The Atomic Aquatics Story

About the Company

At Atomic Aquatics, we're divers too, and we're serious about our sport and the products we design. We're doing more than just developing new diving products, we're creating a whole new class of diving equipment. We're improving the quality of the diving experience through every product we make. We make no compromises along the way. Our use of high technology is always focused towards making diving simpler and more enjoyable.

We developed the Atomic Aquatics regulators with the engineering philosophy that every detail, no matter how small, contributes to your overall diving experience. Improving the quality of that experience is our main concern. We want to assure that experience lasts a lifetime.

Who Are These Guys? 

For over twenty years, Dean Garraffa and Doug Toth have been innovators in the diving industry with over a dozen patents to their credit from BC's to regulators to snorkels.  In 1995 they founded Atomic Aquatics in Huntington Beach, California.

Atomic Aquatics introduced the world's finest titanium regulators, whose innovative features and record breaking performance have become industry benchmarks. These were the first of many exciting new products to be coming your way.

Dean Garraffa Back in 1977 Dean applied his formal training in machine technology and metallurgy to his first regulator design. This model and subsequent designs for various major manufacturers were among the elite few that passed the stringent USN Class A performance evaluations. "At Atomic Aquatics we're creating more than just a new regulator. We're creating a whole new class of diving equipment for the diver who demands the ultimate gear".

Doug Toth Originally graduated as a marine biologist, and working as dive instructor part time, Doug switched careers in the late 1970's to mechanical design and ultimately to design diving equipment. "I've never forgotten how much more difficult it was to train new divers with equipment that was overly complicated, uncomfortable or difficult to use. Reliability and safety are expected, but the gear should also be simple, functional and fun to use."