tech diving

How does living in a litigious society affect you as a technical diver/ manufacturer/ instructor etc? Join David Concannon at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for his presentation "WHERE EXPLORERS GO, ATTORNEYS FOLLOW". These insights will help you avoid becoming either a defendant or a statistic, in a warm and...

Join Gareth Lock at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for his presentation "THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH CHECKLISTS IN TECHNICAL DIVING". This engaging and challenging presentation will highlight why checklists are doomed to failure in technical diving unless their real purpose is understood and explaining why relying...

How do you differentiate between practices which offer physiological benefit and harm in diving? Many practices have been offered with the promise of improving the physiological safety of diving. While some do, others have the potential to both hurt and harm. The adage "the dose makes the...

Do you know what you will do if you have to rescue a fellow diver? Do you know who will attempt to rescue you? Join Paul Vincent Toomer from Dive RAID International at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for his presentation "REAL LIFE RESCUE". Technical divers of all levels will find this presentation beneficial...

Join Peter Buzzacott at TEKDiveUSA.2018. Peter will be presenting on "Tech Diving Near Misses, Injuries and Fatalities In The DAN Database" and "Cave Diving Fatalities Monitoring and Prevention". TEKDiveUSA.2018 will feature thirty presentations by experts and explorers from around the globe...

Join the top developers of CCRs in technical diving at TEKDiveUSA.2018 April 27th-29th in Orlando, Florida for an in depth look at the next step in technical diving. Panelists include: Horst Dederichs of SF2 Rebreathers, Leon Scamahorn of Innerspace Systems Corp, Lamar Hires of Dive Rite, Josh...

Join Gareth Lock and David Concannon at TEKDiveUSA.2018 April 27th-29th in Orlando, Florida. They will be debating the "RELEASING ACCIDENT INFORMATION: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE AND THREAT OF LITIGATION" A look at the significant challenges involved in resolving the conflict...

Join Nathalie Lasselin at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for her presentation Nathalie Lasselin "AQUA INCOGNITA- CAVE DIVING IN CHINA". See a Video Preview here-

Join Dr. Simon Mitchell and Dr. Nick Gant at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for their presentation "HYPOXIA: INSIGHTS INTO A SILENT KILLER". When divers start using mixed gases for deep diving, and / or rebreathers, we almost inevitably create opportunities for mistakes that might lead to us inspiring a gas...

During the TEKDiveUSA.2018 Gala Dinner there will be a charity auction and raffle held. Proceeds go in part to the TEKDiveUSA technical diving scholarship fund with a goal of inspiring and empowering the next generation of technical divers. The TEKDiveUSA Technical Diving Scholarship's mission...

Two Petrels, both in excellent condition, so scratches, scars or otherwise. Less than 20 dives on both. $400 each or two for $750 Or Best Offer

A stone's throw from the Haitian border in the southwestern province of Pedernales in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola lies the island's most decorated cave. The entrance is reached after a crawl through a dry cave restriction which is fiercely defended by unstoppable hoards of rabid...

The time to submit a nomination for theTEKDiveUSA.2018 Awards is NOW! We want to hear from you. Who are the people making an impact on technical diving? These awards are determined by the technical diving community- so you tell us! Who is inspires you? Who is truly innovative? Submit your...

How do you stay inspired as a technical diver? What makes you want to learn/explore/research/dive something new?

How to make a typical lake dive more awesome: Take all the toys underwater.

A short feel of what it is to go cave diving: It was a lot of fun putting this video together. Shot on a Gopro Hero 5 Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro

A short taste of what's it like to go cave diving. This was shot on my last cave diving trip to France.

Have two people taking PADI Tec 45. They are looking for a third to join them to make their class go in Jan/Feb. Someone interested to chat about details? You'd need to have qualified and maintained your diving as PADI Tec 40/TDI Intro to Tech/equivalent. Can chat about starting you off in...

I am looking to buy a used shearwater computer, any advice? What is the difference between the 1 and 2? Is the predator good? noticed it does not have LED lighting. will need it for open circuit Technical diving, decompression diving. Looking for something in decent condition.

Hi all, First post here. Please be gentle ... Anyway, I was looking at a thread and came across Andy Davis article where he compares the PADI Deep Diver course with Tech 40. In outlining the equipment options he refers to single back-mount with appropriately sized pony bottle as an alternative...