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...

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...

particular dive profile, decompression tables for more general use, or be implemented in dive computer software. During the 1980s the US recreational diving community...

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...

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...

(dive gear) Scuba masks, fins, diver propulsion vehicles, dive lights. Apple – American multinational technology company – Dive computers. AQA (dive gear)...

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...

Diving equipment, or underwater diving equipment, is equipment used by underwater divers to make diving activities possible, easier, safer and/or more...

safe use of dive computers that was generally accepted by the scuba diving community, and consequently the opposition to dive computers dissipated, numerous...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

decompression tables and in personal dive computers to compute no-decompression limits and decompression schedules for dives in real-time, allowing divers to...

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...

Recreational diving or sport diving is diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment, usually when using scuba equipment. The term "recreational diving" may...

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...

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...

diver's watch has been superseded by the personal dive computer, which provides an automatically initiated dive timer function along with real-time decompression...

(DIR) is a holistic approach to scuba diving that encompasses several essential elements, including fundamental diving skills, teamwork, physical fitness...

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...

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...

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...

Leandro, California, United States. Its products include dive computers, rebreathers and a novel diving mask incorporating a heads-up-display of information...

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

A diving regulator or underwater diving regulator is a pressure regulator that controls the pressure of breathing gas for underwater diving. The most...

source, buddy checks, buddy or team diving procedures, dive planning, use of dive computers to monitor and record the dive profile and decompression status...

safety of breathable atmosphere at the surface. Cave diving, wreck diving, ice diving and diving inside or under other natural or artificial underwater...