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General Information
The
NOAA Diving Center
 Location
and Function
Facilities and Capabilities
NOAA
Diving Center Location and Function
The
NDP is headquartered at the NOAA Diving Center located at the
NOAA Western Regional Center in Seattle, Washington. The Diving
Center functions as the administrative support center and primary
diver training facility for the NDP.
Address
and Contact Information
 Facilities
and Capabilities
Opened
in 1989, the Center includes offices, a modern classroom with
state-of-the-art audiovisual capability, dive equipment repair
and storage areas,a training tank (30 feet high by 15 feet wide),
and three fully-functional hyperbaric chambers (84", 60"
and 42" diameters). Gas systems consist of a low pressure
air system for chamber operations and surface-supplied diving,
plus high pressure air and Nitrox systems for scuba diving. Several
boats, ranging in size from 14 to 26 feet in length, are available
to support diving operations in Lake Washington, Lake Union and
Puget Sound.
An
L-shaped staging pier partially encloses a 30-foot deep training
basin in Lake Washington, with deeper depths (over 200 feet) located
within one mile of the Center, providing excellent facilities
for open-water training of divers.
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