Articles

Dr. Morgan Wells, a pioneer in the diving world and founding director of the NOAA Diving Program, passed away on July 28, 2017.

In this issue: Annual Report, Divers Honored, Shore Recalls, Dive Log, O2 Certificates, Field Trainers, NDC Classes, PII, Non-NOAA Divers Using NOAA Vessels, T-Shirt Design Contest, Field Stories.

A team of NOAA divers from NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown serviced a series of buoys at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
NOAA Diving Program Partners With the University of Hawai’i to Teach Underwater Surveying Techniques

Students from the University of Hawai'i (UH) received hands-on training for the the UH Marine Archaeology Surveying Techniques course.
Suunto announced a recall of its wireless tank pressure transmitters and tank PODs.

NOAA recently completed a two-week sampling mission from June 12-23, 2017 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

In this issue: NDSSM, shore dive recalls?, Field Trainers, Tethered coms, new UDS, back-mounted BCD, ace your DUSA, hyperbaric chambers at NDC, next NDCSB meeting, T-Shirt contest, submit questions.

The NOAA Diving Center has five functioning hyperbaric chambers on site.

State-of-the-art facility in Lakeland ensures NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center will continue to provide high-quality data about our environment, including severe weather.

In this Issue: Report from the NDCSB Annual Meeting, NDC upcoming classes, NDP T-Shirt Design Contest open to NOAA Divers (you could win one!), wanted: NOAA Diver photos and stories.