Technical Diving Operations
Relatively complex technical diving operations may be planned and run like an expedition, with surface and in-water support personnel providing direct assistance or on stand-by to assist the expedition divers.
Surface support might include surface stand-by divers, boat crew, porters, emergency medical personnel, gas blenders. In-water support may provide supplementary breathing gas, monitor divers during long decompression stops, and provide communications services between the surface team and the expedition divers. In an emergency, the support team would provide rescue and if necessary search and recovery assistance.
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