Technical Scuba Diving

Technical diving takes you from an experienced recreation diver to an extreme sport diver. Technical divers are not commercial divers. Technical diving is marked by more significant equipment and training requirements so that we can better handle the additional hazards. Because in technical diving the surface is effectively inaccessible in an emergency, tec divers use extensive methodologies and technologies and training to manage the added risks. Even with these, however, tec diving admittedly has more risk, potential hazard and shorter critical error chains than does recreational scuba diving. Technical scuba diving is defined as diving that takes you beyond normal recreational diving and is not commercial diving. For instance the following are considered technical dives:

Tec diving not only has more risk, but it requires significantly more effort, discipline and equipment. It’s not for everyone, and you can be an accomplished, avid top-notch diver your entire life without making a tec dive. That said, there’s a cadre of individuals who want to visit places underwater that relatively few people can. Many spectacular, untouched wrecks lie at depths well below 40 meters/130 feet. Deep reefs have organisms you don’t find in the shallows. Some people enjoy the challenge and focus tec diving requires. Still others love being involved with cutting edge technologies. These reasons make tec diving rewarding.

What gear will you be using: Technical Gear
What Decompression Software: V-Planner

Please note Technical Diving Course Prices do not include gear.
Please do not rush off and buying a lot of gear and accessories for tec diving as you will be very dissapointed when we tell you the gear is not useable for technical diving. We dive & teach basically with the Hogarthian / DIR configuration with some minor adjustments due to not diving caves or DPVs. We will discuss gear configuration on course and will assist you in getting affordable gear that works.