Oceanic Worldwide

Oceanic Worldwide

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Oceanic is a company which currently designs and manufactures sport-type scuba gear. They were founded by Bob Hollis in 1972 and are 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.[1][1]

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. [2].

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.[2][3][4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ^ UK Diving Equipment
  2. ^ "Oceanic Datamask HUD". Dive Magazine (UK). http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?uan=4181. Retrieved 2008-05-22. [dead link]
  3. ^ Oceanic Worldwide - Research and Compare the latest Scuba Diving Equipment and Snorkeling Gear
  4. ^ Oceanic Worldwide - Scuba and Snorkeling Gear, Scuba and Snorkeling Equipment and Dive Gear
  5. ^ "Dive News - Oceanic Creates Custom Wetsuit for African Penguin Named Pierre!". Dive News. http://www.divenews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6090. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 

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