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Other Dive Programs

• EPA Mid-Atlantic Dive Team
• EPA ERT Dive Team
• EPA OSV Bold
• NOAA Diving Program
• U.S. Navy Diving Program
• American Academy of Underwater Sciences

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Dive Planning

Tides, Currents, & Charts
• NOAA Tidal Current Predictions
• NOAA Tide Predictions
• Other Tide and Tidal Current Predictions
Safety
• AIS Live Feed of Puget Sound Vessel Locations
• U.S. Coast Guard
• U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Rules
• Mapquest- insert turn by turn directions in your plan from dive site to medical facility
• Virginia Mason Hyperbaric Chamber/Seattle
• Divers Alert Network
• National Weather Service - Seattle Weather / Small Craft Advisory Status
• VHF channels; R10 dive plans require monitoring of 13, 14, and 16
Water Quality Data
• Puget Sound Fecal Coliform Atlas (PDF)
• Checking for nearby pollution sources: Envirofacts
• Sediment data - NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
• Water Quality Status at Washington Beaches
• Water Quality Status at Oregon Beaches
• National Beach Water Quality Data
• Water Quality Data - NOAA's Mussel Watch
• Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program (includes light transmission data or 'vis')
• Northwest Association for Networked Ocean Observing System
• Puget Sound Marine Environmental Modeling
• Public Stormwater Outfalls to Puget Sound:
  Public Stormwater Outfalls to Puget Sound Fact Sheet with Map (PDF) (21.1MB)
  Puget Sound Public Stormdrain Map (PDF) (High: 40MB) (Med: 21.8MB) (Low: 10.1MB)
  Public Stormdrain Map - NORTH SOUND (PDF) (1.7MB)
  Public Stormdrain Map - SOUTH SOUND (PDF) (2.4MB)
  Public Stormdrain Map - CENTRAL SOUND (PDF) (3.4MB)
  Public Stormdrain Map - OLYMPIC PENNINSULA (PDF) (2.6MB)
  Report That Details How The Maps Were Created (PDF) (2.4MB)
Polluted Water Diving
• NOAA Polluted Water Diving Resources
• Viking chemical resistance testing
• Comparison of dryglove materials for polluted water diving
• More Polluted Water Diving Information on the Safety/SOP page
Other
• NW Dive Shops

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Dive Reporting

Marine Life Identification
• Sea Otter
• BC Marine Life

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In the News

• EPA Region 10 Dive Unit Joins Vancouver Aquarium in Coastal Americas Partnership, Watertalk, November 2009 (PDF) (12 pp,. 7 MB) (see page 9)
• EPA Divers Check Groundwater Seep to Lake Washington, Watertalk, August 2009 (PDF) (12 pp,. 5MB) (see page 2)
• Protecting Puget Sound, One Child at a Time, Watertalk, August 2009 (PDF) (12 pp,. 5MB) (see page 2)
• Coastal Estuary Monitoring, Watertalk, August, 2008 (PDF) (12 pp,. 3.7MB) (see page 9)
• EPA: Hood Canal Bacteria Blob Dissipating, King 5 News, October 2006
• Shuttle Recovery - WaterTalk - May 2003, page 6
• Dive Team Historical Overview - WaterTalk -August 2003, page 9
• Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery article - FoxNews, Feb 19, 2003
• Video of Columbia recovery - King 5 News
• Yakima River - Watertalk September 2005, page 9
• Oakland Bay/Hammersly Inlet TMDL - Watertalk January 2006, page 7

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Vessel Operations

• NOAA's Use of Biodiesel on Great Lakes Research Vessels (PDF, 41pp,. 3.28MB)
• Handbook for Marine Biodiesel Use (PDF) (25 pp,. 210K)
• The Federal Network for Sustainability; Biodiesel
• EPA Region 10 Vessel Information

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Other Items of Interest

• Artificial Reef Guidance (PDF, 77pp. 1.83MB)
• Report derelict fishing gear to WDFW

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