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Take precautions when you start tech diving



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Technical diving is a special type of diving that goes beyond the limits of 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 safety tips for tech diving. You can read on for more. We will also discuss closed-circuit equipment, TecRec. After reading this, you will be ready to go.

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. 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.


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PADI Tec 40

PADI Tec40 is the next logical step for divers wanting to expand their horizons into deeper dives. 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. 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 can go cave diving. It's an adventure that takes horizontal scuba to new heights. 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 about one-third the gas in each of their cylinders. They keep the unused gas cylinders safe until they can be used again. A single main cylinder is used, 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 invented the term technical diving in 1991. It describes a variety if practices and equipment configurations that can be used to enhance human diving. In the beginning, most technical diving efforts used open-circuit configurations, which were selected for their availability, reliability, and flexibility. Nowadays, however, the standard for many divers is closed-circuit equipment.

Adapting to new circumstances

Decompression theory and gradient factors are important to know when tech diving. Most teams use one decompression algorithm. However, a growing segment of the tech community prefers dual-phase models. It is important to know what your chosen model does when moving between waypoints, and how to adjust them if necessary. Adapting to new situations while tech diving is essential for safety.


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Gear configuration differences

Gear configurations are important, regardless of whether you're diving recreationally or for a career in technical diving. One, technical divers require more equipment in order to solve problems at depth. Divers in this category typically have multiple cylinders of gas, regulators and cutting tools. While the equipment used for these types of diving is similar to recreational divers', they're designed for different purposes.



 



Take precautions when you start tech diving