Technical diving demands a variety of equipment. Backplates with a harness, for instance, are made of stainless steel, carbon fiber, or aluminum. Diver gear that isn't technical includes lights, rebreathers stage tanks, safety boss buoys, bailout bottles, and dive knives. These items are essential for your safety and comfort while you dive.
Technical divers often use the following equipment:
Technical divers often use equipment that is more advanced than recreational divers. These equipment can be used under hazardous conditions. They also have sophisticated computers that allow them to monitor their decompression and other dive related data. Multigas dive computers enable divers to control their decompression and change gas blends while diving. Submersible pressure gags are also vital. They help divers check the amount of air in their tanks. Dry suits are important for long-duration diving and offer insulation. Another diving equipment is a slate, compasses, and delayed-surface marker buoy. A decompression trapeze can help divers maintain correct depth during in-water decompression stops. To transport the equipment, a lift bag can also be used.
Other equipment used by technical divers includes a full face mask that covers the diver's nose, mouth, and eyes. It can also be used to lift the diver from the water. Other items that technical divers may need include a shotline and a buddy line. A shotline can be a line attached to a gun weight to give divers a point of reference during their descent. A buddyline is used to connect two divers in the sea and prevent them from becoming separated. A jonline ties the diver onto a shotline. An underwater marker buoy marks the divers' position to those at the surface.
Equipment used by ice divers
To ensure their safety, divers use multiple types equipment. Two first-stage regulators are used by ice divers. It allows divers to swap between the two regulators without needing a second tank. When the first stage regulator is damaged, the diver simply needs to attach the second-stage controller to the broken one. Ice divers frequently use double tanks which offer redundant air delivery and supplies.
While ice diving, support personnel must be available above the ice. The safety line is clipped to the diver's harness and acts as a communication device in case of an emergency. The safety rope can reach 150 feet. The two-person team might use separate lines in some instances. The line tenders need to be protected from heat and can have to go into the water in the event that the diver gets separated.
Before going ice diving, teams must prepare the area by cutting a hole in the Ice. Although the most common tool for cutting ice is the chainsaw it must be properly used. It is important to make the hole smooth so that there are no injuries to equipment or divers. Many ice divers prefer to use triangle-shaped holes for safer entry or exit.
Equipment used by divers for decompression
When diving underwater, decompression divers need to use special equipment. This equipment includes a multigas dive computer, which tracks decompression requirements and allows the diver to switch between the two types of gases in a cylinder. A submersible pressure gauge is available to show the remaining air in a cylinder. Other equipment used by decompression divers includes a dry suit, which provides insulation during long dives.
A diver can also use equipment that connects directly to a support platform. Divers can use this equipment to adjust the stop depth and monitor their depth. The umbilical supplies the diving gas to the helmet. It can also include two-way communications, depth measurement tubes, cameras, hot water, and hot water for warming the dive suit.
The jonline, another piece of equipment decompression divers need to use, is a very important tool. It is a long straight line used to guide divers during search and work sessions. A lifting bag is another important piece of equipment. This is an airtight bag which is attached to a heavy line and suspended at bottom of diving chamber. These tools are used by divers to lift heavy objects from deep seawater and use them for floats once they have been filled with air. The shot line is used by decompression divers to help them navigate to and from the surface.