Diving related
acronyms
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AA |
Assisted Ascent |
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AAS |
Alternative Air Source |
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ABC |
Airway, Breathing, Circulation
(casualty assessment) |
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ABJ |
Adjustable Buoyancy Jacket |
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ABLJ |
Adjustable Buoyancy Life Jacket |
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ABT |
Actual Bottom Time |
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ACI |
Assistant Club Instructor (BSAC) |
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AD |
Advanced Diver (BSAC)
Adventure Diver (PADI) |
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ADT |
Actual Dive Time |
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AEDU |
Admiralty Experimental Diving
Unit |
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AGE |
Arterial Gas Embolism |
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AI |
Assistant Instructor (PADI)
Advanced Instructor (BSAC) |
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AIC |
Advanced Instructor Course (BSAC) |
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AIE |
Advaced Instructor Exam (BSAC) |
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AISE |
Association of Independent Scuba
Educators |
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AMDT |
Adjusted Maximum Dive Time |
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ANDI |
American Nitrox Divers
Incorporated |
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AODC |
Association of Offshore Diving
Contractors |
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AP |
Absolute Pressure Ambient
Pressure |
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ASF |
Australian Speleological
Federation |
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ASL |
American Sign Language |
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ATA |
Atmospheres Absolute |
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ATEA |
Amphibian Tank Escape Apparatus |
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ATM |
Atmosphere |
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ATS |
Atmospheres Absolute Over Sea
Level (ie gauge pressure) |
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AUF |
Australian Underwater Federation |
| AUS |
American Academy of Underwater
Sciences |
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| BA |
Breathing Apparatus |
| BC |
Buoyancy Compensator |
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BCD |
Buoyancy Compensator Device
Buoyancy Control Device |
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BCRA |
British Cave Research
Association |
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BHA |
British Hyperbaric Association |
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BIBS |
Built-In Breathing System |
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BMA |
British Medical Association |
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BMJ |
British Medical Journal |
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BP |
Backplate, also Blood Pressure |
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BPM |
Beats Per Minute (heart/pulse
rate) |
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BPR |
Back Pressure Regulator |
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BS |
British Standard |
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BSI |
British Standards Institute |
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BSAC |
British Sub-Aqua Club |
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BT |
Bottom Time |
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BWRAF |
Buoyancy Weights Releases Air
Final OK (PADI) |
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CADC |
Canadian Association of Diving
Contractors |
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CAGE |
Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism |
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CAUS |
Canadian Association for
Underwater Sciences |
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CCBA |
Closed Circuit Breathing
Apparatus |
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CCR |
Closed Circuit Rebreather |
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CDG |
Cave Divers Group of Great
Britain |
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CIRSS |
Comitato Italiano Ricerche Studi
Subacquei (Italy) |
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CMAS |
Confederation Mondiale des
Activites Subaquatiques (World Underwater Assoc) |
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CNS |
Central Nervous System |
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CO |
Carbon Monoxide |
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CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
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CPR |
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation |
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CPS |
Commission Plongee Souterraine |
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CPTD |
Cummulative Pulmonary Toxic Dose |
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CSAC |
Canadian Sub-Aqua Club |
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DAN |
Diver's Alert Network |
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DCI |
Decompression Illness |
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DCAP |
Decompression Computation and
Analysis Program |
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DCIEM |
Defence and Civil Institute of
Environmental Medicine |
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DCS |
Decompression Sickness |
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DDA |
Disability Discrimination Act |
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DDC |
Deck Decompression Chamber |
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DDEMS |
Defence Diver Extended Medical
Skills (British Forces Qualification) |
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DEMA |
Diving Equipment Manufacturers
Association |
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DES |
Divers' Environmental Survey |
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DIR |
Do(ing) It Right |
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DIN |
Deutsches Institut fuer Normung |
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DL |
Dive Leader (BSAC) |
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DM |
Dive Master (PADI) |
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DMAC |
Diving Medical Advisory
Committee |
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DO |
Dysbaric Osteonecrosis |
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DO |
Diving Officer |
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DPV |
Diver Propulsion Vehicle |
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DSEA |
Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus |
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DSMB |
Delayed Surface Marker Bouy |
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DV |
Demand Valve |
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DWR97 |
Diving at Work Regulations 1997
(UK legislation) |
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EAD |
Equivalent Air Depth
Effective Air Depth |
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EAN |
Enriched Air Nitrox |
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EANx |
Enriched Air Nitrox |
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EAR |
Expired Air Resuscitation |
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EATD |
European Association of
Technical Divers |
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EBS |
Emergency Breathing System |
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ECC |
External Cardiac Compression |
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ECU |
Environmental Control Unit |
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END |
Equivalent Narcotic Depth |
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EO |
Equipment Officer |
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FAUI |
Federation of Australian
Underwater Instructors |
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FFDS |
Federation Francais De
Speleologie |
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FFM |
Full Face Mask |
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FFW |
Feet of Fresh Water |
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FGV |
Free Gas Volume |
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FPS |
Foot, Pound, Second (Imperial
System) |
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FSW |
Feet of Salt Water |
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FV |
Floodable Volume |
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GMDSS |
Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System |
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HDS |
Historical Diving Society |
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HID |
High Intensity Discharge |
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HP |
High Pressure |
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HPNS |
High Pressure Nervous Syndrome |
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HSA |
Handicapped Scuba Association |
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HSE |
Health and Safety Executive |
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IAHD |
International Association for
Handicapped Divers |
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IAND |
International Association of
Nitrox Divers |
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IDC |
Instructor Development Course
(PADI) |
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IDEA |
International Diving Educators
Association |
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IDEST |
Inspectorate for Diving
Equipment Servicing and Testing |
