Avelo was founded to change how people experience the underwater world. We design diving systems that reduce what the diver has to manage and increase what they get to experience.
The Avelo System was invented by Aviad Cahana, a diving instructor and environmental engineer who spent years working to solve the fundamental limitations of conventional scuba equipment: excessive weight, unstable buoyancy, and the constant task load that keeps divers focused on managing gear instead of experiencing the underwater world.
What followed was years of engineering, testing, and refinement. Rigorous product development, destructive testing, regulatory certification, and real-world validation with divers across every experience level.
Today, the Avelo team includes professionals with decades of experience in scuba education, equipment design, and dive operations. The system reflects that collective expertise: a product built by people who understand what diving should feel like. Avelo partners with Shearwater, ScubaPro, Ocean Reef, Whites, Fourth Element, and DAN.
Avelo exists at the intersection of engineering, education, and experience. These principles guide everything we build.
Every design decision starts with the diver's experience. The system is built around the human body, natural movement, and awareness underwater. When the equipment fades into the background, the dive comes forward.
Diving should get visibly, measurably better over time. Avelo integrates performance data into every dive, giving divers and instructors real insight into stability, workload, and progression.
Avelo reduces task load. It does not remove diver agency. The diver selects, initiates, and controls every aspect of the dive. The system amplifies what the diver is capable of.
All Avelo courses are aligned with ISO standards. Quality assurance is built into every course through post-dive data, student surveys, and professional review. Avelo maintains a quality management process across every course, dive center, and instructor in the network.
Avelo works with dive centers affiliated with all major training agencies. Avelo instructors continue teaching their primary agency's courses alongside Avelo. The system is additive, not restrictive.
The Avelo Professionals Code of Practice requires instructors to model sustainable diving practices and promote ocean conservation. Connecting people to the underwater world is how we build stewardship.
Innovation Award
boot Düsseldorf
The Avelo System received the Innovation Award at boot Düsseldorf 2025, the world's largest boating and watersports show, recognizing advancement in buoyancy control and diver experience.
The boot Düsseldorf Innovation Award is one of the most respected recognitions in the global diving industry. Avelo was selected for its contribution to buoyancy control, diver safety, and the integration of technology into the diving experience.
Avelo has also been named one of the Best Tech Startups in Hawaii by The Tech Tribune, recognizing the company's commitment to redefining scuba through lighter equipment, intuitive training, and data-driven innovation.
Scuba Diver Magazine reviews the Avelo System and explores how its water-based buoyancy approach is redefining the diving experience.
Scuba Diver MagazineScuba Diving Magazine reviews the Avelo System and explores how its water-based buoyancy approach is redefining the diving experience.
Tauchen - DivemasterIn this episode, inventor Aviad Cahana shares the vision behind the Avelo System and how innovation continues to challenge long-held assumptions in scuba diving.
Off Gassing: A Scuba Podcast hosted by Nick HogleOur collaboration with Shearwater Research aims to integrate advanced dive analytics with Avelo's innovative buoyancy system, enhancing diver control and safety.
Dive MagazineShearwater Research announced a strategic research and development partnership with Avelo Labs during this year's DEMA Show in Las Vegas.
Deeper BlueIngrid Martinson shares her firsthand experience with the Avelo System, highlighting its impact on her diving adventures.
Our World Underwater Scholarship SocietyShearwater Research announces a strategic partnership with Avelo Labs to drive the advancement of diving systems and human performance.
DIVEIN DIVINGThe folks who developed Avelo, an innovative lightweight scuba system that uses water to manage your buoyancy, unveiled a new dive computer mode.
Deeper BlueDive Pacific explores how Avelo's lightweight Hydrotank and Jetpack are changing the game for divers seeking efficiency and comfort.
Dive PacificThe Avelo, an innovative lightweight scuba system that uses water to manage your buoyancy, was unveiled at this year's DEMA Show in Orlando, Florida.
Deeper BlueA new system, the Avelo Hydrotank, aims to eliminate the need for a BCD and reduce a diver's need for weights.
Deeper BlueThe New Avelo dive system promises to be a revolution in scuba, providing a lightweight system with unparalleled buoyancy control and efficiency.
Deeper BlueA dive professional shares how Avelo has transformed their approach to diving, emphasizing improved buoyancy control and reduced equipment weight.
Dive NewswireAbyss Scuba Diving highlights the benefits of the Avelo System for various diver profiles, from beginners to seasoned professionals.
Abyss Scuba Diving blogThe latest from Avelo and the growing community of Avelo Dive Centers worldwide.
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