Within the would of Scuba Diving you will always come across acronyms, there has already been one in the first half of this sentence, Scuba – Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Here are a few more to help you understand what we’re talking about……..
Agencies
- SDI – Scuba Diving International
- TDI – Technical Diving International
- PADI – Professional Association of Dive Instructors
- NAS – Nautical Archaeology Society
- BSAC – British Sub Aqua Club
- DAN – Diver’s Alert Network
- MCA – Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- RNLI – Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- RYA -Royal Yachting Association
Qualifications
- OW – Open Water
- AOW – Advanced Open Water
- RD – Rescue Diver
- DM – Dive Master
- MSD – Master Scuba Diver
- AI – Assistant Instructor
- OWSI – Open Water Scuba Instructor
- EFR – Emergency First Response
General Terms
- ABLJ – Adjustable Buoyancy Life Jacket
- BCD – Buoyancy Compensator Device – Buoyancy Control Device
- BWRAF – Buoyancy Weights Releases Air Final OK (PADI)
- CCR – Closed Circuit Rebreather
- CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- DCI – Decompression Illness
- DCS – Decompression Sickness
- DPV – Diver Propulsion Vehicle
- DSMB – Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
- EAN – Enriched Air Nitrox
- GPS – Global Positioning System
- LAT – Lowest Astronomical Tide
- NDL – No Decompression Limit
- PFO – Patent Foramen Ovale
- RDP – Recreational Dive Planner
- SAR – Search and Rescue
- SCUBA – Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
- SMB – Surface Marker Buoy
- SPG – Submersible Pressure Gauge
- TP – Test Pressure
- UPTD – Unit Pulmonary Toxic Dose
- WP – Water Pressure, also Working Pressure
- YBOD – Better known as the “Yellow Box Of Desire”
