Oceanic Worldwide

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Oceanic is a company which currently designs and manufactures sport-type scuba gear. It was founded by Bob Hollis in 1972 and is based in San Leandro, California, USA.

Products

Rebreathers

They developed the Phibian CCS50 and CCS100 rebreathers; Stuart Clough of Undersea Technologies developed the Phibian's electronics package. With its purpose-built training facility, Oceanic UK working closely with American Divers International, developed and delivered by both Stuart Clough and Paul Morrall training and familiarisation courses.[1][2]

They have developed military rebreathers for use by frogmen and naval work divers, for example the US Navy MK-25 and the MK-16 mixed-gas rebreather.

There were unconfirmed reports that Oceanic was going to bring out a new rebreather around October 2006.[3]

Data Mask

Oceanic developed the first HUD style mask, which is an eyes-and-nose diving mask with a built-in LCD display capable of providing various dive data from an on-board diving computer.[4][5][6]

Wetsuit for a penguin

The company developed, in early 2008, a custom wetsuit for an alpha-male African Penguin at Steinhart Aquarium who was suffering from problems maintaining core body temperature due to feather loss.[7]

External links

References

  1. ↑ UK Diving Equipment
  2. ↑ http://www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/~vsb1001/stuartclough.html
  3. ↑ http://www.divernet.com/forumvb/showthread.php?t=165
  4. ↑ "Oceanic Datamask HUD". Dive Magazine (UK). Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  5. ↑ Oceanic Worldwide - Research and Compare the latest Scuba Diving Equipment and Snorkeling Gear
  6. ↑ Oceanic Worldwide - Scuba and Snorkeling Gear, Scuba and Snorkeling Equipment and Dive Gear
  7. ↑ "Dive News - Oceanic Creates Custom Wetsuit for African Penguin Named Pierre!". Dive News. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
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