Does defining "technical diving" serve any purpose?

[tursiops]

Not seen that before. Great model.

No, I just invented it.

 

[Lorenzoid]

The terms that make the most sense to me would be a division between "sport diving" and other diving, which would include commercial, public safety, military, research, etc., and then within sport diving a division between "recreational diving" and "technical diving." As John pointed out, the horse has already left the barn with respect to the terms "recreational" and "technical"; if it's beyond the bounds of what has long been understood as "recreational" diving, and yet it is done mainly for the enjoyment of it, then it's technical. Using "sport" to subsume recreational and technical seems useful.

 

[Wibble]

Leisure diving?

Try a sentence...

Leisure diving is where someone chooses to dive for their own interest or sporting activities. People who dive for a living are generally called commercial divers. Leisure diving is frequently split into two categories according to the complexity and difficulty of the dive; these are called recreational diving and technical diving

(What's a dive instructor? According to this they're commercial divers.)

 

[Lorenzoid]

People who dive for a living are generally called commercial divers. Leisure diving is frequently split into two categories according to the complexity and difficulty of the dive; these are called recreational diving and technical diving

(What's a dive instructor? According to this they're commercial divers.)

A dive instructor is someone who is paid to teach how to dive. A dive instructor is not paid to dive.