SAC Improvement

[mrokern]

I'm sure this is old hat to many, but as a diver who has been certified for all of 15 days, it's exciting for me...

SAC rate for final OW certification dive: .72

SAC rate for my 10th dive (done this afternoon): .52

Woohoo!

 

[toddthecat]

Awesome! Always good to make improvements!

 

[DivemasterDennis]

Though there are lots of variables, nothing improves sac like diving and diving and diving some more. Stay active forever!
DivemasterDennis

 

[TSandM]

The more you dive, the better you get . . . and the better you get, the more bottom time you have, which means more practice and more relaxation, which leads to . . . more bottom time!

 

[corvettejoe]

Congrats! That's a really good improvement for a new diver.

The goal is to get to where you're breathing just as if you were laying on a couch watching TV.
Whatever that may be... don't let those numbers discourage you if they don't drop any more, or someone has a better rate than you.
I do a lot of diving and I wouldn't consider mine great compared to other friends... but then again, we're all physically different too, so mine is pretty good for me.

 

[mrokern]

Thanks for the support, everyone!

I'm hitting the water every chance I get right now, before our lakes here in Minnesota flip back to crazy cold...then I'll have to book trips south. ;-)

 

[Kevrumbo]

Start practicing how to utilize this SAC rate (or SCR --Surface Consumption Rate) on pre-dive gas planning & management, and real-time gas monitoring during your dive. You should know what your SPG is going to read before you even look at it to check, for a particular time interval like 5 or 10 minutes at a particular depth.

It's much easier to perform the above calculations on-the-fly if you convert over and stay with the Metric System. . .

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