Dive Profile - Planning and Monitoring Decompression

Planning and Monitoring Decompression

For planning and monitoring of nitrogen absorption, the data usually consists of the maximum depth reached during the dive and the length of time underwater. For repetitive dives it also includes the "surface interval", or the time spent above the water between the previous dive and the start of the current dive. This information is used to calculate the amount of residual nitrogen build-up in the diver's tissues after completing a dive.