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Appendix
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No-Decompression
III
AirDive
Air DiveTable
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CHART 1 DIVE TIMES WITH END-OF-DIVE GROUP LETTER. . . . III-1

CHART 2 SURFACE INTERVAL TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
CHART 3 REPETITIVE DIVE TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
 NOAA NO-DECOMPRESSION
AIR DIVE TABLE
CHART 1 Ñ DIVE TIMES WITH END-OF-DIVE GROUP LETTER

WARNING: EVEN STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THESE

DEPTH 00
MAXIMUM DIVE TIME REQUIRING DECOMPRESSION 00
CHARTS WILL NOT GUARANTEE AVOIDANCE OF NO-STOP TIME MINUTES REQUIRED AT 10 fsw STOP (3msw) 00
msw fsw
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS. CONSERVATIVE USAGE
IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
12 40 5 15 25 30 40 50 70 80 100 110 130 150 170 200
120 160
15 50 10 15 25 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
RNT RESIDUAL NITROGEN TIME 5 21
70 80 100
+ ABT ACTUAL BOTTOM TIME 18 60 10 15 20 25 30 40 50 55 60 2 7 14
ESDT EQUIVALENT SINGLE DIVE TIME 22 70 5 10 15 20 30 35 40 45 50
60
8
70
14
80
18
(USE ESDT TO
50 60 70
DETERMINE
END-OF-DIVE 25 80 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 10 17 23
LETTER GROUP)
40 50 60
28 90 5 10 12 15 20 25 30 7 18 25
30 40
31 100 5 7 10 15 20 22 25 3 15
25 30
34 110 5 10 13 15 20 3 7
20 25 30
37 120 5 10 12 15 2 6 14
15 20 25
40 130 5 8 10 1 4 10

GROUP
40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 LETTER
7
193
6
94
5
55
4
46
4
36
3
27
3
22
3
17
3
12
3
7 A 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00
0:10 3:21 4:50 5:49 6:35
12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00
7:06 7:36 8:00 8:22 8:51 8:59 9:13 9:29
12:00
9:44
17
183
13
87
11
49
9
41
8
32
7
23
7
18
6
14
6
9
6
4 B 3:20
0:10
4:49
1:40
5:48
2:39
6:34
3:25
7:05
3:58
7:35
4:26
7:59
4:50
8:21
5:13
8:50
5:41
8:58
5:49
9:12
6:03
9:28
6:19
9:43
6:33

25
175
21
79
17
43
15
35
13
27
11
19
10
15
10
10
9
6
8
2 C 1:39
0:10
2:38
1:10
3:24
1:58
3:57
2:29
4:25
2:59
4:49
3:21
5:12
3:44
5:40
4:03
5:48
4:20
6:02
4:36
6:18
4:50
6:32
5:04

37
163
29
71
24
36
20
30
18
22
16
14
14
11
13
7
12
3
11
0 D 1:09
0:10
1:57
0:55
2:28
1:30
2:58
2:00
3:20
2:24
3:43
2:45
4:02
3:05
4:19
3:22
4:35
3:37
4:49
3:53
5:03
4:05
49
151
38
62
30
30
26
24
23
17
20
10
18
7
16
4
15
0
13
0 E 0:54
0:10
1:29
0:46
1:59
1:16
2:23
1:42
2:44
2:03
3:04
2:21
3:21
2:39
3:36
2:54
3:52
3:09
4:04
3:23

61
139
47
53
36
24
31
19
28
12
24
6
22
3
20
0
18
0
16
0 F 0:45
0:10
1:15
0:41
1:41
1:07
2:02
1:30
2:20
1:48
2:38
2:04
2:53
2:20
3:08
2:35
3:22
2:48
73
127
56
44
44
16
37
13
32
8
29
1
26
0
24
0
21
0
19
0 G 0:40
0:10
1:06
0:37
1:29
1:00
1:47
1:20
2:03
1:36
2:19
1:50
2:34
2:06
2:47
2:19

87
113
66
34
52
8
43
7
38
2
33
0
30
0
27
0
25
0
22
0 H 0:36
0:10
0:59
0:34
1:19
0:55
1:35
1:12
1:49
1:26
2:05
1:36
2:18
1:54

101
99
76
24
61
0
50
0
43
0
38
0
34
0
31
0
28
0
25
0 I 0:33
0:10
0:54
0:32
1:11
0:50
1:25
1:05
1:35
1:19
1:53
1:31
116
84
87
13
70
0
57
0
48
0
43
0
38
0 J 0:31
0:10
0:49
0:29
1:04
0:46
1:18
1:00
1:30
1:12

138
62
99
1
79
0
64
0
54
0
47
0
43
0 K 0:28
0:10
0:45
0:27
0:59
0:43
1:11
0:55

161
39
111
0
88
0
72
0
61
0
53
0
48
0 L 0:26
0:10
0:42
0:26
0:54
0:40
187
13
124
0
97
0
80
0
68
0
58
0
52
0 M 0:25
0:10
0:39
0:25
213
0
142
0
107
0
87
0
73
0
64
0
57
0 N 0:24
0:10

CHART 3 Ñ REPETITIVE DIVE TIME CHART 2 Ñ SURF ACE INTERVAL TIME

TOP NUMBERS (RED) ARE RESIDUAL NITROGEN TIMES, RNT
00
BOTTOM NUMBERS (BLACK) ARE ADJUSTED MAXIMUM DIVE TIME FOR A REPETITIVE DIVE WITH NO DECOMPRESSION
00
BLACK AREA: REQUIRES DECOMPRESSION

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