Rebreathers
The Scuba Doctor is on the cutting edge of rebreather technology. We sell, maintain, service and repair the the Ambient Pressure Diving range of Inspiration and Evolution closed-circuit rebreathers.
And, of course, we train divers to use these rebreathers. Our rebreather training includes over 20 hours of practical academic training, hours of pool sessions, and at least 8 open water dives.
Why all the training? Our goal is to have you "over-learn" the basics so you are completely comfortable with your rebreather. We go over and above the minimum training standards required by the certifying authorities.
Wondering whether rebreathers are the next logical step for you? We've set up this guide to help you decide.
Benefits of Diving a Rebreather
Longer Bottom Time
Imagine diving for 60 minutes at 100 feet with no decompression time. Or 90 minutes at 65 feet. Or two hours or even four hours at shallower depths. Rebreathers reduce the nitrogen out of the air you breathe, reducing significantly your nitrogen load that leads to decompression diving, longer surface intervals, and, at worst, decompression sickness.
Silent Diving
Your exhaled gas isn't released into the surrounding water. This means you aren't venting bubbles. Loud bubbles. Clouds of bubbles.
This means you are diving silently. That silence, and the lack of scary random bubble clouds, allows you to get eye to eye with shy marine life that would usually hide upon hearing you. Most professional dive photographers are using rebreathers.
No Bubbles
Because your exhaled gas isn't released into the surrounding water, you make no bubbles. No noisy bubbles. No clouds of bubbles to get in your viewfinder while you snap a picture of that elusive splendid toad fish. In other words: no holding your breath while you wait for that fish to just stop spinning so you can take its picture.
Additional Warmth while Diving
The air you breathe with a rebreather is warm and moist, rather than cold and dry on open circuit. This keeps you warmer throughout your dive (your body doesn't have to expend energy to heat the air you breathe) and prevents dry cotton mouth.
Less Weight to Carry Around
Because a rebreather replaces the standard scuba cylinder and BC, it is often much lighter than a typical open circuit setup.
Reliabilty
The Scuba Doctor only offers rebreathers with a proven safety track record. We only offer rebreathers that are built by companies with excellent long-term reputations.
Fun!
You really can interact with more underwater critters because you're diving truly silent.
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