Afkortingen

AAS - Alternate Air Source
ABT - Actual Bottom Time
AOW - Advanced Open Water
BCD - Buoyancy Control Device
CESA - Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent
CCR - Closed Circuit Rebreather
DAN - Divers Alert Network
DCI - Decompression Illness
DCS - Decompression Sickness
DEMA - Dive Equipment and Marketing Association
DM - Divemaster
DPV - Diver Propulsion Vehicle
EAN - Enriched Air Nitrox
MSD - Master Scuba Diver
MSDT - Master Scuba Diver Trainer
NAUI - National Association Of Underwater Instructors
NDL - No Decompression Limit
NOB - Nederlandse Onderwatersport Bond
OW - Open Water
PADI - Professional Association Of Diving Instructors
PG - Pressure Group
PRD - Recreational Dive Planner
PSI - Pounds per Square Inch
RNT - Residual Nitrogen Time
SAC - Surface Air Consumption
SCUBA - Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SMB -Surface Marker Buoy
SPG - Submersible Pressure Gauge
SSI - Scuba Schools International
TBT - Total Bottom Time
TDT - Total Dive Time