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Weather Reports and Tide Information
Nautical
Charts and Maps
Dive Photos
Diving Related Tips and Guides
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Planning
a diving or snorkeling trip is no easy task. Divers need to consider
the environment they are diving as well as their own personal safety
before submerging into the water. NOAA has many resources available
for recreational divers to help make trip planning easier and more
enjoyable. This Web site provides direct links to specific NOAA services
and products that divers should use in planning memorable dives.
Whether you are tying to find out tomorrow’s weather forecast, local
navigation charts or tips on how to be an environmentally responsible
diver, remember that NOAA is here to help. Think of NOAA as your dive
planning partner and take advantage of the information that is provided
here!
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NOAA
Dive Manual - The Definitive Encyclopedia
Of Diving Is A Must-Have For Serious Divers.  Available
from the Department of Commerce's National
Technical Information Service.
Topics covered include:
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Diving Physiology
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The "What And
Why" Of Diving Gear
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Diving Using A Variety
Of Gas Mixtures
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Procedures For Dive
Planning, Operations, And Emergencies
This new edition has
been greatly expanded and completely revised with many new full
color illustrations by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's Diving Program, the U.S. government's leading
authority on scientific diving and undersea technology.
Greatly Expanded
and Completely Revised To Reflect the Diversified Tasks NOAA
Divers Carry Out Underwater
Because these tasks are as varied as those of any group of worldwide
underwater workers, this new manual contains instructions, recommendations,
and general guidance on the broadest possible range of underwater
living conditions and diving situations.
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Shipwrecks
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Florida Keys
Shipwreck Trail
- A trail of historic shipwrecks is scattered along the treacherous
coral reefs and buried in the sandy shallows a few miles off
the Florida Keys, and these wrecks have many tales to tell.
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Wreck
Database - The Office of Coast Survey's Automated
Wreck and Obstruction Information System (AWOIS) contains information
on approximately 10,000 submerged wrecks and obstructions in
the coastal waters of the United States. Information includes
latitude and longitude of each feature along with brief historic
and descriptive details.
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Wisconsin's
Great Lakes Shipwrecks
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NOAA's
Coral Reef Web Site - easy links to news, Web sites
and additional information on NOAA and other coral reef activities.
Dive in and see nature's ocean treasures!
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Volunteering
for the Coast |
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NOAA
National Marine Sanctuaries Coral Reef Habitat Page |
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Coral
Reefs and Associated Ecosystems - a
coral reef data and information management system that will
integrate biological data from reef ecosystem monitoring and
research programs with interrelated chemical, biological and
physical data of surrounding marine areas. These data include,
inter alia, quantitative and descriptive biology of coral reef
taxa and communities, including measurements of their occurrences,
numbers, life stages, pathology, productivity, and nonbiological
measurements, e.g., sea water chemistry, turbidity, temperature,
salinity, currents, bio- optical data, and substratum features.
The central database will include data from in situ measurements,
laboratory studies, remote-sensed data, and digital videotapes
and photographs.
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Monterey
Bay National Marine Sanctuary Diver Partnership Program
- a diverse forum for dive-related groups (businesses, instructors,
clubs, newly certified divers and experienced divers) interested
in exchanging information, developing education materials, participating
in fun diving activities and events, and promoting stewardship
of Sanctuary resources.
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Reporting
Violations on the Water
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NOAA
Diving Program -
The NOAA Diving Program, or NDP, is administered by NOAA and
is headquartered at the NOAA Diving Center in Seattle, Wash.
The NOAA Diving Program trains and certifies scientists, engineers
and technicians to perform the variety of tasks carried out
underwater to support NOAA's mission. With more than 300 divers,
NOAA has the largest complement of divers of any civilian federal
agency. In addition, NOAA's reputation as a leader in diving
and safety training has led to frequent requests from other
governmental agencies to participate in NOAA diver training
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NOAA
Marine and Aviation Operations - NOAA Marine and Aviation
Operations operates a wide variety of specialized aircraft and
ships to complete NOAA's environmental and scientific missions.
NMAO is also responsible for the administration and implementation
of the NOAA Diving Program to ensure a level of diving skill
conducive to safe and efficient operations in NOAA-sponsored
underwater activities. |
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NOAA National
Undersea Research Program (NURP) - The NOAA Undersea Research
Program, within the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
is a unique national service that provides undersea scientists
with tools and expertise that they need to work in the undersea
environment.
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NOAA's
AQUARIUS - Aquarius is an underwater ocean
laboratory located in the NOAA Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary. The laboratory is deployed three and half miles offshore,
at a depth of 60 feet, next to spectacular coral reefs. Scientists
live in Aquarius during ten-day missions using saturation diving
to study and explore the coastal ocean. Aquarius is owned by
NOAA and is operated by the National Undersea Research Center
at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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