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Learn scuba diving's
extreme sport!
Technical diving courses are beyond mainstream
recreational diving by PADI. Learn more with TecRec Diving.
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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 TecRec 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 40 metres/130 feet deep
- required stage decompression
- diving in an overhead environment beyond 40 linear metres/130 linear feet
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
Although TecRec is not the first technical diving program (cave diver
training has been around for decades), it repeatedly receives accolades for its
merits.
- TecRec 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.
- Discover Tec is designed as introduction to
technical diving and can be carried out in the Local Pool or in a Open Water
Environment
- The Tec Diver courses are an integrated sequence of three subcourses:
- 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.
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