SAC Rate

[scubadada]

Nice bell-shaped curve (normal Gaussian distribution) around the median of 0.41-0.50 cu ft/min, as you would expect.

I just returned from T&C and for 13 wall dives in warm water, good visibility, no surprises (well a few of the sharks were a surprise), I had a SAC of just a shade under 0.4 cu ft/min. That's about as good as I ever do aside from a no work drift. On the other hand, stress (temperature, visibility, problems and surprises) and/or workload, can easily raise that by a factor of 2 or even 3 for me.

Good diving, Craig

 

[Pearldiver07]

My SAC rate varies very little, if at all, between warm and cold water. What impacts it noticeably is stress -- This weekend, diving with new divers with poor buoyancy control and in poor viz, it was 30% higher than normal. Running a reel sucks gas, too.

Amen,

I don't even like to think about my consumption rates when I'm chasing several students in dark, murky Texas lakes.

 

[Tigerman]

Amen,

I don't even like to think about my consumption rates when I'm chasing several students in dark, murky Texas lakes.

Still gonna be far lower than theirs anyways..