Technical diving refers to a particular type of diving which goes beyond recreational diving. Technical diving is often done for non-professional reasons and poses higher risks. These include greater risks of serious injury and death. Below are some tips to help you stay safe when tech diving. Continue reading to find out more. Also, we'll be talking about closed-circuit electronics and TecRec. Once you have read this, it's time to move on.
TecRec
If you're already certified in tech diving and want to learn more, you might be interested to take a TecRec training course. If you complete the Discover Tec, this course will teach you basic tec diving in confined waters. The training will be comprehensive and you will have the opportunity to learn some of the techniques and gear required to dive in TEC settings.
PADI Tec 40
The next step for divers looking to broaden their horizons and dive deeper is the PADI Tec40 course. This course teaches divers advanced techniques in augmented air, nitrogen, higher mixed gas ratios, and also includes enriched air, decompression diving with EANX 50. The course also offers divers the chance to try out decompression software. It is designed to enable divers to safely dive to 40 m or more without suffering from decompression sickness.
Cave diving
Tech divers can cave dive, which is a thrilling adventure beyond horizontal scuba diving. They can dive into caves up to a thousand feet using open-circuit Scuba. Each stage is controlled by a separate regulator. During exploration, they only use one third of the gas in each tank. They keep the unused gas cylinders safe until they can be used again. They also use a single maincylinder, which requires two independent regulators. A diver can travel up to half a kilometer into a cave by using four stages.
Closed-circuit equipment
Michael Menduno in 1991 invented the term "technical dive". It refers to a range of techniques and equipment configurations that are used to increase human diving's capabilities. In the beginning, most technical diving efforts used open-circuit configurations, which were selected for their availability, reliability, and flexibility. Today, however, closed-circuit equipment is increasingly popular and has become the standard for many scuba divers.
Adapting to new situations
Tech diving is a great way to learn about gradient factors and decompression theory. While most teams stick with one decompression algorithm, an increasing segment of the tech community is moving towards dual-phase models. The key is to understand the parameters that your chosen model assumes when traveling between waypoints and what to change if a contingency arises. Safety requires tech diving to allow you to adapt to changing situations.
Gear configuration differences
You need to be aware of the differences in gear configurations, whether you are diving for recreational or professional purposes. To solve depth problems, technical divers will need more equipment. Technical divers often use multiple cylinders, regulators, cutting instruments, and SMBs. These equipment is very similar to what recreational divers use, but they are designed for different purposes.