deep-sea diver

Ocean floor investigator

A deep-sea diver is someone who descends to significant ocean depths, typically using specialized equipment like pressurized suits or diving bells.

The term distinguishes professional or technical divers working at extreme depths from recreational scuba divers in shallower waters: Deep-sea divers recovered artifacts from the shipwreck.

Related

pressure suit · oxygen · breathing apparatus · pressure · nitrogen narcosis · abyss · fathoms · coral · shipwreck · flippers · regulator · bubbles · murky · plunge · descent · helmet · salvage · treasure

Opposites
depth of aquatic activity

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Surface swimmer with breathing tube

wader · paddler · free diver · beachgoer · pool swimmer

vertical environment

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Professional summit climber

aviator · astronaut · pilot · skydiver · balloonist

relationship to water

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Non-seafaring person

desert dweller · sunbather · hiker · non-swimmer

Family

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Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G