Serious question, why do we still trust decades-old decompression schedules?

They were made for ideal conditions. Real dives have currents and cold. It's a gamble every time.

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Whoa, hold on. They made these schedules for ideal, warm water? You're telling me my dives in 50 degree water at 80 feet are using the same math as some tropical test dive? That's... that's actually crazy.

ryan_hayes21mo ago

Froze my butt off following those warm water tables once.

amy8581mo ago

Wait, so @masona62 is right and they really used warm water for the baseline math? That's a huge difference in how your body works. No wonder people get bent following old rules.