SCUBASailor
Contributor
I saw in a recent thread several posts saying that a dive should be thumbed if your dive computer fails.
I'm wondering...if you have redundant gauges, would it not be of benefit to have made a square profile "worst case" dive plan from the tables before the dive? That way if the computer craps out, you don't have to abort, just stick to the conservative worst case plan. (Assuming of course, that you know that your max depth had not exceeded your worst case scenario dive plan.)
Is it really always necessary to abort, or is my idea impractical, weighed against the remote chance that your computer will fail?
I'm wondering...if you have redundant gauges, would it not be of benefit to have made a square profile "worst case" dive plan from the tables before the dive? That way if the computer craps out, you don't have to abort, just stick to the conservative worst case plan. (Assuming of course, that you know that your max depth had not exceeded your worst case scenario dive plan.)
Is it really always necessary to abort, or is my idea impractical, weighed against the remote chance that your computer will fail?