Suunto Vyper desat time

"Mark" <junk0604@bornplaydie.com> wrote in message
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>I have dived tables for 10 years and just bought a Suunto Vyper dive
> computer. According to the PADI RDP if I dive 40 feet for 60 minutes I
> am an 'N' diver. If I have a surface interval for longer than 5:19 I am
> a 'new' (not 'A') diver. I was under the impression that this is my
> desat time. Time to desaturation. I am aware that the Vyper displays
> the no-fly time, but does it display this desat time?

With the Vyper you can run a simulation. First print out the dive planner no deco
times and simulate this dive, then check at intervals if the dive planner shows the
same no deco times. When the two dive planner printouts match, that should be your
"desat time" for that dive by the Vyper.

My Oceanic Prodigy shows nitrogen loading bars which may give some indication of its
desat time (when the bars go to zero). Nevertheless the "desat" time is mathematical
concept that depends on the model, and you may still have increased risk of DCS even
after the "desat" time.

Adam