Is Solo Diving Technical Diving?

[Michael Guerrero]

To me it's not, it's advanced diving regardless if a redundant air supply is used. I tend to think of technical diving as some sort of overhead, whether hard or soft. Maybe that's inaccurate since PADI allows penetration within limits.

 

[Doc Harry]

I agree with you

 

[GrumpyOldGuy]

No, it is self reliant diving, which IMHO is one subset of the skills needed for technical.

 

[Chugwhump]

I dunno.
I just do it sometimes.

Chug
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[Nirvana]

"Technical diving" is not a well defined and widely agreed upon concept and, therefore, can differ considerably in comprehensiveness depending on who uses the term.

For me, technical diving specialties have in common the fact that they deal with techniques designed to mitigate the risk associated with the impossibility of immediate access to atmospheric air. The training offered nowadays to qualify a person to do these dives emphasizes self reliance (as a solo diver course) but also improved basic skills (buoyancy, trim) and the use of a robust system of redundant gas supply (manifolded doubles, independent sidemount, rebreather). More often than not, the training also deals with improved cooperation among buddies / team members.

For me, then, it is incovinient to group solo diving with more commonly accepted technical diving specialties because it does not share those foundations that the other specialties (deco, wreck, cave) do.

 

[Bob DBF]

To me it's not, it's advanced diving regardless if a redundant air supply is used. I tend to think of technical diving as some sort of overhead, whether hard or soft. Maybe that's inaccurate since PADI allows penetration within limits.

A lot of advanced diving has now become technical diving so I guess it depends if they want to include solo, Scubaboard has.

I'll keep on solo regardless.



Bob
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[Jxh2297]

My cave instructor said it best. Technical diving is where you solve all problems underwater instead of going to the surface.

This definition is spot on. Technical diving is normally deco, cave, wreck, ice, all of these you cannot go to the surface.

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[NAM001]

I like the basis for that definition. I think it is appropriate and on target.

My cave instructor said it best. Technical diving is where you solve all problems underwater instead of going to the surface.

This definition is spot on. Technical diving is normally deco, cave, wreck, ice, all of these you cannot go to the surface.

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[tomfcrist]

Shortest answer is no.

Neither need a degree in astrophysics to pull off, but both are capable of ruining your day when Murphy shows up.

 

[JohnN]

To me it's not, it's advanced diving regardless if a redundant air supply is used. I tend to think of technical diving as some sort of overhead, whether hard or soft. Maybe that's inaccurate since PADI allows penetration within limits.

For me, technical diving is a dive where you cannot make a direct ascent to the surface.