Using preconfigured tablets underwater to increase data rate recording and improve dive efficiency

All underwater work carried out by divers is inherently inefficient because of the time limitations of the diving and the logistical cost of delivering the dive team to the point at which they can work. Work can be made more efficient through improvement of operational technique and often simple and inexpensive technology. Optimizing data and sample collection and team training are is a primary facet of determining operational procedures. Where observations are required, systematization of data observation and recording, which allow the observer a limited number of choices, can dramatically reduce data recording time required and also insure consistency of data. In addition, where accurate compilation of data by a number of observers having different skill levels or even different languages is required, systematization insures a broad consistency. Tablets configured for particular observations or to serve other purposes allow rapid data acquisition and transfer to computers for storage and analysis.