Dive Logs and Records: What Regulators Ask For
Commercial diving records requirements: what to log, what to keep, and how to survive an ADCI or OSHA audit.
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Ice Diving Operations
Veteran dive supervisor explains equipment, safety, and procedures for commercial ice diving in freezing conditions.
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Standby Divers and Why Two-Diver Minimums Exist
A standby diver isn't a safety ornament. Here's why the two-diver minimum is a real operational requirement on live dive sites.
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Marine Traffic Control During Dive Operations
How to keep dive operations safe from vessel traffic: planning, sentry boats, AIS, flags, and emergency procedures from a veteran salvage master.
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Hyperbaric Chambers on Site: When They Are Required
OSHA requires a decompression chamber for deeper dives and decompression stops. Gulf diving superintendent Dutch explains the line.
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Decompression Obligations on Commercial Jobs
Learn how dive supervisors handle decompression obligations on commercial air and saturation jobs, from planning and execution to emergency response.
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Dive Safety Plans: What Yours Must Contain
A 28-year ADCI dive supervisor lists the non-negotiable elements of a commercial dive safety plan, from team roles to emergency back-up.
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Why Commercial Diving Is Not Scuba
ADCI diver explains why commercial diving and scuba diving are two different worlds. Gear, risk, training, and pay compared from a real operator.
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Cavitation Cleaning Systems Explained
A diver's guide to cavitation hull cleaning systems: how they work, how to use them, and when to leave them in the truck.
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Diver Communication and Video Topside
Learn how to set up diver communication systems that work. Hardwired audio, topside video, testing, and troubleshooting from an ADCI-certified supervisor.
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Underwater Cutting: Exothermic, Oxy-Arc and Mechanical
Dive supervisor Ray explains underwater cutting methods—exothermic, oxy-arc, mechanical—from real job experience.
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Hull Cleaning Robots: Are They Replacing Divers?
We compare hull cleaning robots vs divers for yacht maintenance, and the answer isn't what the makers are selling. Real talk from a working diver.
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