The policies, procedures and standards set forth in the Diving Safety Manual are intended to govern the training and diving operations of all personnel participating in the Certified Research Diving Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. It applies to all scientific divers operating under University auspices, including visiting divers, and to those campus officers responsible for the administration of the scuba program. The dive manual contains procedures covering all diving operations specific to the program, procedures for emergency care, including recompression and evacuation and criteria for diver training and certification set forth by the Diving Control Board.

This manual complies with the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) Standards for Scientific Diving and Certification and Operations of Scientific Diving.

The manual with and without the appendices is available as a pdf file:

UC Santa Barbara Dive Manual

• UCSB Dive Manual (pdf)

Dive Manual Appendices

• APPENDIX 1 -Definition of Terms
• APPENDIX 2- Reciprocity Form
• APPENDIX 3- Diving Injury/Incident Report Form
• APPENDIX 4- Emergency Procedures