Rebreather technology has enabled cave explorers to extend their underwater envelope significantly deeper and longer. As a result, a few teams are pushing beyond the practical...
Launched in 2016, the FATHOM mechanical closed circuit rebreather (mCCR) has gained supporters among deep cave explorers and those distrustful of underwater electronics, who say they...
Forget those ‘leaky valves!’ The mechanical FATHOM CCR’s secret sauce is a specially-designed needle valve that enables divers to dial in their oxygen flow rate underwater...
20-22 April, 2023 Valletta, Malta Greetings Researchers and Diving Professionals, We are pleased to announce that we will be holding Rebreather Forum 4 (RF4), Thursday through...
By InDEPTH editors Over the past few months in the pages of InDEPTH, dive-industry experts have waged a debate about the future of open-circuit technical diving....
This month we continue our discussion of the migration to closed circuit rebreathers (CCR) and the future of open circuit (OC) scuba for tech diving. Instructor...
by Richard Taylor. Images courtesy of Rob Wilson unless noted. Hindsight can be sobering. Eight years ago, I argued open circuit (OC) technical training was becoming...
How many “deep” open circuit dives would you have to conduct—you are using helium aren’t you?—to pay for a rebreather, training and necessary experience dives? It’s...
Closed circuit rebreathers have arguably become the platform of choice for BIG DIVES. So, does it make any sense to continue to train divers to conduct...
The advent of mixed gas usage by sport divers—the so-called “Technical Diving Revolution”in the early to mid-1990s—greatly expanded our underwater envelope, while arguably improving diving safety....
