Lessons Learned
This section includes case studies of diving related incidents at NOAA and other comparable agencies.
An experienced NOAA Diver describes the events that led to his recent out of air incident and discusses ways to prevent another incident.
During a multi-day, high tempo mission, a diver ran out of air and was assisted to the surface by his dive buddies.
A habitat evaluation dive was interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a tug.
A recent incident involved two divers that had surfaced from a dive, remaining afloat on the surface and undetected by topside support for 55 minutes.