fail but is due | | | | remember that at depth oxygen is compressed |
| to the exerted pressure of oxygen in your air supply | | | | therefore the deeper we go the more dense the air |
| will be become toxic. So going beyond this depth for | | | | is the less breaths it will take to empty the scuba |
| too long will become fatal. | | | | tank. |
| Even at shallower depths of between 30 and 60m, | | | | For example, at 60m when we take a single breath |
| which in its self may not be dangerous when we talk | | | | we consume seven times the volume of oxygen as |
| about oxygen being toxic, it can cause such things as | | | | we would for the same breath at the surface. So |
| nitrogen narcosis which is like being drunk and is | | | | simply put our oxygen will run out seven times |
| known as the martini effect. This will have severe | | | | faster. |
| affects on your decision making which could lead to | | | | So diving deep is not always the best, if we want |
| dangerous mistakes. It will affect individuals | | | | stay under water longer and enjoy the beautiful coral |
| differently even if they dive to the same depth. | | | | and fishes then diving at a shallower depth will give |
| Again much like drinking where some people can drink | | | | you that additional time. |