Planning with time constraints
and what to consider. 
 

Planning the overall timing of arrival at the boat, preparing the equipment, entering the water for both dives and returning to the docks is scheduled to allow the most enjoyment out of diving offshore.

There is a certain time schedule that must be followed to allow best for all events on a trip:

1) Boarding and : All scuba units are assembled and checked out before . 6:30 depart 7:00 am past the jetties
2) Travel time to rigs ranges from one and half hours to two and half hours. No moving or assembly of equipment is allowed. 9:00 am
3) Thirty minute before docking to the rig divers make final preparation, including mask around neck or in place, weight belt in place, and air is turned on on scuba units. Crew secures rigging and sets up tag lines. Then first two buddy teams in water on each side of boat. 9:20 am
4) Divers begin descent 10:00 am for a multilevel dive of 30 minutes bottom time and a 3 to 5 minute safety stop. 10:40 am 
5) Surface interval of 2 hours and 30 minutes starts at 10:40 and ends at 1:10 with the divers starting the next dive. This timing is most important with the decent not starting latter than 1:50 pm. Those divers not in the water and starting the decent by 1:50 must alter the dive profiles to not more than 20 minutes of bottom. 
6) End of second dive 2:30 and start boarding boat and stowing gear. 
7) Boat departs Flat form at 3:15 at latest for a two and half hour boat ride back to dock.
8) Arrive at dock 5:65 pm start cleaning fish and unloading/cleaning boat. Finished about 7:00 pm 
9) Eat dinner at restraint and start drive back to Houston. Depart boat area 8:00 pm. Home about 9:30 to 10:30 depending on traffic