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Two main reasons:

  1. avoiding the risk of lung expansion injuries, and
  2. reducing the risk of decompression sickness.
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it only depends on how deep the water is which is probably almost 6-7 feet and higher, so that's what makes them kind of come up slowly, because the water is kind of deep

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