Code of Federal Regulations Title 46. Shipping 46 CFR Pt. 197, App. A—Air No–Decompression Limits

The following table gives the depth versus bottom time limits for single, no-decompression, air dives made within any 12–hour period. The limit is the maximum bottom time in minutes that a diver can spend at that depth without requiring decompression beyond that provided by a normal ascent rate of 60 fsw per minute. (Although bottom time is concluded when ascent begins, a slower ascent rate would increase the bottom time thereby requiring decompression.) An amount of nitrogen remains in the tissues of a diver after any air dive, regardless of whether the dive was a decompression or no-decompression dive. Whenever another dive is made within a 12–hour period, the nitrogen remaining in the blood and body tissues of the diver must be considered when calculating his decompression.