Tag Archives: rebreather
February 26, 2019
Adventure Awaits - Evolving into a Technical Diver
I never thought I’d become a technical diver let alone a technical diving instructor. I never thought I’d be ice diving in Antarctica, cave diving in Mexico or exploring 300 feet deep wrecks in […]
January 25, 2018
Technical Divers Searching for Superbug Killing Molecules
Antimicrobial Peptides from Sea Urchins in the Twilight Zone of Bahía Banderas México
The overuse of antibiotics in the last several decades has created resistance in many of the microorganisms that cause some of the […]
April 21, 2017
Control of O2 Levels in a Diver's Rebreather
There are several methods in use for controlling the O2 level. The difficulty is to a find solution that is relatively simple and that maintains acceptable levels of O2 even when depths and diver workloads change.
March 22, 2016
What is DiveCAN® and why should I care?
Digital communications are clearly replacing analog communications in computer based devices. As more digital communication becomes integrated into rebreathers, Shearwater went in search of the best digital solution.
We looked at basic serial and at […]
September 15, 2015
Why do you calibrate a CCR with pure Oxygen?
We frequently get asked the question as to why we use O2 as a calibration source for oxygen sensors in closed circuit rebreathers (CCR). A CCR diver often has multiple gasses available, any of which […]
