Technical diving is a special type of diving that goes beyond the limits of recreational diving. Technical diving is typically performed for non-professional purposes and carries greater risks. These include increased risks of death and serious injury. Here are some safety tips for tech diving. Read on to learn more. We'll also be discussing closed-circuit technology and TecRec. After reading this, you will be ready to go.
TecRec
If you have already been certified and are interested in learning more about tech diving you may want to sign up for a TecRec class. 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 to augmented and nitrogen. It also allows for higher mixed-gas ratios. Divers will have the opportunity to learn how to use decompression technology. This software is designed for safe diving to depths of 40 meters or greater without exposing themselves to decompression sickness.
Cave diving
Tech divers love cave diving. It is a challenging adventure that challenges the boundaries of horizontal scuba. These divers can reach thousands of feet in caves by using open-circuit, which has a separate regulator each stage. During exploration, they use one-third of the gas in each cylinder. The unused cylinder is kept safe for them to retrieve when they leave the cave. They also use a single main container, which requires two separate regulators. A diver can travel up to half a kilometer into a cave by using four stages.
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. At first, technical diving used open circuit configurations. These were chosen for reliability, availability, and flexibility. Open-circuit equipment is becoming increasingly popular, and is the preferred choice for many scuba divers.
Adapting to new situations
Tech diving requires you to be familiar with gradient factors and decompression theory. Although most teams will stick to one decompression algorithm for their dives, some tech communities are moving to dual-phase models. It is important to know what your chosen model does when moving between waypoints, and how to adjust them if necessary. Tech diving requires you to be able adapt to new situations.
Gear configuration differences
Whether you're diving for recreational purposes or pursuing a career in technical diving, you'll need to consider gear configuration differences. One reason is that technical divers need more equipment to solve deep diving problems. Technical divers often use multiple cylinders, regulators, cutting instruments, and SMBs. These divers use equipment that is similar to recreational divers but it's made for different purposes.