Tech Diving Book List Diving history and science are crucial elements to expanding your knowledge as a diver. There is more out there than the course textbooks and there's always something new to discover. I've selected a handful of books that are relevant to cave diving and tech diving. [...]
Servicing Your Regulators Scuba regulators used for diving have a service schedule - typically 100 dives or 2 years (whichever comes first). This service replaces parts inside the regulator, lubes surfaces, and tunes them to manufacturer specifications. I started servicing regulators when I worked full time at a dive [...]
O2ptima CM Review Dive Rite's Chest Mount I dove the O2ptima CM shortly before it's release in 2020. I realized on that demo dive that the successor to the O2ptima rebreather - the chest mounted "choptima" rebreather - was a big deal. It was small, [...]
Decompression Class Equipment Guide Below is a list of equipment for use in your decompression training. Please do not shop based on this list alone! This list is generic as a checklist before your course. I suggest buying equipment from your local dive store whenever possible which is why this list doesn't [...]
This list of skills and notes is meant to better prepare you for the course dives so you get the most from your in-water time. These skills will be briefed and debriefed as part of the course, but reading them here will set you up for the most success. This list isn’t inclusive to [...]
Examples of cylinder labels. Dedicated cylinders with permanent reflective stickers (like the oxygen on the right) are far superior to using tape. If you use a cylinder for multiple mixes ensure you remove all labels, every time, and verify analysis before labeling. Gas Planning for Cave Diving The only true emergency cave [...]
Cave Navigation This article is a summary of best practices in cave diving navigation. One of the basic 5 rules of cave diving is a continuous guideline to the surface. You can use this article to prepare or review cave training, but it requires more information from the in person element of training and [...]
Accidents happen, in the water, out of the water, or in the car ride to the water. All technical divers should understand the risk of the hobby - gas bubble disease, drowning, oxygen toxicity, etc. Acknowledging that risk is one of the first steps in your training process and should be reevaluated personally on [...]
7 Decompression Tips Diving carries a risk of decompression related injuries - There are a few encompassing terms Decompression illness(DCI), Gas bubble disease (GBD), etc. All divers need to have an understanding of that risk and be prepared to mitigate it. The only way to guarantee no risk of scuba related GBD is to [...]
This list of skills and notes is meant to better prepare you for the course dives so you get the most from your in-water time. These skills will be briefed and debriefed as part of the course, but reading them here will set you up for the most success. This list isn’t inclusive to [...]
