What happens if you fart while scuba diving?

Farting is possible while scuba diving but not advisable because: Diving wetsuits are very expensive and the explosive force of an underwater fart will rip a hole in your wetsuit. An underwater fart will shoot you up to the surface like a missile which can cause decompression sickness.
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What happens if you fart deep underwater?

It will get extremely hard to fart when you dive to a depth below 7.5 meters. The closer you get to 10 Meters in depth it will become impossible to fart. Simply the deeper you go the water pressure increases will slowly make it more difficult to release one until it is impossible to do so.
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What happens when you fart in a scuba suit?

In theory, there should be no change to your buoyancy, as long as the fart gas stays in the suit. But a drysuit auto dump maintains a constant volume of gas in your suit, and by farting you've just added to the volume in the suit. Lose that gas and there will be a tiny drop in your overall buoyancy.
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What happens if you sneeze while scuba diving?

These are symptoms of a rare but serious condition called immersion pulmonary edema (IPE). Sneezing underwater is more or less like sneezing on land. If you feel a sneeze coming on, gently hold your regulator in, and try to sneeze through your mouth instead of your nose.
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Can you scuba dive with gas?

Many new divers incorrectly call their diving cylinder an oxygen tank. For some, it's just a turn of phrase; they know full well that the standard diving gas is good, old-fashioned air. But divers can breathe other gases, including the commonly used nitrox, as well as technical mixtures.
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Can you dive with 100% oxygen?

Diving with pure oxygen can kill a diver even at shallow depths. Recreational scuba tanks are filled with compressed, purified air. This air contains about 20.9% oxygen. Several risks are associated with the use of pure oxygen in diving.
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What is the deepest scuba dive?

Welcome to the Officially Amazing universe, Ahmed Gabr. Ahmed, a 41-year-old Egyptian, has broken the record for the deepest SCUBA dive, plunging an astonishing 332.35 m (1,090 ft 4.5 in) in the Red Sea off the coast of Dahab, Egypt.
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Can you vomit underwater?

While there are many causes for nausea and vomiting, the most common while diving are seasickness and salt water aspiration. Salt water aspiration usually occurs while surface swimming or snorkeling. It can also come from a leaking exhaust valve in the second stage of the regulator.
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Can you throw up while scuba diving?

The concern here is twofold; during the process of throwing up, one is at risk of losing control of their buoyancy and one's airway is momentarily closed. For this reason, it is recommended that a diver avoids ascending in any way while throwing up.
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What happens when a diver comes up too fast?

Decompression sickness. Often called "the bends," decompression sickness happens when a scuba diver ascends too quickly. Divers breathe compressed air that contains nitrogen. At higher pressure under water, the nitrogen gas goes into the body's tissues.
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Can you fart while sleeping?

People commonly fart in their sleep, although they usually are not aware of it. Research suggests pressure in the anal sphincter muscle 2fluctuates in cycles throughout the day. This muscle is more relaxed during sleep, and it controls whether or not gas present in the large intestine is released.
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Why does scuba diving make you burp?

The longer the dive and the deeper you go the more nitrogen is absorbed into your blood. Upon returning to the surface the pressure reduces and the nitrogen reverts to gas bubbles.
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What are no stop limits?

The "no-decompression limit" (NDL) or "no-stop limit" , is the time interval that a diver may theoretically spend at a given depth without having to perform any decompression stops while surfacing.
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How deep can a human dive unaided?

The maximum depth reached by anyone in a single breath is 702 feet (213.9 metres) and this record was set in 2007 by Herbert Nitsch. He also holds the record for the deepest dive without oxygen – reaching a depth of 831 feet (253.2 metres) but he sustained a brain injury as he was ascending.
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How deep can you dive without having to decompress?

A diver at 6 metres (20 ft) may be able to dive for many hours without needing to do decompression stops. At depths greater than 40 metres (130 ft), a diver may have only a few minutes at the deepest part of the dive before decompression stops are needed.
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Can you dive when it's raining?

The truth is that it doesn't matter what the weather is like outside, you can still go scuba diving, you are going to get wet any way. As long as the weather is within one of the PADI guidelines (from sunny and calm to windy and rainy) then you can still get wet and dive.
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What happens if you inhale water while scuba diving?

Dealing with water up your nose can be a significant problem for some divers. The effect of inhaling small amounts of water, or even the fear of that occurring, can cause some divers to spiral into a cycle of perceptual narrowing and — in some extreme cases — full panic.
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Can you scuba dive if you get seasick?

Seasickness in itself isn't inherently dangerous, and it's a lot more common than you'd think - even amongst dive professionals! If you're feeling unwell on the boat, it's likely you'll feel better just by getting in the water as it's often calmer under the waves than at the surface.
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Can you get scuba certified if you have asthma?

Many experts agree that people with asthma can scuba dive safely if they have normal lung function.
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Can you sneeze underwater?

Sneezing is possible underwater - though not likely. This is rather like the duck's echo – just because you have never heard one, doesn't mean it's impossible. Sneezing underwater isn't very likely because dust, allergens and bright sunlight – the three things that normally provoke a sneeze – are all absent.
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What should you not do after scuba diving?

Here's our rundown of the top things we should NOT do after diving.
  1. Fly. ...
  2. Travel to altitude. ...
  3. Exercise. ...
  4. Get a massage. ...
  5. Take a hot bath or shower. ...
  6. Drink alcohol. ...
  7. Forget to log your dives and take care of your gear.
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Can I fly after I scuba dive?

Dives Within No-Decompression Limits

For a single no-decompression dive, the recommendation is a minimum preflight surface interval of 12 hours. For multiple dives per day or multiple days of diving, the recommendation is a minimum preflight surface interval of 18 hours.
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Can you dive to the Titanic?

You cannot scuba dive to the Titanic due to its depth at 12,500 feet. Air consumption: one standard tank lasts 15 minutes at 120 feet. Supply for 12,500 feet would be impossible to carry even with a team. The deepest dive on record with special equipment, training and a support team is 1,100 feet.
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How deep do navy seals dive?

During BUD/S training Navy Seals dive 100 – 300 feet. While deployed, they often dive 20 – 50 feet.
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Can you survive 47 meters underwater?

According to the US Navy dive decompression tables a diver may spend up to five minutes at 160' (47 meters) without needing to decompress during their ascent. The longer a diver stays underwater the greater their exposure to “the bends” becomes.
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