Diving Team Tools and Equipment
- A jackstay is a line laid along the bottom to guide the diver during a search or to and from the workplace.
- Lifting bags, an item of diving equipment consisting of a robust and air-tight bag with straps, which is used to lift heavy objects underwater by means of the bag's buoyancy when filled with air.
- Shot lines are used to identify the ascent and descent point and to help control rate of ascent and descent.
- Decompression trapeze is used to assist in maintaining correct depth during in-water decompression stops
- Diving bells and diving stages
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