Dry Dive - 21st February

The Club has booked the London Diving Chamber in St John's Wood for something a little different. We have 10 spaces for a dry dive in the safety of a recompression chamber to the equivalent of 40+ metres.

Cost : £30 payable by cheque ASAP to Dive Wimbledon Club, 34A Hotham Road, SW19 1BS.

Location :

Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth
60 Grove End Road
St Johns Wood
London
NW8 9NH

On arrival go to the main reception of the hospital and you will be directed to the chamber.

Tube Directions

Nearest Station: St John's Wood
Line: Jubilee Line

We expect this trip to fill quickly so we will probably organise another for later in the season.

If you would like to join us please let us know ASAP and we will book you in.

Below is some information about the dry dive taken from the London Diving chamber website.

Dry diving is exactly as it sounds.

A hyperbaric chamber is the perfect environment to test a diver's ability at depth, but in the safe, water-free environment that it offers.

DCI often results from a diver's inability to handle nitrogen narcosis.

Currently the PADI depths of the Advanced Open Water course are, in our opinion, not deep enough to really experience narcosis.

So if a diver, for the first time, does experience that surreal feeling they can panic and risk DCI.

A dry dive can prepare a diver mentally for what can happen underwater.

A dry dive is also a great opportunity for technical divers to test their computers or Dive Camera

What happens in Dry Diving?

On the day the divers will come as a group to London Dive Chamber (LDC) They will then:

• Fill in a self-declaration medical form. Any ticked YES must be covered by a Dive Doctors clearance form. (These can be done at LDC with enough notice). PLEASE NOTE: Divers must be over 18 years of age for insurance reasons. The medical form is pretty much the same one you fill in for all PADI courses. Email Roger if you would like to look at one.
• Please bring certification and logs along with you to show that you are an active diver, as we don't take non-divers for the dry dives due to the nature of the dive.
• Sign the usual waiver form.
• Enter the chamber accompanied by a LDC tender.
• The maximum depth of a dry dive is 50 metres.
• Divers will breathe the surrounding air which will slowly pressurise to the agreed depth.
• Clothing will be provided by London Diving Chamber.
• After staying at the maximum depth for the agreed time, divers will then be surfaced slowly, deco stopping as necessary.
• On coming out of the chamber LDC will sign and stamp log books.
• Please remember that like a wet dive, a dry dive does carry a risk of DCI, a minimal one as the environment is so controlled. Please report any abnormal symptoms immediately.
  

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