Safety Stop after Spectacular SCUBA Dive at Famous Blue Corner, Palau, Micronesia - stock photo

A safety stop after a SCUBA dive is a standard dive procedure that is done in scuba diving for any dives below 10m. This brief 3 to 5-minute pause at a depth of 5-m allows a divers body to decompress after time spent at depth. Famous dive sites like Blue Corner in Palau get several to many visits from boats with divers every day. If each dropped an anchor, the reef would be badly damaged. With mooring lines it's perfect. The boat is attached to the buoy and nothing is damaged. Another advantage of the mooring line: it makes the safety stop comfortable. A school of Bigeye Trevally Caranx sexfasciatus followed by Bignose Unicornfishes Naso vlamingii. The photo was taken at 11m depth. Palau 7°8'3.653 N 134°13'10.52 E