Rred
Contributor
Interesting that NAUI, PADI, and NOAA all are using different numbers. Each 5 minutes apart at 60' msw. And while NOAA is giving the longest times..one could argue they might be the folks who are most in tune with the medical issues, with no other considerations (litigious resort students) to influence the numbers they choose to use.
Incidentally, DAN's email this week led me to a web article they have, which states there are currently no dive computers using ambient temperature. Since the issue is problematic, I think it comes down to the individual using the "personal factor" and remembering to add a +1 whenever they anticipate whatever they call a 'cold" dive.
And somehow despite the huge number of varying algorithms and computers in use, the percent of DCS in recreational divers apparently has remained the same over the last decades.
Incidentally, DAN's email this week led me to a web article they have, which states there are currently no dive computers using ambient temperature. Since the issue is problematic, I think it comes down to the individual using the "personal factor" and remembering to add a +1 whenever they anticipate whatever they call a 'cold" dive.
And somehow despite the huge number of varying algorithms and computers in use, the percent of DCS in recreational divers apparently has remained the same over the last decades.