1. A planned underwater stop during ascent from a dive to allow nitrogen absorbed by the body to be safely eliminated, preventing decompression sickness
The diver made a decompression stop at 5 meters for 3 minutes before surfacing.
O mergulhador fez uma parada de descompressão a 5 metros por 3 minutos antes de subir à superfície.
2. A mandatory safety procedure in deep or long-duration diving where divers remain at specific depths for calculated times
Professional divers always follow their decompression stops as calculated by dive computers.
Os mergulhadores profissionais sempre seguem suas paradas de descompressão conforme calculado pelos computadores de mergulho.