For several reasons I’ve found myself diving (with SCUBA) in inland lakes on altitude. Due to the lower atmospheric pressure, altitude diving requires different depth calculations. There are diving tables and computer software that help divers to plan a safe dive. Although, I’ve though of making my “quick and dirty” script for calculating the theoretical ocean depth of an altitude dive, the depth of the safety stop at altitude as well as the best NITROX mix at the given altitude for PO2 of 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6.
The scripts accepts only two parameters: the altitude and the depth. For instance, for a dive at 1350m altitude and 30m depth:
./calcDepth.sh 1350 30 ======================================================= Every individual diver is responsible for planning and conducting dives using SCUBA equipment up to the trained and certified qualification he or she holds. The creator of this program does not have any responsibility for symptoms of Decompressions Sickness when the suggested values of this program are used for conducting a dive. ======================================================== Altitude: 1350 m Depth: 30 mfw Pressure: .86 atm TOD: 33.65900 msw Safety Stop: 4.45 mfw Best NITROX mix with 1.2 PO2: 27.00 Best NITROX mix with 1.4 PO2: 32.00 Best NITROX mix with 1.6 PO2: 36.00
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#!/bin/bash
MSW=10.0584
MFW=10.3632
SSDSW=5
ALT=$1
Da=$2
disclaimer()
{
echo "
=======================================================
Every individual diver is responsible for planning
and conducting dives using SCUBA equipment up to the
trained and certified qualification he or she holds.
The creator of this program does not have any
responsibility for symptoms of Decompressions Sickness
when the suggested values of this program are used
for conducting a dive.
========================================================
"
}
if [ -z $ALT ] || [ -z $Da ]; then
echo " Specify altitude and depth: ./calcDepth.sh 1350 24"
exit 1
else
clear
Pa=`echo "100-(0.01*$ALT)" | bc`
TOD=`echo "scale=5; ($Da*(1/$Pa)*($MSW/$MFW))*100" | bc`
SSDA=`echo "scale=2; ($SSDSW*($Pa/1)*($MFW/$MSW))/100" | bc`
PAatm=`echo "scale=2; $Pa/100" | bc`
N1=`echo "scale=2; 100*(1.2/(($TOD/10)+1))" | bc`
N2=`echo "scale=2; 100*(1.4/(($TOD/10)+1))" | bc`
N3=`echo "scale=2; 100*(1.6/(($TOD/10)+1))" | bc`
echo
disclaimer
echo
printf "Altitude: \t$ALT m\n"
printf "Depth: \t\t$Da mfw\n"
printf "Pressure: \t$PAatm atm\n"
printf "TOD: \t\t$TOD msw\n"
printf "Safety Stop: \t$SSDA mfw\n\n"
printf "Best NITROX mix with 1.2 PO2: $N1\n"
printf "Best NITROX mix with 1.4 PO2: $N2\n"
printf "Best NITROX mix with 1.6 PO2: $N3\n\n"
exit 0
fi
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