Newhampster
Contributor
On repetitive dive sequences that are led by a dive master (i.e., not you or your buddy and dives where you're not a 'student'), do you just rely on (trust) the "divemaster" or do you plan each one of your dives?
Fess up. From what I see on dive boats, neither table users nor computer users do any real dive planning. (Making most of the b*tching about computers versus tables a theoretical question that should be ditched on this board.)
COMPUTER USERS:
How many folks use their computers to really "plan" their 2nd and subsequent dives in a repetitive sequence?
While you're sitting in your SI (surface interval) after one dive, do you check your computer to understand what it thinks you can safely dive at the projected depth of your next dive?
Be honest here. I suspect, before we get any data, that a majority of computer users don't bother PLANNING with their computer, the 2nd and subsequent dives in a repetitive sequence.
NON-COMPUTER USERS:
If you're doing multiple, repetitive dives and you're not the dive master and you're not 'in training', how often do you plan your a dive with the tables instead of just trusting the dive master who's "running" the dive?
POLL Options Expanded:
On repetitive dives, for the 2nd or subsequent dives in a repetitive series:
1 -- I always or almost always rely on the divemaster (90% to 100% of the time). I generally don't doublecheck (or second guess) the DM by manually running the tables or using the planning feature of my dive computer for my second or subsequent dives in a repetitive sequence.
2 -- I usually rely the divemaster (50 to 90% of the time, I just go along, I don't doublecheck...)
3 -- I usually don't rely on the divemaster (i.e., I doublecheck more often than I trust...)
4 -- I always or almost always (90% of the time or more) run the tables or use the planning features of my dive computer...
Fess up. From what I see on dive boats, neither table users nor computer users do any real dive planning. (Making most of the b*tching about computers versus tables a theoretical question that should be ditched on this board.)
COMPUTER USERS:
How many folks use their computers to really "plan" their 2nd and subsequent dives in a repetitive sequence?
While you're sitting in your SI (surface interval) after one dive, do you check your computer to understand what it thinks you can safely dive at the projected depth of your next dive?
Be honest here. I suspect, before we get any data, that a majority of computer users don't bother PLANNING with their computer, the 2nd and subsequent dives in a repetitive sequence.
NON-COMPUTER USERS:
If you're doing multiple, repetitive dives and you're not the dive master and you're not 'in training', how often do you plan your a dive with the tables instead of just trusting the dive master who's "running" the dive?
POLL Options Expanded:
On repetitive dives, for the 2nd or subsequent dives in a repetitive series:
1 -- I always or almost always rely on the divemaster (90% to 100% of the time). I generally don't doublecheck (or second guess) the DM by manually running the tables or using the planning feature of my dive computer for my second or subsequent dives in a repetitive sequence.
2 -- I usually rely the divemaster (50 to 90% of the time, I just go along, I don't doublecheck...)
3 -- I usually don't rely on the divemaster (i.e., I doublecheck more often than I trust...)
4 -- I always or almost always (90% of the time or more) run the tables or use the planning features of my dive computer...