Desending quickly

[TwIsTeD]

Is there any danger in desending quickly as along as you are able to equalize as needed? I'm talking about surface to 60' in a minute.

[WV Diver]

As long as you can equalize your ears, your mask and whatever other spaces you may have you can go as fast as you want.

We often do negative entries to depths of 90' during drift dives.

[Kingpatzer]

The real threat to descending fast is not being able to halt the descent and colliding with something under the surface . . . which if you're doing a wreck or cave and mess up your day real quick.

But there's no physiological danger as there is from too rapid an ascent.

[Boris42]

What's a "negative entry"?

[datamunk]

mmm negative entry.. i try ot get down as fast as i can on drift dives so i dont miss the site.. once i am on the ground ill kneel down and wait for the group and watch them descend.. that way atleast i am on the site and they can come to me

[WV Diver]

Negative entries aka negative descents are when you enter the water with no air in your BC and immeadiatley begin to descend without surfacing and giving the ok signal. Just dive, dive, dive.

[Scubastud16]

Nope! Equalize those ears and that mask, and make sure you don't land on something!

[BobArnold8265]

No problem desending quickly but you still need to control your rate !!!!