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Resources for Active ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø Divers

Research Diving Program
Forms & Procedures
Updated forms coming soon. Contact the DSO if you require a form before it's posted.
AAUS Medical Form
Diving Safety Manual
Dive Plan (Important: You need DSO approval 48 hours prior to ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø diving activities)
Research Diving Project Plan
Dive Program Packet (waiver, photo release, etc)

Equipment

The Dive Locker (located at the Aquatic Center on campus) houses a full suite of diving equipment to outfit students and active scientific divers for their training and scientific work. These items are accessible to enrolled students and active scientific divers:

  1. Regulator Sets - Zeagle Envoy II First and Second Stage, instrumentation in a gauge cluster
  2. BCDs - (Zeagle Resort PLUS) Jacket-style BCD
  3. Skin Diving Gear - Mask, Fins, Snorkel
  4. Exposure Protection - 7 mm one-piece suits, hooded vests, booties, gloves
  5. Dive Lights - Big Blue
  6. Weight Systems (Harnesses & Belts) and Lead Weight
  7. Scuba Cylinders - AL80, LP85, HP80, HP100
  8. Sampling Specific Equipment - Transect tapes, Quadrats, Cameras
  9. Emergency Equipment - Oxygen Units, First Aid Kits, Surface Signaling Devices

Dives are encouraged to use their own diving equipment, if applicable. Prior to use in the ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø dive program, divers must submit to the DSO a receipt of purchase (brand new equipment) or proof of annual service for the following personal equipment:

  1. Regulator Set - First & Second Stages, Submersible Pressure Gauge, Depth Gauge, Hoses
  2. Buoyancy Compensator Device
  3. Dive Computer
  4. Drysuit: Must demonstrate proficiency and produce dive logs verified by a dive professional in waters and conditions similar to Monterey Bay