Deep Stops - Suunto D6 User Manual

WHEN CEILING AND STOP
ARE DISPLAYED, IMMEDIATELY
(WITHIN 3 MINUTES) DESCEND
TO OR BELOW CEILING.
If you continue to violate the Mandatory Safety Stop, the tissue calculation model is
affected and the dive computer shortens the available no-decompression time for your
next dive. In this situation, it is recommended that you prolong your surface interval
time before your next dive.

5.11. Deep stops

The Suunto D6 allows you to choose a Deep Stop algorithm instead of the traditional
Recommended Safety Stop. Deep Stops are safety stops that occur deeper than
traditional stops, with the purpose of minimizing microbubble formation and excitation.
The Suunto RGBM model calculates deep stops iteratively, placing the first stop about
halfway between the maximum depth and the ceiling depth. After the first Deep Stop
is completed, another Deep Stop will be prompted halfway to the ceiling, and so on
until the ceiling depth is reached.
The Deep Stop length can be set to 1 or 2 minutes.
Enabling the Deep Stops disables the Recommended Safety Stops, but Mandatory
Safety Stops due to continuous ascent rate violations, for example, are still prompted.
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