A dive boat is a boat that recreational divers or professional scuba divers use to reach a dive site which they could not conveniently reach by swimming...

northeast coast on January 25th, 1998 during a group scuba-diving trip aboard MV Outer Edge. The boat crew did not note their absences until two days later...

(23 m) dive boat caught fire and eventually sank off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, California, United States, killing 34 of the 39 aboard. The boat was...

who go scuba diving while on vacation, only to find themselves stranded miles from shore in shark-filled waters when the crew of their boat accidentally...

dozens of dive boats operate every day with unevenly enforced safety regulations. Earlier in November 2024, 30 people were rescued from a sinking boat near...

extreme reality TV show on a cage diving excursion. Before they know it, a rogue wave capsizes and sinks their boat leaving them stranded in the ocean...

retail outlet with the expected range of equipment and filling facilities. Dive boats are a large capital expense, with high running costs. There are also health...

high risk hazards. Dive boat – Boat used for the support of scuba diving operations Commercial offshore diving – Professional diving in support of the...

training and diving experiences, generally by specialist providers known as dive centers, dive schools, live-aboard, day charter and basic dive boats. Legal...

exploring a German U-boat in 230 feet (70 m) of water off the coast of New Jersey. Although experienced in using technical diving gas mixtures such as...

nitrogen Dive boat – Boat used for the support of scuba diving operations Combat rubber raiding craft – Rubberised fabric tactical inflatable boat used by...

decompression illness Diving support vessels Dive boats Day boats, which may be rigid-hulled inflatable boats Live-aboard dive boat Dynamically positioned...

on the boat to the place they want to dive. Canoe or kayak diving gives the diver independence from dive boat operators, while allowing dives at sites...

Professional diving is underwater diving where the divers are paid for their work. Occupational diving has a similar meaning and applications. The procedures...

inflatable boat (RIB), also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB), is a lightweight but high-performance and high-capacity boat constructed...

research organization. It currently holds the records for the deepest crewed dives in all five oceans. Limiting Factor was commissioned by Victor Vescovo for...

commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can also result from other causes of depressurisation, such as emerging...

enclosed stairs, and a dive chamber at the bottom would be floated out over the Lusitania wreck and then sunk upright, with the dive chamber resting on the...

sometimes called the boating and diving course. It lasts eight weeks and covers specialist maritime skills such as canoeing, diving, boating, underwater navigation...

A diving suit is a garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment. A diving suit may also incorporate a breathing gas supply...

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and...

Center, after John Donnell, Sr. Also in 1994 the first Corinthian 45 dive boat, the BSA Tarpon joined the fleet. With generosity from Union Pacific CEO...

An atmospheric diving suit (ADS), or single atmosphere diving suit is a small one-person articulated submersible which resembles a suit of armour, with...

notify to any other boats to steer clear for the safety of the diver and to avert the possibility of a collision with the dive boat which may be unable...

The diving reflex, also known as the diving response and mammalian diving reflex, is a set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the...

accident. Diving support infrastructure for recreational diving includes dive buddies, charter boats, dive shops, schools etc. Professional diving support...

supervisor, dive leader or dive boat skipper to inform the attendees of the dive plan, contingency plans and emergency plans for the dive. The amount of detail...

and Colin Firth, respectively. Teignmouth Electron ended its days as a dive boat in the Caribbean and its decaying remains can still be found in the dunes...

recreational diving, team diving is the exception. Support functions are carried out by operators such as dive boat charter operators, dive shops and dive schools...

Cave-diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves. It may be done as an extreme sport, a way of exploring flooded caves for scientific investigation...