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Offshore Commercial Diving is the most well known branch of commercial diving, with divers working in support of the exploration and production sector of the oil and gas industry in places such as the Gulf of Mexico in the United States and the North Sea in the United Kingdom and Norway. The work in this area of the industry typically revolves around the maintenance of oil platforms and the building of underwater structures used in the production process.
Inland or onshore diving is very similar to offshore diving in terms of the nature of work and the equipment used, the work often being in support of land based civil engineering projects, with the majority of the work either underwater survey or engineering work. The number of dive sites this covers is varied however, and divers can be found working in harbors and lakes,on hydroelectric dams, in rivers and around bridges and pontoons, with the bulk of this work being undertaken in freshwater. They are often required to inspect and repair outfalls which require at times up to 600 ft. plus penetrations, which require a multitude of safety requirements. Onshore divers typically can be at home every night and earn more per hour than their colleagues who work offshore. However depth pay and minimum 12 hour shifts offshore must be taken in to consideration.
The equipment used does depend on the nature of the work and location, but normally a mixture of SCUBA and Surface supplied diving equipment is used by divers and their employers.