Female technical divers

[dreamdive]

Check us out! We were at Innerspace 2014 at Grand Cayman on our rebreathers and we are growing in numbers!!

The "smallest" girl dives the biggest unit - a Sentinel.
The other units dived by us ladies were: Poseidon, Prism II, Evolution, rEvo, Pathfinder.
A lot of these units weigh a little more than an Alu 80. What was the slogan in WWII? "We can do it". But I think it now should say "We Can Do It Too".

Claudia

 

[medtechdvr]

One other factor. Women may be less likely to feel competent to tech dive. This is often (but not always) a bad thing. For example I think it’s less common for women to overestimate their preparedness for new and/or high risk activities.

It's common in many fields - women tend to have to be over prepared or over qualify for the same position - I don't know if that's the same in tech diving instruction?

 

[rongoodman]

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Check us out! We were at Innerspace 2014 at Grand Cayman on our rebreathers and we are growing in numbers!!
Claudia

It looks like you had great weather. I was there the week before and waves were crashing over the dock!

 

[dreamdive]

Oh yeah, the surge was very manageable to dive from the dock and the weather was great overall. Sorry you missed out by one week!

 

[rongoodman]

One one dive off the dock, the surge was bad enough that I did my deco at 20' holding onto a rock.

 

[dreamdive]

Hope the sea urchins did not get you

 

[shoredivr]

So, a comparison of those rebreathers, please

 

[dreamdive]

So, a comparison of those rebreathers, please

A comparison? Not sure I know what you are looking for but honestly, it is very difficult to give a thorough comparison of these on a forum. It would simply require too many words.

If you want to get an honest and unbiased comparison, I recommend you contact the guys at AddHelium.com and/or visit their showroom. They currently have over 12 rebreathers on display and could run you through the characteristics of each of them - much better than I could.

Cheers, Claudia

 

[down4fun]

A little late to this party, but i was mentioned in post above. I am full cave, ccr, full mix and have multiple dives in the 400-650ft zone. Just 3 days ago i completed another 500 foot dive on a rebreather.

 

[Taliena]

Where do you live down4fun? Can you do that dives almost near your house? Here I can't sadly