Tech diving

What is technical diving (tech diving)?

Technical diving can be described as diving that goes beyond recreational limits and involves greater depths, longer dive times, or exploration in overhanging environments such as caves or wrecks.
Technical diving requires more or more extensive specialized equipment, more training which can sometimes be advanced.
Technical diving requires careful planning, specially adapted equipment and a higher level of expertise due to the increased risks, which are managed through mandatory decompression stops, variable gas mixtures and careful preparation.

Diving beyond recreational limits

Technical diving involves dives that exceed the limits of regular recreational diving, such as depth limits (usually 40 meters) or time at a certain depth without planned decompression stops.

• Environments with overhangs or ceilings
  This type of dive includes diving in places such as caves, ice or ice formations, or wrecks where there is no direct, unobstructed path to the surface, creating a “ceiling” that requires navigation and careful planning.
  Mandatory decompression stops

  Technical divers often need planned stops during ascent to allow nitrogen to leave the body safely and to prevent decompression sickness (diving sickness).

• Specialized gas mixtures: Divers may use gases other than standard air, such as nitrox or trimix, to reduce narcosis at depth or increase bottom time.

• Extensive equipment: Technical divers use a variety of complex equipment, including multiple gas cylinders, rebreathers, dedicated dive computers and regulators, and specialized streamlined equipment, all for safety and to handle different gases.
  

Why do divers choose technical diving?

• You get access to new dive sites:
  Technical diving opens up deep wrecks, walls and caves that are inaccessible to regular recreational diving.
• It provides the opportunity to explore diving environments more: It allows divers to spend much longer periods underwater and explore large or complex sites in more detail.
• Many people like challenges: Many are attracted by the more physical challenge, the advanced equipment and the unique attitude required for technical diving.

What is required for technical diving?

• You need more, multiple or more advanced training: Progressive courses are necessary to learn various specialized techniques, safety and dive planning for technical diving.
• You need to focus and plan carefully: Thorough planning before and after the dive is essential. This can include gas calculations, decompression schedules, emergency procedures, etc.
• You will need custom and specialized equipment: Safety is paramount, so essential equipment is often duplicated. For example, you may need to dive with multiple gas supplies, computers, and extra masks, etc.
• You should have a specific attitude: Technical diving requires discipline, excellent situational and environmental awareness, and a commitment to careful preparation.

For those of you who want to train in technical diving or want to go to other countries for your diving, contact us for more information about which travel destinations we can offer.