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Underwater diving is the practice of descending below the water's surface to conduct underwater activities. In ambient pressure diving, the diver is exposed to the pressure of the surrounding water, and uses breathing apparatus for scuba diving or surface supplied diving, or when freediving, will breath-hold. The saturation diving technique reduces the risk of decompression sickness after long duration deep dives.
Scuba diving is permitted by OSHA regulations to those depths under limited conditions. From 200 to 300 feet, diving rigs using helium and oxygen as a breathing medium are used. To 300 feet, diving is usually performed on a similar mixed gas system, except descents and ascents are done in a bell.