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Learn the basics of surface supplied diving and get certified to dive surface supplied.

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Learn the basics US Coast Guard rules for surface supplied diving.

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Surface Supplied Diving Instruction and Consultation

As a Surface Supplied Diving Instructor Trainer for Technical Diving International (TDI), our team of specialists offers Surface Supplied Training and Certification including: Surface Supplied Tender, Surface Supplied Diver, Surface Supplied Operator, Surface Supplied Nitrox Diver Course along with Surface Supplied Diving Instructor Certifications.

Surface supplied diving refers to divers using equipment supplied with breathing gas using an umbilical from the surface, often from a diving support vessel but possibly, indirectly via a diving chamber or bell. SCUBA, which is commonly used in recreational diving, is the main alternative to surface supplied diving equipment.

Surface supplied diving equipment and techniques are mainly used in professional diving or military diving due to the increased cost and complexity of buying and operating the equipment. This type of equipment is used in saturation diving. Divers almost always wear diving helmets or full face diving masks when being supplied from the surface. Surface supplied divers also use the spherical helmet with brass and glass windows of the historical standard diving dress.
 

Surface supplied diving equipment usually includes communication capability with the surface, which adds to the efficiency of the working diver. The surface supplied diver is less likely to have "out-of-air" emergencies because when a cylinder supplying the umbilical is exhausted it can be removed and replaced with a full one at the surface without the diver even realizing the change.