| Did you just get certified as an open water diver or | | | | approaches 15 feet below the surface. |
| now planning to dive recreational depths on your | | | | Non-divers and even neophyte divers would think of |
| own? That's a good agenda for a budding | | | | this as an easy procedure. But then the scenario |
| recreational diving career. But before you get into the | | | | depicted by the decompression table only takes into |
| diving boat or onboard a liveaboard cruiser and | | | | consideration a square dive and does not factor in |
| conquer over a hundred feet of sea water, check if | | | | the eventualities that could dissuade the diver from |
| you've been properly outfitted with the scuba | | | | the upkeep of set depth and time parameters. Thus, |
| equipment and scuba gear to keep you warm, | | | | to increase your safety margin, you will have to rely |
| enhance your propulsion and movement, while | | | | on a decompression scuba equipment that conforms |
| averting you from the risks of decompression | | | | to the varying conditions and circumstances that may |
| sickness or the bends. | | | | arise in the course of the dive. That is likely |
| Getting the appropriate wetsuit, buoyancy | | | | descriptive of a dive computer. |
| compensator device, regulators and cylinder tanks | | | | The dive computer is a piece of programmable scuba |
| are bare essentials to comfort and protection in the | | | | equipment that efficiently resolves the intricacy of |
| midst of a scuba diving activity. But next to | | | | utilizing different dive tables for varying dive profiles |
| configuring the right components (regulator set, | | | | and the perceived limitations of a square dive. Utilizing |
| cylinder tank and Air or Nitrox mixtures) to an open | | | | a dive computer on initial, independent dives increases |
| circuit breathing apparatus, the scuba diver will also | | | | the margin of safety for neophyte divers who are |
| have to pay particular attention to decompression | | | | still in the process of mastering the uptake of |
| parameters in order to avert severe conditions such | | | | decompression parameters and safety nets during an |
| as the bends and Nitrogen narcosis. Adhering to the | | | | open water dive. The varied functionalities of the |
| No Decompression Limits (NDL) or No Stop Times | | | | programmable device which includes the set-off of |
| generated from dive tables or decompression tables | | | | visual and auditory decompression alerts, depth and |
| increases a diver's safety margin against related | | | | time monitor, automatic activation features and |
| health risks. Lingering only at NDL zones for a | | | | ascent rate monitor among others will surely help |
| particular period of time dispenses the need for | | | | make a newbie scuba diver's adventure more |
| decompression stops upon ascent, except for the | | | | efficient, safe and comfortable. |
| recommended 10 minute safety stop as the diver | | | | |