Talk:Surface-supplied diving

Commercial surface supplied standard is a compressor
Commercial surface supplied standard is a compressor not a "cylinder". A compressed gas (usually air unless it is saturation diving) tank is often used a backup (secondary air) however it is not usually the primary when there is a tender (somebody attending to the diver on the surface). So if the "cylinder supplying the umbilical is exhausted it can be removed and replaced with a full one at the surface" it is implied there is a tender. Compressed air tanks (usually scuba tanks) on a hooka are used for small(often solo) operations, such as boat hull cleaning. However there is rarely a tender. Even in snuba there is not usually going to be a tender available to change the tanks. Since this type of diving does not use coms (a diver tender communication device) there would not be anyway of knowing if the diver was out of air. I do admit the scenario described by this statement is theoretically possible, however the required situation is very much not the norm. This last sentence should be amended.Landrycameron (talk) 05:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * A surface-supplied system known in commercial diving as scuba replacement uses high pressure storage cylinders to supply the gas panel with primary and secondary air, and heliox is generally supplied from banks of HP cylinders, but is essentially correct about the usual surface supply of breathing air. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 05:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Merger proposal
A merge of Compressor diving into Surface-supplied diving is suggested: Peter (Southwood) (talk): 16:42, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Compressor diving is a subset of Surface-supplied diving.
 * 2) Compressor diving, though rather different in detail, is not sufficiently different to requre a separate article.
 * 3) Compressor diving article is small and likely to remain small.
 * Result: No opposition: merged as discussed. Peter (Southwood) (talk): 13:40, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Assessment for B-class
Needs more citations, but as this should not be difficult, will delay promotion until there are fewer citations needed. I will get back to this, but assistance would be welcomed. &bull; &bull; &bull; Peter (Southwood) (talk): 11:28, 26 September 2016 (UTC) Better now, so promoting, &bull; &bull; &bull; Peter (Southwood) (talk): 14:40, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed split
The article is fairly large, and the biggest section Surface supplied diving could reasonably be split out as a stand-alone article Surface-supplied diving equipment, for which there is already a redirect with possibilities. The topic is notable under WP:GNG and I consider the split uncontroversial. A similar situation exists with other diving modes and their equipment: Scuba set and scuba diving are the most obvious example. The related snorkeling and snorkel (swimming) are a similar case. The split out article would have the potential for considerable expansion, and there are already articles that could be considered detail subtopics of surface supplied equipment. Cheers, &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 14:07, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The content of the equipment section has been used to start Surface-supplied diving equipment, and I have started to condense the content of that section in this article to the appropriate level of detail. This may take a while. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 15:47, 8 January 2024 (UTC)