Quiz - Recreational Dive Planner™ - Total Minutes

[tursiops]

Just a minute off. 1st SI is 12 min

Wheel problem; classic analog issue.

 

[Pedro Burrito]

Spoiler: Answer

a. Metric 278 minutes - Imperial 240 minutes

 

[boulderjohn]

Someone should do the same exercise with other tables to see the difference.

 

[rhwestfall]

I still say from I to G on the wheel is 13...

I see this as H (0:12)

this is G (0:13)

 

[scubadada]

Who really cares? These quizzes are just for our enjoyment during our incarceration. The tables are the tables, the wheel is the wheel. None of us would dream of using either in place of our computers . I have no W, X, or Y, Z penalties on my computer. I have no water temp or exertion level penalties on my computer. I'm grateful. All I have to do is select my GF high and GF low and my SurfGF to guide my dive.

 

[TMHeimer]

Well, I, the tables guy, finally got one wrong. Don't really care. I can think of only 2 or 3 times I've done more than 2 dives in a day.

 

[boulderjohn]

Well, I, the tables guy, finally got one wrong. Don't really care. I can think of only 2 or 3 times I've done more than 2 dives in a day.

And when they were making the RDP, that was pretty rare for everyone. Doing 3 dives a day then was pretty extreme diving.

When we look back at those times, I think we have to remember that we are talking about pioneers.

 

[Blackcrusader]

Well, I, the tables guy, finally got one wrong. Don't really care. I can think of only 2 or 3 times I've done more than 2 dives in a day.

Each to their own. When I go on a diving vacation I am doing 3 - 4 dives a day 12 - 14 days.

And when they were making the RDP, that was pretty rare for everyone. Doing 3 dives a day then was pretty extreme diving.

When we look back at those times, I think we have to remember that we are talking about pioneers.

Yup even in the BSAC club I was in back in the 1986 - 88 we would normally only do 2 day dives, if we were doing a night dive that would have made three but the main issue was the time it took to get the boat ready with fuel, loading equipment travel times etc. Nowadays I dive where you simply do shore dives or boat dives that have short travel times. 3 dives a day is normal for me and 4 dives a day depends if I can get in a few night dives on top of the day dives. So in a vacation where I do 12 consecutive diving days I would get in 40 dives or more. Go home for a month to 6 weeks and do again. Normally I would do several dive trips a year like this.

 

[HKGuns]

I didn't know enough to answer this question. I don't know what is meant by "Minimum Surface Interval." I didn't want to assume one hour or the lowest interval on the dive table.

I didn't want to just guess, or cheat by reading too many comments.

 

[TMHeimer]

Each to their own. When I go on a diving vacation I am doing 3 - 4 dives a day 12 - 14 days.


Yup even in the BSAC club I was in back in the 1986 - 88 we would normally only do 2 day dives, if we were doing a night dive that would have made three but the main issue was the time it took to get the boat ready with fuel, loading equipment travel times etc. Nowadays I dive where you simply do shore dives or boat dives that have short travel times. 3 dives a day is normal for me and 4 dives a day depends if I can get in a few night dives on top of the day dives. So in a vacation where I do 12 consecutive diving days I would get in 40 dives or more. Go home for a month to 6 weeks and do again. Normally I would do several dive trips a year like this.

I've only done one dive vacation (Panama) and it was $100US fpr each 2 tank dive. That was enough for me. There I did 2 or 3 night dives so those were my only 3 dive days in 15 years. 2 dives a day locally is enough--either get cold or bored.