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Chapter 6- Dive Planning and Recording Dive Planning and Recording 155 When you are checking your equipment and packing for your dive, consider taking extra gear along if you have it. If you have a group going on a trip, the members of the trip might be able to bring along an extra regulator, buoyancy compensator, fins, mask, and snorkel among them. It is much easier to switch to another piece of gear than to fix a piece of gear in the field. When you are planning the direction of your dive, be sure to consider an alternate route or alternate exit point to be used if conditions change while you are on your dive. Be sure to consider what you will do if your buddy has a problem under water. Verify What You Have Learned Review the following questions about contingency planning: 18. When you choose your site, you should also choose an __________________ or an _______________________. 19. When you plan the route of your dive, you should also consider ____________________________. RECORDING YOUR DIVE After each dive, you should record information from your dive in your logbook (figure 6-6). There are spaces on your logbook pages in which you record: • The number of your dive. • The date. • The water visibility. • Your starting air pressure. • Your ending air pressure. • Your deepest depth. On the right side of the NAUI Logbook pages are three boxes for recording your diving hours. Use these to keep a running total of your dive time. The number in the Start box is the same as the number in the Total box from your previous dive. The number in the Dive Time box is the number of minutes from your current dive. Add the number of minutes from your current dive FIGURE 6-4. AS A TEAM, YOU MUST DECIDE AND AGREE ON YOUR ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS AND YOUR DIVE PATTERN. FIGURE 6-5. ALWAYS PLAN YOUR DIVE AND THEN DIVE YOUR PLAN. to your total from the Start box and put the new total in the Total box. Underneath the boxes are lines to record: • The location of your dive. • The name of your buddy. • Remarks about the dive. Your remarks about the dive can include information such as the diving suit and the amount of weight you were wearing, the cylinder size, whether you liked the site, what you saw, and so on.


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