Latvian hydrographers perform depth measurements with a motorboat and a side imaging and single beam echo sounder

Map of shipwrecks in Latvia

PADI Wreck Diver course The diving club "Daivings.lv" offers to learn the "PADI Wreck Diver course" to dive on Latvian shipwrecks, which are located on the map of Latvian shipwrecks. This course is for those who want to learn wreck diving. Wreck diving […]

Underwater survey of ships

Underwater works

Underwater works include underwater search, berth inspection, underwater cleaning work, underwater assembly work, work with an earth pump, and underwater cutting work. Underwater works take place in an environment unsuitable for human breathing, therefore they are performed by an underwater diver, for whom […]

Water lift (dredging machine)

Underwater works with a ground pump (Water lift, dredging equipment)

SIA Dronelab is a Latvian company that offers innovative solutions for underwater works. Their technical equipment is a water lift – a unique dredging machine that combines a powerful water pump and flow divider, field-proven underwater technologies and systems to ensure efficient and accurate […]

The seabed of wealth

Recently, American and European ports left ships sailing in different directions rather than to other ports; but to certain places at sea. Wealth seekers set off with these ships. The maps carefully mark the places where divers can start work. While people travel by sea, […]

Hookahs and health

Daivings.lv warns - smoking is harmful to your health! In the case of decompression sickness, smokers may have more severe injuries. Disputes about the health effects of hookahs are now a common topic in various media, but over time, a serious regularity has crystallized. Very few are […]

Sea sickness

Scientific advice for the management of marine diseases

According to the NRA, British and French scientists have come up with a new recommendation for people who suffer from seasickness during a flight on a plane or, for example, while boating - they must do everything possible to keep the rocking rhythm from coinciding with the breathing rhythm itself. Experts point out that […]

What is decompression sickness and what are the symptoms?

Decompression sickness, or caisson disease, can occur in any of the following situations: Diver accelerated swimming; Airplanes take off rapidly or lose altitude rapidly; If a diver flies an airplane after diving. Decompression sickness is caused by the leakage of inert gases, usually nitrogen, into body fluids and tissues, […]

PADI Divemaster DVD ENG

PADI Divemaster DVD in Latvian

The new PADI Divemaster video course has become the first PADI DVD material, which has been supplemented with Latvian subtitles. It gradually introduces the course training and preparation procedure and reflects the different professional activities of the diving leader (conducting briefings, providing control, assistance […]

The upper part of Staburaga in 2021

Diving in the Daugava, about three birches, Staburaga's photo

In my grandfather's home, Jēkabpils district, from an early age, as a boy, I saw a photograph hanging on the wall in the living room, overlooking a mighty valley, with a flowing wide river meandering belt that looked like trapped and pressed between two steep dolomite walls that looked more like shields. […]

SI Tech recalls the air supply hoses of a dry suit after a diver dies

After the death of a diver from Los Angeles (USA), the Swedish company SI Tech, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, has recalled about 65,000 dry clothes air supply hoses. It has been concluded that a small part in these air supply wipers can become clogged during diving […]