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Unlike the U.S. Navy tables, the instrument interpolates between depths, giving a diver “credit” for time spent in shallower
water, rather than calculating no-decompression limits based on the maximum depth of a dive. As a result, multi-level no-
decompression dive times permitted by the dive computer are often longer than those that would be allowed by the U.S.
Navy tables.
WARNING!
THE USER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ANY DIVE, INCLUDING ONES WITHIN THE U.S. NAVY TABLES OR
DIVE COMPUTER LIMITS, DOES CARRY SOME RISK OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS.
COMPARTMENTS AND HALF TIMES
When you dive with the instrument, it measures and displays depths and times as your dive progresses. It shows you
available no-decompression time and possible decompression required based upon the following five factors:
1. your present depth,
2. excess nitrogen absorbed during earlier portions of the dive,
3. residual nitrogen remaining from previous dives,
4. the no-decompression limits that apply to that depth,
5. the personal/altitude adjustment mode in use.
Back on the surface, the dive computer will continue to calculate the no-decompression dive times available for various
depths on the next dive. As the surface interval increases, so does the available dive time for the next dive.