Deep 6 Gear Information

Welcome to Deep Six, we're glad you have taken the time to drop by and visit us. Deep Six is the world's first brand of Scuba Equipment that from the inception was intended to be marketed exclusively through use of the Internet, Social Media and word of mouth. Deep Six, what does our name mean? "A nautical expression indicating a water depth of 6 fathoms (36 feet, 10.97m) as measured by a sounding line; "deep six" acquired its idiomatic definition from the fact that something thrown overboard at or greater than this depth would be difficult if not impossible to recover. Marks on a sounding line were traditionally placed at 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, and 20 fathoms. The "leadsman" called out the depth as he read it off the line. If the depth was at a mark he would call "by the mark" followed by the number, if the depth was between two marks, he would call "by the deep" followed by the estimated number. Six fathoms would therefore be reported as "by the deep six."