Rules
Svenskgruvdykning.se collaboration
SvenskGruvdykning.se is a collaboration between the big mine diving sites in Sweden; Agruvan, Långban, Nordmarksberg, Sala Silvermine and Tuna- Hästberg.
The collaboration was initiated a couple of years ago and has already in the past agreed on a more common way of handling local diving regulations.
During May and June, the mines have taken another step by changing the wording of all the fundamental diving regulations, in order to use the same definition in all the mines being part of the collaboration. The purpose of making these changes is to have diving regulations that are more clear and easier to understand, especially for divers visiting multiple mines. The mines are different and have a need for some regulations to be very site specific, i.e. some regulations will continue to be different also in the future.
One such example is the usage of site specific experience ladders that are tailored to the environment of each specific site. However, most of the core regulations are now identical.
Starting today, the following diving regulations are valid in A-gruvan, Långban, Nordmarksberg, Sala Silvermine and Tuna-Hästberg.
Rules for diving Äventysgruvan
General
- Before your visit, make sure you book och pay the current event
- We take a fee equivalent to the days of diving that you have booked if you fail to cancel your booking at least 10 days before an event, for whatever reason
- Bring your certificates
- You must be prepared to share your dive computers logs with on site staff at any time
- All incidents should be reported to on site staff as soon as possible
Basics
- It is not allowed, without pre - approval from local mine management, to add, remove or change anything related to the permanent line system.
- Touching or performing tie - offs on sensitive artifacts is not allowed. Sensitive artifacts include, but are not limited to, wooden constructions.
- NO removal of items from their original location
- All diving shall be performed within the formal certification of each diver. Regardless of certification, there are also other clarifications and limitations according to the list below
EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES
Course dives with a fully certified cave instructor
NO course dives unless the instructor has been granted permission IN ADVANCE
ALL the above rules apply to EVERYONE at ANY given time. There will be NO exception to the rules.
Breaking the rules can result in a permanent ban from diving in Äventyrsgruvan.
Diving
- NO diving unless trained and certified
- NO diving beyond level of training and certification
- NO decompression diving unless trained and certified
- NO includement of stage in gas planning unless trained and certified
- NO CCR diving unless trained and certified
- The minimum requirement t o be allowed to dive rebreather in the mine is that one of the following two prerequisites are fulfilled:
- CCR Intro to Cave / CCR Intro to Mine
- OC Full Cave/Cave 2/Mine 2 + RB basic training + 50h experience of diving with a rebreather
- Besides the basic rebreather requirement above you also need a t least 20h of diving with the specific rebreather that is being used
- Each diver should carry enough bailout gas to be able to exit the system and reach the surface without support from any other diver . Additionally, a minimum of two bailout tanks is recommended on all dives
- NO pushing limits
- NO solo diving
- Maximum dive time is 120 minutes. Longer dive times requires pre - approval from local mine management
- For dives deeper than 40 meter, trimix is mandatory
- Diving outside of permanent lines requires Full Cave/Cave 2/Mine 2/CCR Cave/CCR Mine . (Jumps between permanent lines are considered as being part of the permanent line system)
- Diving with DPV requires formal DPV Cave/Mine / Overhead - certifi cation .
Deep Diving
- For dives deeper than 40 meter, trimix is mandatory
- NO diving with trimix unless trained and certified
- NO diving below 50m unless being granted permission IN ADVANCE
- NO diving below 75m unless SPECIALLY INVITED
- All dives with duration time over 120 min are considered as extended dive and you need apply for permission
- All dives below 50m are considered extended dives and you need apply for permission
- In order to apply for permission to conduct extended dive fill out form attached below
Permission to dive OC below 50m will ONLY be given to those that:
- Have requested permission IN ADVANCE
- Are trained and certified for the current depth
- Have logged at least 100 cave and mine dives in various systems
- Have logged at least 10 dives in Äventyrsgruvan
Permission to dive CCR below 50m will ONLY be given to those that:
- Have requested permission IN ADVANCE
- Are trained and certified for the current depth
- Have logged at least 100h of CCR cave and mine dives in various systems
- Have logged at least 10 dives in Äventyrsgruvan