Table 7.2 NO-DECOMPRESSION TIME LIMITS (min) FOR VARIOUS DEPTHS
[ft] FOR THE FIRST DIVE OF A SERIES.
High altitude/ personal adjustment mode
Depth [ft] A0 A1 A2 U.S. Navy
30 --- 149 102 ---
40 120 86 65 200
50 70 56 41 100
60 51 38 29 60
70 36 29 23 50
80 28 23 19 40
90 22 18 15 30
100 17 14 11 25
110 13 11 9 20
120 10 9 8 15
130 9 7 6 10
140 7 6 5 10
150 6 5 4 5
Unlike the U.S. Navy tables, the SOLUTION
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interpolates between depths, giving
a diver "credit" for time spent in shallower water, rather than calculating
no-decompression limits based on the maximum depth of a dive. As a result, no-
decompression dive times permitted by the SOLUTION
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are often much longer
than those that would be allowed by the U.S. Navy tables.
WARNING!
THE USER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ANY DIVE, INCLUDING ONES WITHIN
THE U.S. NAVY OR SOLUTION
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LIMITS, DOES CARRY SOME RISK OF
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS.
Compartments and Half Times
When you dive with the SOLUTION
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, it measures and displays depths and times
as your dive progresses. It shows you available no-decompression time and
possible decompression required based upon the following five factors:
1. your present depth,
2. excess nitrogen absorbed during earlier portions of the dive,
3. residual nitrogen remaining from previous dives,
4. the no-decompression limits that apply to that depth,
5. the altitude/ personal adjustment mode in use.
Back on the surface, the SOLUTION
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will continue to calculate the no-
decompression dive times available for various depths on the next dive. As the
