Cave Diving Timeline
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1662Boyle's Law
1667Decompression Sickness Discovered
1876First Rebreather
1878First Cave Dives
1908Decompression Sickness Unveiled
1910First Dive Tables
1920-30Mask, Snorkel and Fins
1920-70Mixed Gas Diving Evolves
1935British Invention
1940-50France Takes the Lead
1941Wartime Respirations
1942The Birth of SCUBA
1945British Ingenuity Provides An Early Reel
1946The Cave Diving Group is Established in the UK
1951First Aqualung Cave Dive in Florida
1953First Cave Diving Training Organization
1955-56First Cave Dives in Wakulla Springs
1956First Wetsuits Commercially Available
1960'sCave Diving Penetration Records Here and Abroad
1960'sNot So Standard Cave Diving Equipment
1960-80The Most Dangerous Sport
1965Woodville Karst Plain
1966Sheck Exley: Cave Diving Pioneer
1969NACD Incorporated
1969First Cave Diving Manual
1970's EarlyOut With The Old?
1970-80The "Golden Age" of Exploration
1971First BCD Hits the Market
1971Bahama Blues
1973NSS-CDS Chartered
1978What's In A Name?
1979The First Backplate is Born
1980Is Manatee Spring Walled Out?
1980'sLonger, Deeper, and More Difficult
1980'sTight Squeezes Lead to Side-mount Innovations
1980-90The Voice of Technical Diving
1981New Cave Life Discovered
1981Rock Bluff Discovered, Explored and Mapped
1982IUCRR is Formed
1983In Search of The Bones of Florida
1983-84Buhlmann Algorithm Adopted
1984Dive Rite is Established
1984Into the Mayan Blue
1984Bonnet Springs Explored
1985Mixed Gases For The Masses
1986A Classic for Technical Divers
1987Dive Rite Develops the BC Jr
1987Deeper and Further into Wakulla Spring
1987Woodville Karst Plain Project Started
1988Exploration leads to Conservation
1988ANDI is Formed
1990'sSouth of the Border
1991Ocean Management Systems Founded
1994The Digital Age of Cave Diving
1994Deeper and Deeper
1994TDI Founded
1995The Transpac Launched by Dive Rite
1995Immersed Emerges
1996Moles Break The Surface OUTSIDE
1997Changing of the Guard
1998Keeping It Simple
1999Wakulla 2 Expedition
1999Innerspace
1999Technical Diving "Advances"
1999Women (Technical) Divers Hall of Fame
1999 - 2001Ring Cenotes
2000Smaller is Better
2000Caves Hit the Big Screen
2001The Bottom of the World
2001Exploring Down Under
2001Halcyon Founded
2002Water's Journey
2002Team Dive Rite Goes to Antarctica
2004Salvo Founded
2004Golem Gear Opens its Doors
2005Creature Feature
2005Dive Rite Introduces the O2ptima
2006Not Homemade anymore!
2007More Broken Records
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