Equipment Used by SCRET
Doing this type of extreme diving is very gear intensive. It begins with a diver’s personal gear and extends all the way to the vehicles used to get divers to the dive site.
Major equipment used on SCRET exploration dives:
Exploration diving is extremely gear-intensive
- Scooter - Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) - Tows divers - Allows divers to operate in current
- Cylinders - Double steel cylinders - Isolation manifold - Stage/deco bottles - Clipped on harness
- Regulators - One regulator/cylinder - Redundant air source that can be isolated in an emergency - High performance for easy breathing at depth
- Drysuit - Tri-laminate or crushed neoprene - Consistent buoyancy characteristics - Combine with thermal insulation undergarments and argon for warmth - NO NEOPRENE
- Lift Bag - Up-line - Marker device for surface support - Decompression platform - Raising submerged objects