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NOS / Monitor National Marine Sanctuary

Dive Unit

Diving Unit Supervisor: Sean Cimilluca (757-591-7358) Location: Newport News, VA Website: http://monitor.noaa.gov/

OMAO / Diving Center

Dive Unit

Unit Diving Supervisor: Zachary Hileman (206-526-6936) Location: Seattle, WA Website: NOAA Diving Center

NOS / Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Dive Unit

Unit Diving Supervisor: John Bright (989-356-8805) Location: Alpena, MI Website: http://thunderbay.noaa.gov/

Pick up truck full of closed circuit rebreather bottles.

Bottles for Mixed Gas Rebreathers

June 18, 2014

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Closed Circuit Rebreather units lined up for a class

Summary A NOAA Diver using a closed circuit rebreather (CCR) recently experienced a persistent creep in their PO2 while diving and, after trying a diluent flush, decided to bail out to open circuit as a precaution and end...

Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) Units

June 12, 2014

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NOAA diver collecting a new species of sea horse and dragonet fish inside a plastic bag

NOAA Diving Program supports deeper dives

October 22, 2015

Media: Article

Last September, NOAA Divers dove to the deepest depths any NOAA Diver has yet reached, down to a maximum of 300 feet, to survey areas around the North Western Hawaiian Islands.