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DACOR recommends that divers never exceed the
maximum permitted depth for their qualification.
Diving below 130 feet (40 meters) or outside the
no-decompression limits significantly increases the
risk of decompression sickness.
Always ascend several minutes before going into DEC
mode, and allow yourself even more time in the case
of cold water conditions, repetitive dives deeper
than 60 feet (18 m), or for any dive involving
unusually high exertion. Failure to do this will
increase your risk of decompression sickness.
Do not compress your DARWIN computer in a
hyperbaric chamber. The instrument can be
seriously damaged if it is not submerged in water.
!
WARNING
Never fly within 24 hours of your last
dive, or in any case wait until the
DARWIN <no-fly> indication disappears.
!
WARNING
NEVER use your COMPUTER or any other
dive computer for repetitive "square
profile" dives (dives to the same or nearly
the same depth) deeper than 60 feet (18
m). This is an unsafe diving practice
which will greatly increase your risk of
DCS, regardless of what your COMPUTER
reads.
!
WARNING
NEVER dive alone. DARWIN cannot
replace the assistance provided by a
diving buddy.
!
WARNING
NEVER dive deeper than 130 feet (40 m)
or do planned decompression dives with
the COMPUTER unless you are a trained
and certified technical diver (IANTD, TDI,
ANDI, PSA, etc.) familiar with the skills
and risks of deep air diving, and licensed
at least to the level of Deep Air diving for
depths beyond 130 feet (40 m). Even
with this level of certification and
experience, this type of technical dive
entails a much higher risk of DCS,
regardless of the dive table or computer
used. You must be aware of and willing to
accept these risks before attempting such
a dive.
!
WARNING
Recreational divers should NOT dive
deeper than 40m (130 ft). Although this
computer will continue to provide
information for compressed-air dives
deeper than 40m (130 ft.), the risk of
nitrogen narcosis and decompression
sickness (DCS) is greatly increased;
therefore this information should be
treated as only approximate.
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