On This page I will focus on Divers in different work situations, from the normal open water dive, over diving in cold, dark caves, for ending with divers who dives in the most hazardous environments, which could be nuclear reactors or sewage tanks.

OPEN WATER DIVING

The most part of all dives made is open water dives, both by sports and professional divers. A openwater dive, is a dive in which the diver is able to go direct to the surface in case of emergency. The divers use ordinary dive equipment like wet- or drysuit, masks and bottles with fresh air. Some professional divers use helmets, not very often the old brass helmets, but lite helmets made of glass fiber.

CAVE & ICE DIVING

Ice- and cave diving is only for the trained sportsdiver, who have dived open water dives for some time, and now want something with a little more challenge in. First the diver have to be trained in this kind of dives, where the way to the surface is not always the way up. Professional divers is normally trained in this kind of diving, so they can dive al the year around.

HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT DIVING

This type of dives is one of the most dangerous types of dives, this dives can be done in open water, sewers, tanks or all other places in which the diver has to go under water there is contaminated with hazardous substances. The divers is dressed in heavy rubber suits, rubber gloves and wear either a positive pressure mask or a helmet. A helmet is normally used in very toxic environments. On the picture, a hazmat diver has just finished a very dirty job, the red Viking drysuit is covered all over with dirt, and the assistant is dresses in a protective suit with respirator.

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