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Resources for Active CSUMB Divers

Research Diving Program
Forms & Procedures
Updated forms coming soon. Contact the DSO if you require a form before it's posted.
AAUS Medical Form
Diving Safety Manual
Dive Plan (Important: You need DSO approval 48 hours prior to CSUMB diving activities)
Research Diving Project Plan
Dive Program Packet (waiver, photo release, etc)

Equipment

The Dive Locker (located at the Aquatic Center on campus) houses a full suite of diving equipment to outfit students and active scientific divers for their training and scientific work. These items are accessible to enrolled students and active scientific divers:

  1. Regulator Sets - Zeagle Envoy II First and Second Stage, instrumentation in a gauge cluster
  2. BCDs - (Zeagle Resort PLUS) Jacket-style BCD
  3. Skin Diving Gear - Mask, Fins, Snorkel
  4. Exposure Protection - 7 mm one-piece suits, hooded vests, booties, gloves
  5. Dive Lights - Big Blue
  6. Weight Systems (Harnesses & Belts) and Lead Weight
  7. Scuba Cylinders - AL80, LP85, HP80, HP100
  8. Sampling Specific Equipment - Transect tapes, Quadrats, Cameras
  9. Emergency Equipment - Oxygen Units, First Aid Kits, Surface Signaling Devices

Dives are encouraged to use their own diving equipment, if applicable. Prior to use in the CSUMB dive program, divers must submit to the DSO a receipt of purchase (brand new equipment) or proof of annual service for the following personal equipment:

  1. Regulator Set - First & Second Stages, Submersible Pressure Gauge, Depth Gauge, Hoses
  2. Buoyancy Compensator Device
  3. Dive Computer
  4. Drysuit: Must demonstrate proficiency and produce dive logs verified by a dive professional in waters and conditions similar to Monterey Bay