SUUNTO SOLUTION Alpha User Manual
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Table 7.2 NO-DECOMPRESSION TIME LIMITS (min) FOR VARIOUS DEPTHS
[ft] FOR THE FIRST DIVE OF A SERIES.
High altitude/ personal adjustment mode
Depth [ft]
A0
A1
A2
U.S. Navy
30
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149 102
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40
120 86
65
200
50
70
56
41
100
60
51
38
29
60
70
36
29
23
50
80
28
23
19
40
90
22
18
15
30
100
17
14
11
25
110
13
11
9
20
120
10
9
8
15
130
9
7
6
10
140
7
6
5
10
150
6
5
4
5
Unlike the U.S. Navy tables, the SOLUTION
á 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, no-
decompression dive times permitted by the SOLUTION
á are often much 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 OR SOLUTION
á LIMITS, DOES CARRY SOME RISK OF
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS.
Compartments and Half Times
When you dive with the SOLUTION
á, 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 altitude/ personal adjustment mode in use.
Back on the surface, the SOLUTION
á will continue to calculate the no-
decompression dive times available for various depths on the next dive. As the