How Do You Use A Dive Computer Safely, SCUBA Diving?
Dive computers have revolutionized the sport of SCUBA diving. Here is how to use one more safely. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of your dive computer in order to respect the reading it gives you. Dive computers for SCUBA diving give you the freedom to not have to follow the rigid dive tables and to spend more time at greater depth because body nitrogen loading is calculated more accurately. Dive computers use a mathematical program called an algorithm, which is based on a hypothetical human body’s nitrogen absorption and saturation rate. To use a dive computer safely you need to follow certain precautions. Know that it is just a machine. Since the dive computer theoretical model is for an average human body you may have to dive more conservatively if you have certain health conditions that make it harder for the body to get rid of nitrogen. Begin to come toward the surface sooner, before entering the yellow caution zone and do voluntary safety stops if you have a condition tha
