Tech v. cave

[Dive-aholic]

Thanks for the recommendations, cd. That's actually the way we dive. We do a lot of training, but we do a lot of diving in between as well. One step at a time. We were thinking about doing a cavern/intro/full cave course over 8 days, but it looks like it might be better to split that up. Thanks again.

 

[Mad Scuba]

This is what I did and it worked pretty well...

When I made the decision to go for a full cave class I was advised to be prepared so I could enjoy the caves. Back then I was only a recreational diver and had never dived with doubles yet. So I got the tech gear and took the advanced nitrox and deco procedure classes. When you have to make deco stops you are in a virtual overhead environment, so it is a good practice for the cave. Also, with all the exercices you do with lift bags you practice your buoyancy. I practiced for 8 months then I went to Florida for the cave class.

I wanted to make all classes at the same time (cavern, intro, full cave) for financial reasons.

I think that you should have a good buoyancy control and finning techniques before you go in a cave. Also, if you know how your equipment and try different set up, you will be comfortable and enjoy the class a lot more.

 

[CNTdiver]

I didn't know cave diving was not technical diving? Well, I guess you learn something everyday? No no, just joshin. But in my mind, I think your question should deal a bit with decompression theory.

 

[Dive-aholic]

I didn't know cave diving was not technical diving? Well, I guess you learn something everyday? No no, just joshin. But in my mind, I think your question should deal a bit with decompression theory.

Cave diving is technical diving, and we do know that. But it seems noncave deep tech diving is simply referred to as tech diving. DSAT, TDI, etc offer tech dive courses. NSS offers cave diving. Not sure what you mean by the last part of your post. Decompression will play a role in both types of diving with some differences of course based on the nature of the diving. All we're trying to find out is does knowledge in one lend itself to the other.

 

[CNTdiver]

Cave diving is technical diving, and we do know that. But it seems noncave deep tech diving is simply referred to as tech diving. DSAT, TDI, etc offer tech dive courses. NSS offers cave diving. Not sure what you mean by the last part of your post. Decompression will play a role in both types of diving with some differences of course based on the nature of the diving. All we're trying to find out is does knowledge in one lend itself to the other.

I am sorry for the confusion.....I did not mean to offend :schijnend . I feel learning technical diving will be able to give you some much needed background for cavern, intro to cave, and finally cave. As for the comment on decompression theory, I think that you should take that course early on in ANY technical diving. I was told and basically forced to do this early on in my technical diving courses and boy am I sure glad I did. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send me a PM and I would be happy to send you the progress, from open water to trimix, of my diving classes. Happy diving.

 

[Dive-aholic]

I am sorry for the confusion.....I did not mean to offend :schijnend . I feel learning technical diving will be able to give you some much needed background for cavern, intro to cave, and finally cave. As for the comment on decompression theory, I think that you should take that course early on in ANY technical diving. I was told and basically forced to do this early on in my technical diving courses and boy am I sure glad I did. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send me a PM and I would be happy to send you the progress, from open water to trimix, of my diving classes. Happy diving.

No offense at all taken. Just trying to clarify. We've already started learning about decompression theory in reading about it. We're also members of a SAR team, and although deco dives aren't planned, the theory is covered in training, just in case. We've already done some guided cavern diving. I think our plan will be to do cavern and intro to cave this spring and then look into deep tech. The main reason for this is $$$$$. We can do cavern and intro to cave with our current set up, but we need to buy a lot more gear before we can start deep tech. Slowly but surely...