In underwater diving, a downline is a piece of substantial cordage running from a point at the surface to the underwater workplace, and kept under some... 5 KB (686 words) - 11:35, 14 February 2024 |
Open water diving implies that if a problem arises, the diver can directly ascend vertically to the atmosphere to breathe air. Penetration diving—involving... 13 KB (1,576 words) - 07:46, 9 April 2024 |
Decompression equipment (redirect from Diving stage) jackstay. A downline used for open ocean diving is much the same as a shotline, but does not reach all the way to the bottom. An open-ocean downline is weighted... 59 KB (6,927 words) - 11:32, 29 March 2024 |
Jackstay (redirect from Jackstay (diving)) support and guide equipment for transport between two points. A downline is a diving jackstay from an anchor point at or above the surface to the underwater... 6 KB (730 words) - 10:23, 20 March 2021 |
The underwater diving environment, or just diving environment is the natural or artificial surroundings in which a dive is done. It is usually underwater... 55 KB (5,642 words) - 11:49, 16 April 2024 |
A diving shot line, shot line, or diving shot, a type of downline or descending line (US Navy), is an item of diving equipment consisting of a ballast... 17 KB (2,497 words) - 09:48, 28 March 2024 |
diving) (DIR) – Technical diving safety philosophy Donald, Kenneth William – British expert on underwater and exercise physiology. Downline (diving) –... 94 KB (23,311 words) - 12:44, 5 April 2024 |
Diving support equipment is the equipment used to facilitate a diving operation. It is either not taken into the water during the dive, such as the gas... 5 KB (1,111 words) - 06:45, 12 February 2023 |
Byford Dolphin (redirect from Byford Dolphin diving bell accident) Sea, four divers were in a diving chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell. The divers were Edwin... 19 KB (1,868 words) - 15:43, 23 April 2024 |
safety of breathable atmosphere at the surface. Cave diving, wreck diving, ice diving and diving inside or under other natural or artificial underwater... 19 KB (2,420 words) - 09:37, 23 February 2024 |
Rebreather diving is underwater diving using diving rebreathers, a class of underwater breathing apparatus which recirculate the breathing gas exhaled... 151 KB (20,744 words) - 16:49, 3 April 2024 |
Surface-supplied diving is a mode of underwater diving using equipment supplied with breathing gas through a diver's umbilical from the surface, either... 112 KB (13,892 words) - 12:59, 9 March 2024 |
Diving equipment, or underwater diving equipment, is equipment used by underwater divers to make diving activities possible, easier, safer and/or more... 56 KB (6,050 words) - 15:18, 31 March 2024 |
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) is a recreational diving membership and diver training organization founded in 1966 by John Cronin... 29 KB (2,457 words) - 10:11, 2 April 2024 |
diver may dive on breath-hold (freediving) or use breathing apparatus for scuba diving or surface-supplied diving, and the saturation diving technique... 192 KB (16,745 words) - 20:38, 10 March 2024 |
Deep diving is underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm accepted by the associated community. In some cases this is a prescribed limit established... 71 KB (5,778 words) - 15:21, 23 March 2024 |
Standard diving dress, also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment, deep sea diving suit or heavy gear, is a type of diving suit that was formerly... 81 KB (10,927 words) - 23:05, 17 March 2024 |
Freediving (redirect from Free diving) Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving, is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing... 73 KB (5,804 words) - 12:09, 24 April 2024 |
live-boat diving). There are a range of specialised procedures for boat diving, which include water entry and exit, avoiding injury by the dive boat, and... 50 KB (6,446 words) - 23:21, 6 April 2024 |