Makes sense

For me it’s to see cool fishies

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Not necessarily. You still need to check depth gauge. Things can go terribly wrong if you start chasing fish to the bottom.

scuba diving forces you to breathe consciously most relaxing activity ever imho beautiful underwater sound fantastic views i dont see how you'd describe it as sensory dep. what led you to this question?

It's about many things. Spearfishing, photography, caving, wrecks, exploring .. not drowning ! When you do lots of diving, there's real Zen in neutral buoyancy through breath control Sensory deprivation through hearing perhaps, or talking without extra equipment