Last updated: November 11, 2026
1. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old to create an Abyss account — there are no exceptions, and we do not offer any form of account for minors. You must also be a certified diver (Open Water or above); DSD-only certifications are not accepted. By creating an account, you confirm that the information you provide, including your date of birth and certification details, is accurate.
2. Your account and content
You are responsible for the accuracy of your dive logs, certification documents, and any other content you submit. Submitting false certification data, impersonating another person, or falsifying a dive log may lead to suspension or permanent removal. You keep ownership of the photos, notes, and other content you upload; by posting it on Abyss, you grant us a limited license to store, display, and distribute it within the app as needed to operate the service (for example, showing your dives to the people you've chosen to share them with).
3. Diving is inherently dangerous — read this
Scuba diving carries real risks of serious injury or death, independent of any tool or app. Abyss is a logging, planning-support, and social platform — it is not a dive computer, a certifying agency, a safety device, or a substitute for proper training, a pre-dive check, a real dive computer, or a buddy check. No-fly timers, depth statistics, dive site information, and any other figure shown in the app are informational only, may be incomplete, inaccurate, or entered by other users, and must never be your sole basis for a diving decision. By using Abyss, you acknowledge these risks and agree that you dive entirely at your own risk and using your own judgment, training, and equipment.
4. Acceptable use
You agree not to: harass or threaten other users; submit fake certifications or falsified dive data; post content related to illegal hunting, collection, or trade of protected marine species; send commercial spam; attempt to circumvent another user's block of you; or scrape, reverse-engineer, or interfere with the normal operation of the service. We may remove content and suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules, at our reasonable discretion.
4bis. Reporting, blocking, and moderation
Any user can report another profile, stating a reason. The reporter is notified their report was received and is under review. The reported user is notified and has 72 hours to review and correct their content before our moderation team examines the report, within 7 business days of submission. If a violation of these Terms is confirmed, the reported profile may be temporarily blocked from the platform. Separately, any user can block another user directly at any time, without reporting them or stating a reason; a block silently stops both users from seeing each other's dives, comments, and profile activity, and is never disclosed to the blocked user. Reports are reviewed by a human moderator; automated tools may assist, but final decisions are made by a person.
5. Subscriptions and payments
Pro, Instructor, and Business plans are paid subscriptions, billed in advance and renewed automatically until cancelled. On the web, payments are processed by Stripe; on Android, they are processed through Google Play Billing. Abyss never sees or stores your full card number. You can cancel at any time; access continues until the end of the period you've already paid for, and — unless required otherwise by law or by the store you purchased through — payments already made are non-refundable. Prices, available plans, and refund rules may vary depending on the platform and country you purchase from, and are additionally governed by the applicable terms of Stripe or the Google Play Store.
6. Suspension and termination
You can delete your account at any time from Settings. We may suspend or terminate accounts, without prior notice where warranted, for: violating these Terms or applicable law; submitting fraudulent certification or payment information; harassing or endangering other users; attempting to circumvent moderation, blocking, or age verification; or any use that creates a security or legal risk for Abyss or its users.
7. Disclaimer of warranties
Abyss is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any warranty of accuracy, completeness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful content submitted by other users.
8. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Abyss and its operator shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, revenue, or profits, arising from your use of — or inability to use — the service, including any diving injury, decompression illness, or death, however caused, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Where liability cannot be excluded under mandatory law, our total liability for any claim arising from these Terms or your use of Abyss is limited to the amount you paid us, if any, in the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, including liability for our own fraud or gross negligence, or, where applicable, statutory consumer rights that cannot be waived.
9. You agree to indemnify us
You agree to indemnify and hold Abyss and its operator harmless from any claim, damage, or expense, including reasonable legal fees, arising from: your violation of these Terms; content you submit; your interactions with other users; or your use of the service in a manner that causes harm to a third party.
10. Third-party services and DAN
Abyss may link to, or let you access, services operated by independent third parties — for example, dive insurance from DAN (Divers Alert Network). Abyss is not an insurance provider, broker, or agent, is not a party to any policy you purchase, and makes no representation about the coverage, terms, or claims handling of any third-party service. Any agreement you enter into with DAN or any other third party is solely between you and that party, governed by their own terms.
11. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. If a change is material, we'll notify you in the app before it takes effect. Continuing to use Abyss after a change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.
12. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by Italian law. Any dispute will be brought before the competent Italian courts, without prejudice to any mandatory right you have, as a consumer resident in the EU, to bring proceedings before the courts of your own country of residence.
13. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to abyss@allblue.it.