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IOC |
Instructor Orientation Course
(PADI) |
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ISO |
International Standards
Organisation |
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ITC |
Instructor Training Course (BSAC) |
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ITS |
Instructor Training Scheme (BSAC) |
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ITW |
Instructor Training Workshop (BSAC) |
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IUC |
Irish Underwater Council |
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JAMA |
The Journal of the American
Medical Association |
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KISS |
Keep It Simple, Stupid! |
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LAT |
Lowest Astronomical Tide |
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LIDS |
London International Dive Show |
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LP |
Low Pressure |
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MCA |
Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
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MCS |
Marine Conservation Society |
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MDT |
Maximum Dive Time |
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MFW |
Metres of Fresh Water |
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MGR |
Mixed Gas Rebreather |
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MKS |
Metre, Kilogram, Second (Metric
System) |
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MOD |
Maximum Operating Depth |
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MSD |
Master Scuba Diver (PADI) |
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MSDT |
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
(PADI) |
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MSW |
Metres of Salt Water |
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N2 |
Nitrogen |
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NACD |
National Association for Cave
Diving |
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NASDS |
National Association of Scuba
Diving Schools |
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NAUI |
National Association of
Underwater Instructors |
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NDC |
National Diving Council |
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NDL |
No Decompression Limit |
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NDO |
National Diving Officer |
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NDSTC |
Naval Dive and Salvage Training
Centre |
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NEC |
National Exhibition Centre
(Birmingham) |
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NED |
Network of Egghead Divers |
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NEDU |
Naval Experimental Diving Unit |
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NERC |
National Environment Research
Council (UK) |
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NHC |
National Hyperbaric Centre
(Aberdeen) |
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NI |
National Instructor (BSAC) |
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NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration |
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NOB |
Nederlands Onderwater Bond |
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NRMI |
Naval Medical Research Unit |
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NSB |
Natal Shark Board |
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NSS |
National Speleological Society |
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O2 |
Oxygen |
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OD |
Ocean Diver (BSAC) |
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OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (USA) |
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OTT |
Oxygen Tolerance Test |
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OTU |
Oxygen Toxicity Unit |
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OWI |
Open Water Instructor (BSAC) |
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OWIC |
Open Water Instructor Course (BSAC) |
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OWSI |
Open Water Scuba Instructor
(PADI) |
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PADI |
Professional Association of
Diving Instructors |
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PADUA |
Pennsylvania Analysis of
Decompression for Undersea and Aerospace |
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PDIC |
Professional Diving Instructors
Corporation |
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PFO |
Patent Foramen Ovale |
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PP |
Partial Pressure |
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PSI |
Pounds per Square Inch |
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PTC |
Personal Transfer Capsule |
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RDP |
Recreational Dive Planner |
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RG |
Repetitive Group |
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RIB |
Rigid hulled Inflatable Boat |
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RMV |
Respiratory Minute Volume |
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RNT |
Residual Nitrogen Time |
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RNLI |
Royal National Lifeboat
Institution |
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RNPL |
Royal Naval Physiological
Laboratory |
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ROV |
Remotely Operated Vehicle |
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RSTC |
Recreational Scuba Training
Committee |
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RYA |
Royal Yachting Association |
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SAA |
Sub-Aqua Association |
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SAELO |
Supply Activated Exhaust Cut-Off
Valve |
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SAR |
Search and Rescue |
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SAUU |
South African Underwater Union |
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SCOR |
Scientific Committee on Oceanic
Research (of International Council of Scientific
Unions) |
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SCUBA |
Self-Contained Underwater
Breathing Apparatus |
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SDC |
Submersible Decompression
Chamber or Skill Development Course (BSAC) |
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SDI |
SCUBA Diving International |
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SEAL |
Sea-Air-Land Teams (US Navy
special forces) |
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SEBA |
Submarine Escape Breathing
Apparatus |
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SGA |
Siebe Gorman Amphibian |
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SI |
Systeme International (Metric
System) |
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SI |
Surface Interval |
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SIT |
Surface Interval Time |
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SLAM |
Scuba Lifesaving Accident
Management |
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SLJ |
Surface Life Jacket |
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SPG |
Submersible Pressure Guage |
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SPUMS |
South Pacific Underwater Medical
Society |
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SRT |
Single Rope Technique |
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SSAC |
Scottish Sub-Aqua Club |
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SSI |
Scuba Schools International |
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SWP |
Safe Working Pressure |
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TDT |
Total Dive Time |
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TNT |
Total Nitrogen Time |
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TO |
Training Officer |
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TOD |
Theoretical Ocean Depth |
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TP |
Test Pressure |
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UBA |
Universal Breathing Apparatus |
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UIS |
Union Internationale de
Speologie (International Speleological Union) |
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UASR |
Underwater Association for
Scientific Research (UK) |
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UBMS |
Undersea Biomedical Society
(USA) |
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UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea |
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Unesco |
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization |
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UPTD |
Unit Pulmonary Toxic Dose |
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USN |
United States Navy |
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USOA |
Underwater Society of America |
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VENTID |
Vision Ears Nausea Twitching
Irritation Dizziness |
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VGE |
Venous Gas Embolism |
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WC |
Water Capacity |
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WP |
Water Pressure, also Working
Pressure |
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YBOD |
Yellow Box Of Death (a rather
cruel and unfair reference to the Inspiration
CCR) |
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YBOD |
Better known as the "Yellow Box
Of Desire" |
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YMCA |
Young Men's Christian
Association |
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