Quote Originally Posted by FW View Post
One problem planning bailout on CCR, is the fact that your SAC rate gets worse the longer you dive CCRs. You get used to breathing anytime you want, so your SAC rate gets worse. I plan this way. A normal OC diver uses 1/3 in, 1/3 out/ and 1/3 reserve. Therefore you can swim three times a far on bailout as you can on OC. Some would say that the current helps you out, so you could get by with less gas. The problem with that is, what happens if there is a silt out, etc? I dive sidemount steel tanks. I figure I need the weight to counteract the drysuit, and you can't breathe lead
That seems a little agressive if I'm reading you correctly. So if I can easily swim 1500 feet in Ginnie OC on 1/3s, I should assume my bailout could get me to 4500 ft? I'd probably bring more than a set of 85s (if that's what I used for the 1500 feet).


I'm new and haven't stepped into a cave yet with my ccr, so I could be way off base here.