The Canary Islands Diving Unit, based in the Las Palmas Military Arsenal, will dive into the marine depths of Lanzarote between June 3 and 7. A Diving Operations Team (EOB) composed of 11 people will be deployed on the island, with the aim of carrying out tasks related to the surveillance and knowledge of the maritime environment of the islands of the archipelago and improve their training in the planning and execution of sustained diving operations outside their base.
During the deployment, the EOB will be based at the Lanzarote Military Aerodrome and from there will travel daily to different points on the island such as Puerto de Arrecife, Puerto del Carmen, Puerto de Órzola and Marina Rubicón, with the intention of collecting information from the area to act as quickly as possible in the event of a future emergency or operation in Lanzarote.
Within the planned activities, immersions will be carried out for training in various capacities such as underwater navigation and orientation, the search and location of underwater archaeological heritage through the use of side-scan sonar, divers or underwater robot, as well as underwater filming, or the performance of underwater repairs on ships and port facilities by means of surface supply. Different health exercises will also be carried out to train personnel, among others, in the procedures for recovering an unconscious diver, their evacuation, and treatment in a hyperbaric chamber in case of suffering from decompression sickness.
The Canary Islands Diving Unit, based in the Las Palmas Military Arsenal, is composed of 19 people with permanent diving (EOB) and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) operations, available 24 hours to be deployed within their area of responsibility.
