Dive Stats: "Average" depth lower than "Minimum" depth

[Lutz Vieweg]

On 05/30/2014 09:24 AM, Rick Walsh wrote:
> Average should be the actual average depth.

Hmm... that is not a conclusive definition, though.

Do you think that "actual average" should be the
average of the maximal depths of multiple dives,
dividing the sum of those maximal depths by the
number of dives, or should those depths be weighted
by the duration of those multiple dives?

And BTW: Some dive computers continue to record
samples as long as they are in "dive" mode", even
if the DC is just 0.5m below the surface while the
diver is waiting for a boat pickup. Other dive
computers start/stop recording samples at 1.5m
depth.
This makes a whole lot of difference to the
(IMHO questionable) value of the "average depth"
computation.

Regards,

Lutz Vieweg