Using the Recreational Diver Planner for multi-level diving.

Abstract

Both the PADI Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) and the PADI Wheel are table-based implementations of the DSAT Rogers-Powell model. Since they use the same model, it should be possible to use the RDP to compute multi-level profiles which are consistent with those allowed by the Wheel. This paper presents the derivation and verification of a concise set of rules which maintain all parameters of the underlying model. These very simple rules allow one to use the RDP to compute multi-level profiles which are at least as safe as those permitted by the Wheel.