AP Diving orAmbient Pressure Diving, formerly known asA.P.Valves, is a British manufacturer of diving equipment atWater-Ma-Trout inHelston, Cornwall, England. They produce a range ofscuba andsurface-supplied diving equipment includingbuoyancy compensator jackets and the Inspiration range of electronically controlled closed circuit divingrebreathers.[1][2][3]
The firm started in 1969 making a valve to allow a diver to breathe from astabiliser jacket buoyancy compensator's inflation cylinder.[citation needed] They progressed to making divers'adjustable buoyancy life-jackets and stabiliser jackets, and then other diving equipment such asrebreathers.[4] and diving accessories etc.[citation needed]
They often exhibit at diving trade shows.[5]
In January 2018 Martin Parker, Managing Director of AP Diving, received theEuropean Underwater Federation Lavanchy Award at the Boot Show in Düsseldorf.[11]