Index of underwater diving

The following index is provided as an overview of and topical guide to underwater diving:

Surface-supplied divers riding a stage to the underwater workplace
See the Glossary of underwater diving terminology for definitions of technical terms, jargon, diver slang and acronyms used in underwater diving
See the Outline of underwater diving for a hierararchical listing of underwater diving related articles
See the Index of underwater divers for an alphabetical listing of articles about underwater divers
See the Index of recreational dive sites for an alphabetical listing of articles about places which are recreational dive sites

Underwater diving can be described as all of the following:

  • A human activity intentional, purposive, conscious and subjectively meaningful sequence of actions. Underwater diving is practiced as part of an occupation, or for recreation, where the practitioner submerges below the surface of the water or other liquid for a period which may range between seconds to order of a day at a time, either exposed to the ambient pressure or isolated by a pressure resistant suit, to interact with the underwater environment for pleasure, competitive sport, or as a means to reach a work site for profit or in the pursuit of knowledge, and may use no equipment at all, or a wide range of equipment which may include breathing apparatus, environmental protective clothing, aids to vision, communication, propulsion, maneuverability, buoyancy and safety equipment, and tools for the task at hand.

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  • Gas blending  Producing special gas mixtures to specification
  • Gas blending for scuba diving  Mixing and filling cylinders with breathing gases for use when scuba diving
  • Gas exchange  Process by which gases diffuse through a biological membrane
  • Gay-Lussac's law  Relationship between pressure and temperature of a gas at constant volume.
  • Global Underwater Explorers (GUE)  Recreational/technical scuba training and certification agency
  • Goldfinder  Autobiography of British diver and treasure hunter Keith Jessop
  • Gradient factor in decompression modelling  A way for users to adjust the conservatism of a decompression algorithm in software
  • Green Fins  Organisation in South East Asia for preservation of coral reefs by improving diver behavior
  • GRUMEC, also known as Brazilian commando frogmen  Brazilian Navy special forces diving unit
  • Gyrojet  Firearm that fires small rocket projectiles

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  • Job safety analysis (JSA)  Procedure to integrate safety practices into a particular task
  • Johnson Sea Link accident  Manned submersible incident in which two divers died
  • Jonline  A short line used by scuba divers to clip themselves to something

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  • Taifib  Indonesian amphibious reconnaissance unit
  • Taravana  Decompression sickness after breath-hold diving
  • Task loading  Relationship between operator capacity and the accumulated activities that must be done
  • Technical diving  Extended scope recreational diving
  • Technical Diving International (TDI)  Technical diver training and certification agency
  • Technical Extended Range (TXR)  Recreational scuba and freediving training and certification agency
  • Testing and inspection of diving cylinders  Periodical inspection and testing to revalidate fitness for service
  • Thalmann algorithm  Recent US Navy algorithm for modelling of inert gases entering and leaving body tissues as pressure changes
  • Thalmann, Edward D.  American hyperbaric medicine specialist and decompression researcher
  • Therapeutic recompression  Recompression to reduce symptoms of decompression illness
  • Thermocline  Distinct layer in a large body of fluid in which temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below
  • Thermodynamic model of decompression  Early model in which decompression is controlled by the volume of gas bubbles coming out of solution
  • Theseus (AUV)  Large autonomous underwater vehicle for laying fibre optic cable
  • Tidal race  Fast-moving tidal flow passing through a constriction, forming waves, eddies and strong currents
  • Tide  Rise and fall of the sea level under astronomical gravitational influences
  • Timeline of diving technology  Chronological list of notable events in the history of underwater diving equipment
  • Tissue (biology)  Group of cells having similar appearance and performing the same function
  • Torricellian chamber  Air space in a cave chamber with pressure below atmospheric
  • Towboard  Underwater survey equipment used to tow a diver
  • Tremie  Equipment for underwater concrete placement
  • Triger, Jacques  French geologist who invented the pressurised caisson
  • Trimix (breathing gas)  Breathing gas consisting of oxygen, helium and nitrogen
  • Trimix Scuba Association (TSA)  Recreational technical scuba training and certification agency
  • Trongle  Device used on submarines to help swimmers to locate a submerged submarine
  • Turbidity  Cloudiness of a fluid caused by large numbers of particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye
  • Türkiye Sualtı Sporları Federasyonu (TSSF)  Turkish national governing body for underwater sport and lifesaving

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