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AA |
Assisted Ascent |
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AAS |
Alternative Air Source |
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AAUS |
American Academy of Underwater Sciences |
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ABC |
airway, breathing, circulation |
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ABJ |
Adjustable Buoyancy Jacket |
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ABLJ |
Adjustable Buoyancy Life Jacket |
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ABT |
Actual Bottom Time |
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ACI |
Assistant Club Instituteuctor |
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ACI |
Assistant Club Instructor |
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AD |
Advanced Diver |
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AD |
Advanced Divisionr |
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ADT |
Actual Division Time |
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AEDU |
Admiralty Experimental Divisionng Unit |
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AGE |
Arterial Gas Embolism |
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AI |
Assistant Instructor |
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AIC |
Advanced Instructor Course (BSAC) |
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AIC |
Advanced Instituteuctor Course |
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AISE |
Association of Independent Scuba Educators |
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AMDT |
Adjusted Maximum Division Time |
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ANDI |
American Nitrox Divisionrs Incorporated |
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AODC |
Association of Offshore Divisionng Contractors |
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AOW |
Advanced Open Water |
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AP |
absolute pressure |
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AP |
Ambient Pressure |
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ASF |
Australian Speleological Federation |
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ATEA |
Amphibian Tank Escape Apparatus |
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ATM |
Atmosphere |
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AUF |
Australian Underwater Federation |
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BC |
Buoyancy Compensator |
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BCD |
Buoyancy Control Device |
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BCD |
Buoyancy Compensator Device |
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BCRA |
British Cave Research Association |
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BHA |
British Hyperbaric Association |
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BIBS |
Built-In Breathing System |
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BP |
Backplate |
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BPR |
Back-Pressure Regulator |
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BSAC |
British Sub-Aqua Club |
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BT |
Bottom Time |
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BWRAF |
Begin with Review and Friend |
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CADC |
Canadian Association of Divisionng Contractors |
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CADC |
Canadian Association of Diving Contractors |
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CAGE |
Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism |
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CAUS |
Canadian Association For Underwater Science |
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CCBA |
Closed Circuit Breathing Apparatus |
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CCR |
Closed Circuit Rebreather |
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CDG |
Cave Divers Group |
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CDG |
Cave Divisionrs Group |
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CESA |
Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent |
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CM |
Cutis Marmorata |
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CNS |
Central Nervous System |
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CSAC |
Canadian Sub-Aqua Club |
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DAN |
Divisionr's Alert Network |
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DCAP |
Decompression Computation and Analysis Program |
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DCI |
Decompression Illness |
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DCIEM |
Defence and Civil Institutetute of Environmental Medicine |
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DCS |
Decompression Sickness |
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ddC |
Deck Decompression Chamber |
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DDEMS |
Defence Diver Extended Medical Skills |
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DDEMS |
Defence Divisionr Extended Medical Skills |
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DDRC |
Diving Disease Research Center |
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DDRC |
Divisionng Disease Research Center |
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DEMA |
Divisionng Equipment Manufacturers Association |
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DES |
Divisionrs' Environmental Survey |
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DHA |
deployment health assessment |
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DIR |
Do It Right |
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DL |
Dive Leader (BSAC) |
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DL |
Division Leader |
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DM |
Division Master |
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DM |
Dive Master (PADI) |
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DMAC |
Divisionng Medical Advisory Committee |
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do |
dysbaric osteonecrosis |
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do |
Divisionng Officer |
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DPV |
Divisionr Propulsion Vehicle |
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DSEA |
Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus |
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DSMB |
Delayed Surface Marker Bouy |
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DUI |
Divisionng Unlimited International |
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DUI |
Diving Unlimited International, Inc. |
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DWR97 |
Divisionng at Work Regulations 1997 |
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DWR97 |
Diving at Work Regulations 1997 |
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EAD |
Equivalent Air Department |
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EAD |
Effective Air Department |
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EAN |
Enriched Air Nitrox |
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EANx |
Enriched Air Nitrox |
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EAR |
Expired Air Resuscitation |
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EATD |
European Association of Technical Divisionrs |
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EAV |
Expired Air Ventilation |
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EBS |
Emergency Breathing System |
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ECC |
External Cardiac Compression |
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END |
Equivalent Narcotic Department |
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FAUI |
Federation of Australian Underwater Instituteuctors |
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FFA |
Feet First Ascent |
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FGV |
Free Gas Volume |
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ITS |
Instructor Training Scheme (BSAC) |
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ITW |
Instructor Training Workshop (BSAC) |
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ITW |
Instituteuctor Training Workshop |
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IUC |
Irish Underwater Council |
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LAT |
Lowest Astronomical Tide |
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LDS |
