Technical Diving Is Scuba Diving’s
“Extreme” Sport, Taking Experienced And Qualified Divers Far Deeper Than
In Mainstream Recreational Diving. Technical Diving Is Marked By Significantly
More Equipment And Training Requirements To Manage The Additional Hazard
This Type Of Diving Entails. Tec Diving Isn’t For Everyone, But For Those Who
Hear Its Challenge Call, The PADI Tec Rec Courses Are The Answer.
What Is Technical Diving?
Technical Scuba Diving Is Defined As
Diving Other Than Conventional Commercial Or Research Diving That Takes Divers
Beyond Recreational Scuba Diving Limits. It Is Further Defined As And Includes
One Or More Of The Following:
- Diving Beyond 40mMetres Deep.
- Required Stage Decompression.
- Diving In An Overhead Environment Beyond 40m Of The Surface.
- Accelerated Decompression And Or The Use Of Variable Gas Mixtures During The Dive.
Because In Technical Diving The Surface
Is Effectively Inaccessible In An Emergency, Tec Divers Use Extensive
Methodologies And Technologies And Training To Manage The Added Risks. Even With
These, However, Tec Diving Admittedly Has More Risk, Potential Hazard And
Shorter Critical Error Chains Than Does Recreational Scuba Diving.
How Long Has Technical Diving Been Around?
Most People Would Agree That Cave Diving
Is A Form Of Technical Diving. Cave Diving Developed In The Late 1960s And
1970s, Developing Into A Discipline Largely Like It Is Today By The Mid 1980s. In
The Early 1990s, Several Groups Of Divers Around The World Began Experimenting With
Technologies For Deep Diving (Beyond Recreational Limits) To Explore Both Caves
And Wrecks. These Communities United And Emerged As “Technical Diving” Or “Tec
Diving” With The Publication Of Aquacorps (No Longer In Print), Which Dedicated
Itself To This Type Of Diving.
Why Would I Want To Be A Tec Diver?
Tec Diving Not Only Has More Risk, But
It Requires Significantly More Effort, Discipline And Equipment. It’s Not For
Everyone, And You Can Be An Accomplished, Avid Top-Notch Diver Your Entire Life
Without Making A Tec Dive.
That Said, There’s A Cadre Of
Individuals Who Want To Visit Places Underwater That Relatively Few People Can.
Many Spectacular, Untouched Wrecks Lie At Depths Well Below 40m. Deep Reefs
Have Organisms You Don’t Find In The Shallows. Some People Enjoy The Challenge
And Focus Tec Diving Requires. Still Others Love Being Involved With Cutting
Edge Technologies. These Reasons Make Tec Diving Rewarding.
The PADI Tec Rec Difference
The Tec Rec Program Debuted In 2000. Although
Tec Rec Is Not The First Tec Diving Program (Cave Diver Training Has Been
Around For Decades), It Repeatedly Receives Accolades For Its Merits.
- Tec Rec Courses Are Integrated Into An Instructionally Valid, Seamless Course Flow That Takes You From Beginning Tec Diver To One Qualified To The Outer Reaches Of Sport Diving Using Different Gas Mixes.
- Each Level Introduces You To New Gear, Planning And Procedures Appropriate To Extend Your Diving Limits.
- The Tec Diver Course Is An Integrated Sequence Of Three Sub courses: Tec 40, Tec 45 And Tec 50. You Can Complete Them Continuously Or You Can Complete Each Level Separately With A Time Span Between Them. This Gives You Learning Efficiency, Instructional Integrity And Schedule Flexibility.
The Scuba Gear You'll Use
Tec Diving Uses Much More Equipment Than
Recreational Diving. The Technical Scuba Gear Typically Uses Two To
Four Or Five Regulators, A Dive Computer, And Some Accessories.
Prerequisites
Tec Rec Prerequisites Vary (See
Individual Course Descriptions), But The Following Applies To Anyone Interested
In Technical Diving:
- 18 Years Or Older.
- A Mature, Responsible Person Who Will Follow The Required Procedures And Requirements Strictly And Faithfully.
- Medically Fit For Tec Diving (Physician’s Signature Required).
- Willing To Accept The Added Risks That Tec Diving Presents.
- An Experienced Diver With At Least 100 Logged Dives.
- Certified As A PADI Enriched Air Diver And PADI Deep Diver Or Equivalent (For This Program Equivalency Is Proof Of Training In Recreational Deep Diving 18m To 40m Consisting Of At Least Four Dives And Training In Nitrogen Narcosis Considerations, Contingency/Emergency Decompression, Making Safety Stops And Air Supply Management OR, Have A Minimum Of 20 Logged Dives Deeper Than 30m)
The Fun Part
The Fun Part Of Tec Rec Is Rising To The
Challenges As You Dive Deeper And Longer Than Most Divers Ever Do.
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