Usually we plan our dives using the old mnemonic ratio deco adapted to our needs (PSCR) after verifying everything on a Buhlmann software with GF 20/85 (once I used GUE decoplanner, now I use Subsurface). While diving on a reef (multilevel dive), the planning basically consist only of rock bottom/minimum gas. Deco schedule is decided on the fly based on average depth when calling the dive. We have more or less the same approach on wrecks but there you can plan deco schedule more accurately being a square dive.
The most valuable features on Subsurface (and when I show them to other tech divers they say ohhhhhh) for the above kind of dives are the "calculated ceiling" (all tissue) and "mean depth to here" used together while analyzing the dive. I can see the mean/average depth on the profile just moving the pointer where i called the dive hence I can see if my "perceived" average depth and my deco calculations where correct. Furthermore I have wonderful visual feedback of my actual deco schedule against the theoretical one. What I can ask more? For everything else, there's MasterCard :) Thank you all -- Davide https://vimeo.com/bocio/videos _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list [email protected] http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
