5.11. Deep stops

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.

NOTE

With Deep Stops on, the Recommended Safety Stops will still be

 

activated at the end of the dive.

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Suunto D4 manual Deep stops