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What is dangerous about deep sea diving?
Oxygen toxicity is usually a problem only encountered by deep divers who go below 135 feet. Like nitrogen, the body absorbs extra oxygen under increased underwater pressure as well. For most divers this is not a problem, but at extreme depths so much extra oxygen is absorbed that this life-giving gas becomes toxic.
Why is deep sea diving dangerous?
Defective Equipment. Many scuba divers do not own their own equipment, and are therefore reliant on renting equipment from the scuba diving operator who is conducting their dive trip. A broken depth gauge could lead to a mild case of decompression sickness, while a bad regulator might result in drowning.
Why do deep sea divers need helium gas?
Helium is the gas of choice to use because it is an inert gas, is thinner, therefore more compressible than air, and its narcotic properties are negligible in comparison to nitrogen. In a nutshell it allows a diver to go deeper for longer periods of time.
What are the dangers of diving?
Most dangers of scuba diving are effects of the increased water pressure under the sea, faulty equipment or the marine life. One of the dangers that people can experience when scuba diving is barotrauma. Barotrauma is damage done on the air pocket in the middle ear caused by the increased underwater pressure.
What is the deepest a diver has dived?
The deepest scuba dive was recorded at 332.35 meters (1090.45 feet). This was performed in 2014 in by Egyptian diver Ahmed Abdel Gabr. This dive was declared as the Guinness World Record for Mankind’s Deepest Dive. The world’s deepest wreck dive was recorded at 205 meters (676 feet) while diving in the Yolanda Wreck in Egypt.
What equipment does a deep sea diver need?
Low pressure breathing air compressors High pressure gas storage equipment Breathing gas distribution panels Diver’s umbilicals Diver voice communications equipment Gas reclaim system for deep heliox diving Gas blending systems
What does deep diving mean?
Deep diving. Deep diving has different meanings depending on the context. Even in recreational diving the meaning may vary: ⁕The Professional Association of Diving Instructors defines anything from 18 metres to 30 metres as a “deep dive”, and considers deep diving to be form of technical diving.