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Learn the basics of surface supply diving and get certified to dive surface supply.

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ERDI (Emergency Response Diving International) Surface Supply Diver Training »

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Learn public safety diving and the basics rules for surface supply diving.

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Learn the basics of TDI surface supply diving and get certified to dive surface supply.

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Surface Supply Diving Instruction and Consultation

As a Surface Supply Diving Instructor Trainer for Technical Diving International (TDI), our team of specialists offers Surface Supply Training and Certification including: Surface Supply Tender, Surface Supply Diver, Surface Supply Operator, Surface Supply Nitrox Diver Course along with Surface Supply Diving Instructor Certifications.

Surface supply diving refers to divers using equipment supply with breathing gas using an umbilical from the surface, often from a diving support vessel but possibly, indirectly via a diving chamber or bell. SCUBA, which is commonly used in recreational diving, is the main alternative to surface supply diving equipment.

Surface supply diving equipment and techniques are mainly used in professional diving or military diving due to the increased cost and complexity of buying and operating the equipment. This type of equipment is used in saturation diving. Divers almost always wear diving helmets or full face diving masks when being supplied from the surface. Surface supply divers also use the spherical helmet with brass and glass windows of the historical standard diving dress.
 

Surface supply diving equipment usually includes communication capability with the surface, which adds to the efficiency of the working diver. The surface supply diver is less likely to have "out-of-air" emergencies because when a cylinder supplying the umbilical is exhausted it can be removed and replaced with a full one at the surface without the diver even realizing the change.