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Cmdr. Eric Johnson conducting a dive in Hawaii during his time aboard NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai.

NOAA Diving Program operations were featured in one of NOAA's "postcards from the field" on February 20, 2018. The postcard highlighted work performed by the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program.

ENS Nicole Chappelle and ST Shane Mallory prepare for a hull maintenance dive on NOAA Ship Hi’ialakai.

A view of the hyperbaric chamber which is normally used on NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai, inside its container at the Inouye Regional Center in Hawaii.

NOAA Diver and Diving Medical Technician Stephen Matadobra was instrumental in setting up the Hi'ilakai chamber at the Inouye Regional Center in Honolulu, HI in November 2017.

NOAA Diver Stephen Matadobra setting up the hyperbaric chamber, which is normally used aboard NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai, at the Inouye Regional Center.

DMO Capt. Joel Dulaigh (left of easel) and NOAA Safety Officer Joe Duran (right of easel) lead a breakout session at the Diver Fatigue Workshop in Hawaii (November 7 & 8, 2017).

NOAA Divers conduct diving operations at Pagan Island, in the Mariana Islands archipelago during this year’s RAMP: Joao Garriques pulls in diver Rhonda Suka after a towboard survey while Kaylyn McCoy remains behind the helm.

Learn more about the life of a NOAA Corps officer and NOAA diver.

The small boat Metal Shark and crew (Rich Hinostroza, Joao Garriques, Andrew Gray, James Morioka, Kerry Reardon) alongside NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai with a derelict fish aggregation device they recovered from a reef.