Technical diving refers to a particular type of diving which goes beyond recreational diving. It is usually conducted for non-professional purposes, and poses greater risks. These risks include increased dangers of serious injury, death, and even death. Here are some tips to keep you safe when diving into tech. Learn more. We'll also cover closed-circuit devices and TecRec. Once you have read this, it's time to move on.
TecRec
You might consider registering for TecRec if you are already certified and wish to learn more about tech diving. The course teaches you how to tec dive in confined water. It may count towards your Tec 40 certification if you have passed the Discover Tec exam first. In addition to the training you'll receive, you'll also get to use some of the gear and techniques that are necessary to dive in TEC configurations.
PADI Tec 40
For those divers who want to expand their horizons to deeper dives, the PADI Tec 40 course is the next logical step. This course introduces divers to advanced techniques for augmented air and nitrogen, allows for higher mixed gas ratios, and includes enriched air and decompression diving on EANX 50. You will also be able to practice decompression software. The goal is to make it safe for divers to dive to 40 meters without risking decompression illness.
Cave diving
Tech divers love cave diving. It is a challenging adventure that challenges the boundaries of horizontal scuba. These divers can travel thousands of feet into caves using open-circuit scuba, which has a separate regulator for each stage. 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 use one main cylinder that requires two regulators. Four stages can be used by a diver to reach a distance of up to half mile inside a cave.
Closed-circuit equipment
The term "technical diving" was coined in 1991 by Michael Menduno, and it describes a variety of practices and equipment configurations used to expand the range of human diving. Most technical diving used open-circuit systems in the beginning. They were chosen because they were reliable, flexible, and easy to use. Today, however, closed-circuit equipment is increasingly popular and has become the standard for many scuba divers.
Adapting to new circumstances
Tech diving involves knowing the basics of decompression theory as well as gradient factors. Many teams still use the same decompression algorithm. But, a growing portion of tech professionals are switching to 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. It is crucial to adapt to new situations when tech diving.
Gear configuration differences
Gear configurations are important, regardless of whether you're diving recreationally or for a career in technical diving. To solve depth problems, technical divers will need more equipment. These divers use multiple cylinders with gas, regulators or cutting tools. These divers use equipment that is similar to recreational divers but it's made for different purposes.