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    A dive computer, personal decompression computer or decompression meter is a device used by an underwater diver to measure the elapsed time and depth during...
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    rate earlier in the dive, and the bottom time must be reduced accordingly. In the case of real-time monitoring by dive computer, descent rate is not...
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    purpose of the dive, which may include a snorkel when swimming on the surface, a cutting tool to manage entanglement, lights, a dive computer to monitor decompression...
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    particular dive profile, decompression tables for more general use, or be implemented in dive computer software. During the 1980s the US recreational diving community...
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    prevent it, and divers almost universally use decompression schedules or dive computers to limit their exposure and to monitor their ascent speed. If DCS is...
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  • (dive gear) Scuba masks, fins, diver propulsion vehicles, dive lights. Apple – American multinational technology company – Dive computers. AQA (dive gear)...
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    decompression in 1983 that killed four divers and one dive tender, as well as critically injuring another dive tender. Built as Deep Sea Driller, it was the first-of-class...
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    Diving equipment, or underwater diving equipment, is equipment used by underwater divers to make diving activities possible, easier, safer and/or more...
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    safe use of dive computers that was generally accepted by the scuba diving community, and consequently the opposition to dive computers dissipated, numerous...
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  • Death of Linnea Mills (category Underwater diving deaths)
    2020, PADI Open Water Diver Linnea Rose Mills drowned during a training dive in Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana, while using an unfamiliar...
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    personal dive computer. Several common types of dive profile are specifically named, and these may be characteristic of the purpose of the dive. For example...
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    conservative method for measurement of compensated depth at altitude. Modern dive computers detect changes in altitude or accept it as a user input and automatically...
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    diver's watch has been superseded by the personal dive computer, which provides an automatically initiated dive timer function along with real-time decompression...
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    A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects. Basic requirements are the ability to keep station...
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  • decompression tables and in personal dive computers to compute no-decompression limits and decompression schedules for dives in real-time, allowing divers to...
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    read instruments such as dive computers and diving cylinder contents gauges, and potential separation from the rest of the diving group, boat, or shore cover...
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    Depth gauge (category Underwater diving safety equipment)
    bottom timer. An electronic depth gauge is an essential component of a dive computer. As the gauge only measures water pressure, there is an inherent inaccuracy...
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    Recreational diving or sport diving is diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment, usually when using scuba equipment. The term "recreational diving" may...
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    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...
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    profile dive where the diver spends the entire dive at one depth. Although this is much more conservative, dive computers provide much more dive time and...
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    A diving team is a group of people who work together to conduct a diving operation. A characteristic of professional diving is the specification for minimum...
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    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...
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    (DIR) is a holistic approach to scuba diving that encompasses several essential elements, including fundamental diving skills, teamwork, physical fitness...
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    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...
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  • Leandro, California, United States. Its products include dive computers, rebreathers and a novel diving mask incorporating a heads-up-display of information...
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    software used to plan the dive, The equipment used to control and monitor depth and dive time, such as: personal dive computers, depth gauges, and timers...
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    Dive planning is the process of planning an underwater diving operation. The purpose of dive planning is to increase the probability that a dive will be...
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    The diving reflex, also known as the diving response and mammalian diving reflex, is a set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the...
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    source, buddy checks, buddy or team diving procedures, dive planning, use of dive computers to monitor and record the dive profile and decompression status...
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    A diving regulator or underwater diving regulator is a pressure regulator that controls the pressure of breathing gas for underwater diving. The most...
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