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Guidelines for Using the Monitor 3 Air
The following guidelines for using the Monitor 3 Air are
derived from the latest medical research and the recom-
mendations of the American Academy of Underwater
Sciences for diving with dive computers. Following these
guidelines will increase your safety while diving, but cannot
guarantee that decompression sickness will not occur.
1. In accordance with the recommended maximum diving
limit of all instructional agencies, do not dive deeper
than 130 feet (40 meters).
2. Do not use the Monitor 3 Air for planned decompres-
sion diving. The decompression algorithm contained in
the Monitor 3 Air should be used only for emergency or
unintended decompression.
The Monitor 3 Air is a technically advanced tool based on a
biophysical model of decompression theory. However,
neither it nor any other diving computer (or table) can
actually monitor the physical changes that occur in your
body as you dive. Each diver varies in his or her susceptibil-
ity to decompression sickness, and that susceptibility may
vary from day to day. Decompression modeling is an inexact
science; it is based, at least partly, on certain unproven
assumptions. Therefore, you must dive responsibly and to
carefully follow all standard safe diving practices as well as
the warnings and cautions contained in this manual.
3. On all no-decompression dives with the Monitor 3 Air,
make a safety stop for three to five minutes between 10
and 30 feet (3 and 12 m) before surfacing.
4. Never use the Monitor 3 Air for repetitive, “rectangular”
dives deeper than 60 feet (18 meters). A rectangular
dive is a dive that is performed for its duration at a
uniform depth.
5. Always make the deepest dive of the day first when
repetitive dives are planned, and for each successive
dive make sure that the deepest portion of that dive is
done at the beginning of the dive.