Perferred / Recommended Ice diving rope

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In practice you will see many types of line (rope). I've had instructors and friends use 3/4 nylon laid line, Hollow Poly, Twisted Poly, Diamond braid nylon... I don't know what's the best but I can only recommend that you should inspect any line you're about to dive for yourself and decide if it's what you want to trust.

I prefer bright yellow 1/2 hollow poly. The line I have is listed as minimum break 2880lb. A common number is 5 to 7 times your load, say 200lb for non-overhead or rescue situations. That said, I should used water rescue line.... but I inspected this line and I'm confident that it's safe for my diving needs.

IMO, Anything that sinks is bad.

Common lines are 130 and 150 or 150 and 200. I have a personal comfort zone of about 100 feet. I've had things happen and I'm happy being close to the hole.