Article regarding technical diving
By Daniel Xerri with photography by Jon Borg Given that 71% of the planet is covered in water, divers get to see far more than those who never wander beyond the surface. In visiting the submerged parts of the world, most often divers experience a sense of awe. The idea that diving is conducive to …
Spooling up to start overhead training? Reely confused on all the guideline terminology? (See what I did there?). Let’s spend a few moments clearing up the different types of line handling devices, their uses, and advantages/disadvantages to each type. Types of line handling devices There are two basic types of line handling devices – reels …
STAYING CONNECTED – A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO LINES IN CAVE DIVING Read More »
Perhaps you are cave-curious, looking for the next adventure, or wanting to try something new to broaden your tech diving skills. Whatever your reason may be for deciding to swim into a hole in the earth, you should have a reasonable expectation of what you are getting into. I know I am writing this article …
A surface marker and guideline are an essential part of a tech diver’s kit. Most people use either a lift bag or an SMB (surface marker buoy) as the marker. A reel or finger spool are two options for carrying and deploying a line. The reasons for carrying these items are many. If diving in …
I recently fulfilled my long time wish to become a technical diver. Being a dive instructor, becoming a tech diver had been on my bucket list for ages. However, it just never happened, either because of a lack of time, or money, or both. My motivation for wanting to become a tech diver was two-sided. …
THE BIGGEST AND MOST UNEXPECTED THING I LEARNED IN TECHNICAL DIVE TRAINING Read More »
The foundational ABCDs of technical diving — Awareness, Buoyancy control, Communications and Discipline — are vitally important on every dive. Every technical dive is different, just like every technical diver is different. And technical dives can take place anywhere from the open ocean to overhead environments like caves and wrecks. However, the ABCDs of technical …
Deception spells doom for divers who enter a cave system. After they made their way past the narrow opening in the freshwater spring, the cave system opened up in front of Cliff and Andrew. Cliff had been inside the cave several times, but it was the first time for Andrew. He was a little nervous, …
The majority of recreational scuba divers are not ready to be exposed to an overhead environment, such as the cavern portion of a flooded cave. Darkness, confinement, minimum experience or worse, minimum level of training (since the open water diver certification is a prerequisite), poor buoyancy control skills, lack of a clean equipment configuration, relaying …
To reel, or not to reel, that is the question. Sometimes it can be fun, Tho it can be a pain to run. Sometimes it works well; Other times it is hell. To reel, or not to reel, that is the question. Do you know Where the wreck will let you go? Sometimes you need …
Everybody wants to go tech now. I thought about it a couple of times. It sounds great, in theory. Carry more gas, learn proper decompression procedures, go deeper, stay down longer, and explore even further. That’s the goal with technical diving, right? There was a time when I thought I wanted to go the technical …