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Decompression stop
A decompression stop is a period of time a diver must spend at a constant depth in shallow water at the end of a dive to safely eliminate absorbed inert gases from the diver's body to avoid decompression sickness. The practice of making decompression stops is called staged decompression, as opposed to continuous decompression.
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