PADI Open Water - Section 5
The recommended general depth and time for a safety stop is: - correct answer 5
meters/15 feet for 3 minutes
The purpose of a safety stop is: - correct answer to give your body extra time to
eliminate nitrogen and to allow you to stabilize and control your ascent.
A safety stop is considered required when: - correct answer you dive to 30 meters/
100 feet or deeper, you reach any limit on your table or computer and your dive
comes within three pressure groups of an NDL on the RDP.
If you exceed your no decompression limit (NDL) by less than 5 minutes when using
the RDP you should: - correct answer slowly ascend to 5 meters/15 feet and make
an eight minute stop, then not dive for at least six hours.
If you exceed your no decompression limit or adjusted no decrompression limit by
more than 5 minutes when using the RDP, you should: - correct answer slowly
ascend to 5 meters/15 feet and make a stop for at least 15 minutes, air supply
permitting, then not dive for at least 24 hours.
If you exceed the no decompression limit of your dive computer, make an
emergency decompression stop as it directs in its decompression mode and do not
make a repetitive dive. True or False - correct answer True
When using the RDP you need to use special dive procedures above what altitude? -
correct answer 300 meters/ 1000 feet
The minimum recommended conditions you plan your dive as though: - correct
answer it were 4 meters/10 feet deeper than acutal.
The minimum recommended surface interval for flying after diving is: - correct
answer 12 hours
