Blacknet-
by definition: A RECREATIONAL NDL diving table is a table that alows a DIRECT ascent to the surface at any given point of the dive. I'll take it even a further step, and tell you that the asumption behind the tables, is that if something happens you are also safe to do an emergency ascent. In that case, no further diving should be done for at least a day.
This is by no means an encouragement to neglect any correct ascending/safety stop procedure!!!
Those measures are taken to give the diver a better safety margine. I alwais take them, unless something forbids me to (I wont make a safety stop in the middle of a swarm of jelly-fish, for example). Ascending slowly Is very important, and I wouldn't dive without ascending slowly. But safety stop is a RECOMENDATION. It's not obligatory. And still, I almost alwais do a stop (well, ususaly my dives end at the shore, so I simply dive a bit in the shallow area).
by definition: A RECREATIONAL NDL diving table is a table that alows a DIRECT ascent to the surface at any given point of the dive. I'll take it even a further step, and tell you that the asumption behind the tables, is that if something happens you are also safe to do an emergency ascent. In that case, no further diving should be done for at least a day.
This is by no means an encouragement to neglect any correct ascending/safety stop procedure!!!
Those measures are taken to give the diver a better safety margine. I alwais take them, unless something forbids me to (I wont make a safety stop in the middle of a swarm of jelly-fish, for example). Ascending slowly Is very important, and I wouldn't dive without ascending slowly. But safety stop is a RECOMENDATION. It's not obligatory. And still, I almost alwais do a stop (well, ususaly my dives end at the shore, so I simply dive a bit in the shallow area).