minimum surface interval
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It depends upon the tables you are using. If, sometime during your entry-level course, you learned to use the tables you should be able to figure it out. If, not, it is time for you to go back to your instructor for a refresher.
Like Captndale said, this is a fairly easy table look up. Welcome to the board. Why ask this question as your first post?
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This is actually something so fundamental you really need to ask your instructor if you didn't "get it" yet. The internet is great for certain things, but actual scuba lessons covering the same stuff everyone learns for OW isn't one of them. Really, people aren't being unhelpful, you just really need to get this stuff one on one from a qualified instructor.gotcrypt:
Gotcrypt,
The answer is whatever the tables tell you. Identify first what your residual nitrogren will be after the first dive (what group does it put you in). Use that in determining what you start your second dive at. The tables will allow you to reduce this value based on your surface interval.
I would take the question to your instructor and tell them "I want to know how to do this". Unless you instructor weighs less than 25 - 30 kg they will not fit in your luggage, so you must know this to use on your first dive trip. If they are not teaching you the tables properly or you do not feel that you grasp them completely it is imperative that you demand additional assistance.
The answer is whatever the tables tell you. Identify first what your residual nitrogren will be after the first dive (what group does it put you in). Use that in determining what you start your second dive at. The tables will allow you to reduce this value based on your surface interval.
I would take the question to your instructor and tell them "I want to know how to do this". Unless you instructor weighs less than 25 - 30 kg they will not fit in your luggage, so you must know this to use on your first dive trip. If they are not teaching you the tables properly or you do not feel that you grasp them completely it is imperative that you demand additional assistance.
word... it's not that this board's ubhelpful, just that being a diver, one has to know this stuff really well... get it set in stone, and the best way, perhaps, is to ask ur instructor. im sure he'll be more than willing to help u...
Art Vandalay
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Consult your tables.
h2odragon1
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your surface interval for these dives should be long enough to review the dive tables an/or review the treatment for DCS
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