BCD in scuba diving is: B For Buoyancy; C for Control; and D for Device
What does BCD stand for in scuba diving?
A buoyancy control device is also known as a BCD, which stands for:
B is for Buoyancy.
C is for Control.
D is for Device.
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A scuba divers’ buoyancy compensator, which is also called a buoyancy control device, is to help them maintain neutrally buoyancy through the dive.
Other names fora BCD or Buoyancy Control Device include BC, stab jacket, buoyancy wing or ABLJ. Although I don’t think you can get an ABLJ any more as this is an old style buoyancy device.
The reason for needing a BCD is because of the density of water, which gets greater the deeper you dive.
A buoyancy Control Device has an inflatable bladder inside that is filled with air. As you descend on a dive you add more air to this air-bladder. This extra air compensates for the fact that you become less buoyancy the deeper you go. The reduced buoyancy in due to the water pressure around you.
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Article written by Russell Bowyer who has been a scuba diver since diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 1989. After his first dive he trained as a BSAC diver in the UK. He attained his Diver Leader certification with BSAC. He then went on to become a scuba diving instructor, teaching others how to dive and was voted as Diving Officer and Treasurer for the Saffron Walden BSAC club too. Russell has dived all over the world, including the UK, on liveaboards in the Red Sea, the Caribbean, South Africa and the USA. Russell is experienced in all dive types, including drift diving, deep dives that involved decompression stops and recreational dives too.
