saf_25
Contributor
To answer your question, I was taught to put "computer dive" in my log book if the dive went off the tables but was still deemed safe according to the computer. You could also probably use the wheel, but I'm not sure how to do that or what info you would need, so I can't help you there.
If I'm understanding you correctly, though, I am concerned that you were doing an advanced class, relying on a computer for your depth/time planning, and the only person who had a computer was the instructor. Now, I know nothing about what the standards dictate, but I would think that, especially as this was an advanced class, depth and time should have been covered in the planning of the dive, so this souldn't be a concern now. I know when I took my AOW, we were all using computers, and the fact that we were off the tables was discussed both before (when planning the dive, as a possibility given our plan) and after the dive, when we were filling out our log books. We also discused situations such as "if we were planning a week of diving and the computer were to fail after doing this dive, what would our options be?" My understanding was that this more advanced thinking on dive planning was what gave the substance to the advanced class, not just the dives.
Moreso, I know I was taught that, if using computers, everyone should have their own computer and rely only on the readings on the computer that is attached to your body (ie - not your buddy's / dm's) to determine the safety of your dive if not using tables (because you might have been slightly below your instructor throughout the entire dive, or ascended at a slightly faster rate, you could then theoretically be diving an unsafe profile, even though the instructor you were with and who had the computer was within the limits). Obviously, it's now well after the dive and you're doing fine, so you don't need to worry about being bent, but I question the safety of that instructor you were with.
Maybe I misunderstood and you all had computers, in which case ignore the above rant and just put "computer dive" in the log book.
If I'm understanding you correctly, though, I am concerned that you were doing an advanced class, relying on a computer for your depth/time planning, and the only person who had a computer was the instructor. Now, I know nothing about what the standards dictate, but I would think that, especially as this was an advanced class, depth and time should have been covered in the planning of the dive, so this souldn't be a concern now. I know when I took my AOW, we were all using computers, and the fact that we were off the tables was discussed both before (when planning the dive, as a possibility given our plan) and after the dive, when we were filling out our log books. We also discused situations such as "if we were planning a week of diving and the computer were to fail after doing this dive, what would our options be?" My understanding was that this more advanced thinking on dive planning was what gave the substance to the advanced class, not just the dives.
Moreso, I know I was taught that, if using computers, everyone should have their own computer and rely only on the readings on the computer that is attached to your body (ie - not your buddy's / dm's) to determine the safety of your dive if not using tables (because you might have been slightly below your instructor throughout the entire dive, or ascended at a slightly faster rate, you could then theoretically be diving an unsafe profile, even though the instructor you were with and who had the computer was within the limits). Obviously, it's now well after the dive and you're doing fine, so you don't need to worry about being bent, but I question the safety of that instructor you were with.
Maybe I misunderstood and you all had computers, in which case ignore the above rant and just put "computer dive" in the log book.
