Ocean Technology Systems Recalls Guardian Full-Face Diving Masks Due to Drowning Hazard
Home product recall 11-180. Announced by CPSC on Mar 22, 2011.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 22, 2011. Copied from CPSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Repair what’s offered
- About 1,700 in the U.S. and 80 in Canada units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The purge assembly on the diving mask can disengage from the regulator, resulting in loss of air to the diver. This poses a drowning hazard to the consumer.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the diving masks and contact Ocean Technology Systems for instructions on conducting a test of the regulator and returning the masks for a free repair.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: repair.
- How to reach the firm: For additional information, contact Ocean Technology Systems toll-free at (877) 270-1984 anytime, or visit the firm’s website at www.otscomm.com. Consumers can also email the firm at recall@otscomm.com
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves Guardian full-face diving masks with serial numbers 9051284 through 10070954. The serial number is printed on the main regulator body. The diving masks were sold in various colors. The Ocean Technology Systems’ logo is affixed to the front of the mask.
About 1,700 in the U.S. and 80 in Canada units, as CPSC gives them.
Guardian full-face diving masks.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 3 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Undersea Systems International Inc. dba Ocean Technology Systems, Santa Ana, Calif.
- Diving equipment retailers and direct sales nationwide from September 2010 through November 2010 for about $800.
- Made in Taiwan, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received one report of a disengaged assembly. No injuries have been reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 24, 2026.