#surface supplied

I'm really liking the collection of hardhat diving pics @hardhatdiverus - there's a lot of heavy metal there for sure. If you ever get a chance to dive a Mark V or other "old school" hardhat, do it. Even if you've done modern surface supplied diving, there is something about the classic gear that makes it so very "different" and very much worth the experience.

Diving the way it was done back in the day. Ran across this on "one of the other social media platforms", so I grabbed both the post and the picture from inside it.

For those interested in old-fashioned hardhat diving there is at least one recreational diving certifying agency offering a recreational (I note that twice because they make it clear that it's *not* a commercial dive cert) standard dress course. I suspect demand for this cert is not particularly heavy, so the courses are infrequently scheduled. There are also, if memory serves, a couple of locations where you can do a one time "try dive". I know the recreational standard dress cert requires a SCUBA or commercial cert or military dive experience - not sure about the various try dive opportunities.

2025 March 19