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Water bends light, swallows colour and carries sound too fast to place. Most of what feels strange underwater is just physics doing what it always does, and knowing why makes you a calmer diver. Start with the altitude article if you dive from Johannesburg — it changes your tables.
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Altitude Diving Physics: Why Johannesburg Changes Your Dive Tables
Johannesburg's elevation quietly changes the physics of every dive. Here's why altitude steepens the pressure gradient, shortens no-decompression limits, and why your computer setup actually matters.
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