Local Dive Shop |
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LDS |
Local Division Shop |
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LIDS |
London International Division Show |
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LIDS |
London International Dive Show |
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MCS |
Marine Conservation Society |
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MDEA |
Multinational Diving Educators Association |
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MDEA |
Multinational Divisionng Educators Association |
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MDT |
Maximum Division Time |
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MFW |
Metres of Fresh Water |
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MGR |
Mixed Gas Rebreather |
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MOD |
Maximum Operating Department |
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MSD |
Master SCUBA Diver (PADI) |
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MSD |
Master Scuba Divisionr |
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MSDT |
Master Scuba Diver Trainer |
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MSDT |
Master Scuba Divisionr Trainer |
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MSW |
Metres of Salt Water |
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NACD |
National Association for Cave Divisionng |
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NACDS |
National Association of Commercial Divisionng Specialists |
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NACDS |
National Association of Commercial Diving Specialists |
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NASDS |
National Association of Scuba Divisionng Schools |
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NASDS |
National Association of Scuba Diving Schools |
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NAUI |
National Association of Underwater Instructors |
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NDC |
National Divisionng Council |
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NDL |
No Decompression Limit |
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NDO |
National Divisionng Officer |
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NDSTC |
Naval Division and Salvage Training Centre |
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NDSTC |
Naval Dive and Salvage Training Centre |
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NED |
Network of Egghead Divisionrs |
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NEDU |
Naval Experimental Divisionng Unit |
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NERC |
National Environment Research Council |
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NHC |
National Hyperbaric Centre |
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NI |
National Instituteuctor |
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NI |
National Instructor (BSAC) |
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NSB |
Natal Shark Board |
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NSS |
National Speleological Society |
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OD |
Ocean Diver (BSAC) |
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OD |
Ocean Divisionr |
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OMS |
Ocean Management Systems |
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OTT |
Oxygen Tolerance Test |
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OTU |
Oxygen Toxicity Unit |
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OW |
Open Water |
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OWI |
Open Water Instructor (BSAC) |
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OWI |
Open Water Instituteuctor |
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OWIC |
Open Water Instituteuctor Course |
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OWIC |
Open Water Instructor Course |
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OWSI |
Open Water SCUBA Instructor |
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OWSI |
Open Water Scuba Instituteuctor |
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PADI |
Professional Association of Divisionng Instituteuctors |
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PADUA |
Pennsylvania Analysis of Decompression for Undersea and Aerospace |
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PDC |
Personal Dive Computer |
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PDC |
Personal Division Computer |
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PDIC |
Professional Divisionng Instituteuctors Corporationration |
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PP |
Partial Pressure |
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PTC |
Personal Transfer Capsule |
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RDP |
Recreational Division Planner |
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Rg |
Repetitive Group |
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RMV |
Respiratory Minute Volume |
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RNLI |
Royal National Lifeboat Institutetution |
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RNPL |
Royal Naval Physiological Laboratory |
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RNT |
Residual Nitrogen Time |
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RSTC |
Recreational Scuba Training Committee |
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RYA |
Royal Yachting Association |
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SAA |
Sub-Aqua Association |
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SAC |
Surface Air Consumption (diving term for gas consumption at 1ATM) |
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SAELO |
Supply Activated Exhaust Cut-Off Valve |
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SAUU |
South African Underwater Union |
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SCOR |
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (ICSU) |
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SDI |
Scuba Divisionng International |
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SDI |
Scuba Diving International |
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SEAL |
Sea-Air-Land Teams |
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SEBA |
Submarine Escape Breathing Apparatus |
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SGA |
Siebe Gorman Amphibian |
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SI |
Surface Interval |
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SIT |
Surface Interval Time |
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SLAM |
Scuba Lifesaving Accident Management |
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SLJ |
Surface Life Jacket |
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SMB |
Surface Marker Buoy |
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SOB |
Same Ocean Buddy |
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SPG |
Submersible Pressure Gauge |
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Spums |
South Pacific Underwater Medical Society |
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SRT |
Single Rope Technique |
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SSAC |
Scottish Sub Aqua Club |
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SSI |
Scuba Schools International; Diving Instruction Organization. |
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STA |
Single Tank Adapter |
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TDT |
Total Division Time |
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TnT |
Total Nitrogen Time |
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TO |
Training Officer (BSAC) |
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TOD |
Theoretical Ocean Department |
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UASR |
Underwater Association for Scientific Research |
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UBA |
Universityrsal Breathing Apparatus |
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Ubms |
Undersea Biomedical Society |
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UPTD |
Unit Pulmonary Toxic Dose |
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USOA |
Underwater Society of America |
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VENTID |
Vision Ears Nausea Twitching Irritation Dizziness |
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VIP |
Visual Inspection Program |
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