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Drift diving, the Glossary

Drift diving is a type of scuba diving where the diver is transported by the water movement caused by the tide, an ocean current or in a river.^[1]

15 relations: Advanced Open Water Diver, Buddy diving, Dive leader, Diver down flag, List of diving environments by type, Ocean current, Open-water diving, Professional diving, River, Scuba diving, Sea lane, Slack tide, Surface marker buoy, Tide, Wall diving.
Underwater diving environment

Advanced Open Water Diver

Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD) is a recreational scuba diving certification level provided by several diver training agencies.

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Buddy diving

Buddy diving is the use of the buddy system by scuba divers.

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Dive leader

Dive leader is the title of an internationally recognised recreational diving certification.

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Diver down flag

A diver down flag, or scuba flag, is a flag used on the water to indicate that there is a diver below.

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List of diving environments by type

The diving environment is the natural or artificial surroundings in which a dive is done. Drift diving and List of diving environments by type are underwater diving environment.

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An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences.

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Open-water diving

Open water diving is underwater diving in an open water environment, where the diver has unrestricted access by way of a direct vertical ascent to the breathable air of the atmosphere. Drift diving and open-water diving are underwater diving environment.

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Professional diving

Professional diving is underwater diving where the divers are paid for their work.

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River

A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.

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Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance.

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Sea lane

A sea lane, sea road or shipping lane is a regularly used navigable route for large water vessels (ships) on wide waterways such as oceans and large lakes, and is preferably safe, direct and economic.

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Slack tide

Slack tide or slack water is the short period in a body of tidal water when the water is completely unstressed, and there is no movement either way in the tidal stream. Drift diving and slack tide are underwater diving environment.

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Surface marker buoy

A surface marker buoy, SMB, dive float or simply a blob is a buoy used by scuba divers, at the end of a line from the diver, intended to indicate the diver's position to people at the surface while the diver is underwater.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.

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Wall diving

Wall diving is underwater diving alongside a near vertical face, usually an underwater cliff. Drift diving and Wall diving are underwater diving environment.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_diving