From: jcv26@cas.org (Jon Vander Hill)
Subject: US Techinical Diving Resource List (Long)
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:01:43 GMT


Sorry, but it took awhile to compile this list.
I'll attempt to keep it current, if there's interest.
Would this be a useful addition to the rec.scuba FAQ?

Jon Vander Hill
jon@cas.org

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The following is a compilation of resources intended for those
interested in receiving training or engaging in technical diving.
Technical diving is loosely defined as diving beyond accepted
recreational limits (i.e. no-decompression diving on air to
depths no deeper than 130').  

This list is for informational purposes and should not be considered
an endorsement of any of these organizations, facilities or
individuals.  This list is at present limited to organizations and
facilities in the United States.

Corrections and updates to this list are appreciated.

*********************** References **************************

Gilliam, Bret, Robert Von Maier, John Crea and Darren Webb,
_Deep Diving: An Advanced Guide to Physiology, Procedures, and Systems_
(1992) Watersport Publishing, Inc.

_Underwater Speleology_, vol 19, no 2, March/April 1992

_The NACD Journal_, vol 24 no 2, Spring 1992

******************** Training Organizations ************************

The National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section (NSS-CDS)
Training Chairman: Lamar Hires
Rt. 14, Box 162
Lake City, FL 32055
(904) 752-1087 (bus)
(904) 755-5913 (res)
-- A list of NSS-CDS instructors and brochure describing
NSS-CDS training is available upon request; publish _Underwater
Speleology_.

The National Association of Cave Diving (NACD)
Training Director: Tom Mount
1545 N.E. 104th Street
Miami Shores, FL 33138
(305) 754-1027
-- A list of NACD instructors and brochure describing
NACD training is available upon request; publish _The NACD Journal_.

******************** Training Facilities ************************

Aqua Speleo
(Steve Gerrard)
PO Box 20006
Tallahassee, FL 32316
(904) 877-8196 (bus)
(904) 561-8075 (fax)
-- Cave diving instruction, NACD, NSS-CDS; trips to Akumal, Mexico

Bellingham Dive-N-Travel
(Larry Elsevier)
2720 West Maplewood Ave.
Bellingham, WA 98225
(206) 734-1770
(800) 338-6341
-- A full-service dive facility specializing in Nitrox training.

Hyperbarics International, Inc.
(Dick Rutkowski)
490 Caribbean Drive
Key Largo, FL 33037
(305) 451-2551
-- Advanced training programs for Nitrox diving, recompression
chamber operation, dive accident management, etc.  On site
training chamber; also available as traveling lecture series.

ISC Management Corporation
(Ed Betts)
74 Woodcleft Ave.
Freeport, NY 11520
(516) 546-2026
-- Nitrox and mixed gas training, equipment outfitting.

Key West Diver: High-Tech Training Center
(Bill Deans)
MM 4.5 US 1
Stock Island, FL 33040
(305) 294-7177
(800) 873-4937
-- Training programs for air and mixed gas.  Equipment outfitting.
Lecture and practical training anywhere in the US.

Ocean Tech
(Bret Gilliam)
3098 Mere Point Rd.
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 442-0998
-- Training programs for air and mixed gas.  Recompression chamber
operation, oxygen administration, accident management, deep U/W
photography, and equipment outfitting.

Professional Scuba Association
(Hal Watts)
2219 E. Colonial Dr.
Orlando, FL 32803
(407) 896-4541
-- Training in deep air diving in private Forty Fathom Grotto

Submariner Research, Ltd.
(John Crea)
Box 1906
Bainbridge, GA 31717
(912) 246-9349
-- Mixed gas workshops and deep diver training in cave environments

Under H2O Services
(Darren Webb)
5800 Lake Murray Blvd., Suite 4
La Mesa, CA 91942
(619) 464-5662
-- Deep diver training programs, scientific diving services

Undersea Systems
(Robert Von Maier)
PO Box 3620
Escondido, CA 92033
(619) 471-8544
(619) 989-1078
-- Deep and stage decompression diving instruction;
U/W self-sufficiency courses

******************** Specialized Equipment ************************

Dive Rite Manufacturing
(Mark Leonard)
Rt 14, Box 136
Lake City, FL 32055
(904) 752-1087
-- Specialized manufacturer of doubles, BCDs, line reels, lights,
and accessories

English Engineering, Inc.
(Lamar English)
Rt 3, Box 54
Greenville, FL 32331
(904) 948-3311
-- Custom U/W lights rated to extreme depths (850+ fsw), line reels
and DPVs.

ISC Management Corporation
(see address above)
-- Full engineering consulting for any high-pressure applications, 
air-compressors, oil-free systems, etc.

Key West Diver
(see address above)
-- Specialized deep diving equipment, DPV's, lights and thermal suits

Ocean Tech
(see address above)
-- Consulting for specialized deep diving systems and
compressor/filling systems.  Oxygen equipment and recompression
chambers.  Vessel design, construction, operation and management.

Underwater Applications Corporation
(Randy Bohrer)
427-3 Amherst St., Suite 345
Nashua, NH 03063
-- Specialized deep diving equipment, oxygen-clean breathing
systems, booster pumps, oxygen analyzers and custom tables.

******************** Custom Tables ************************

Hamilton Research, Ltd.
(Bill Hamilton)
80 Grove Street
Tarrytown, NY 10591
(914) 631-9194

Submariner Research, Ltd.
(see address above)

Underwater Applications Corporation
(see address above)



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