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I've done 30m which with a few of mine. 40m is usually the maximum for recreational diving before you get into technical diving. I know people who have gone down to 75-100m but really unless you are wreck diving there's no that much to see at those depths as all of the "pretty" marine life is 40m and above.
There are people that do deeper dives for oil rig / pipeline work and maintenance but that is hugely specialist and hugely dangerous, but very, very well paid.
Everyone uses digital dive computers now anyway so the point is moot. I only use my dive watches as a back up to my computer.
tl;dr - depth markings over 100m are usually a statement of quality rather than useful user guidance.
(PADI Advanced Open Water with NITROX certification and 50 dives - L&W has 200 dives and is a certified Dive Master)
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I've done a Padi dive at 40m myself once and a few 30s. But I wasn't wearing any of my autos for the dive.
I have a friend who's a rig diver so I should ask him.
Did you take any of your watches with you on your dives? Any seen beyond 10m?
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There are people that do deeper dives for oil rig / pipeline work and maintenance but that is hugely specialist and hugely dangerous, but very, very well paid.
I know somebody who charges anything up to £35k per day to hire him as a diver. Specialist ultra deep welding oil drilling equipment sort of stuff.
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Yes I just recently learnt about the existence of and became obsessed with saturation divers. Such a bleak life, like being in the special forces, disappearing for secret tours then spending your off-time staring into the middle distance.
ChainBreaker
Stonehedge
Crispin_Glover
So out of curiosity, as a desk diver, what is the deepest diver watch on the forum?
As a simple complication, I think it's an interesting one...
Most will never reach even the shallowest of depths but these are divers.
Any deep dive Sinns or rolex seadweller deepseas?
What's the ratings? I have on my Ocean One at 500m.
Does anyone do any deep dives?