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Not a diver, but recreational divers often go down to that sort of depth on compressed air without any ill effects. You'd need to ascend slowly and hang about a
by Gordonjcp 4y ago
Not a diver, but recreational divers often go down to that sort of depth on compressed air without any ill effects. You'd need to ascend slowly and hang about at ten metres and five metres for about ten minutes to let nitrogen out of your system, to get back to the surface.
It's about three times normal atmospheric pressure so it's not going to be ideal if there's an accident, but it's not like going to smash you flat with pressure, it's not going to Byford Dolphin you.
- bonzini 4y agoAs the other commenter explained, you absolutely need to do decompression for long-enough dives. The limit at 19m might be a few hours so it doesn't affect recreational diving, but in this case they exceed it. So if they had scuba gear they would have to stay at 19m and wait for help.