I’ve just received the learning materials for intro to tech. I’ve been getting by with a…less than ideal computer for a long time on recreational levels.
Obviously my instructor will have his own thoughts and recommendations but if it can do technical planning and at half the cost of the teric/perdix I’m gonna push for that.
Really just trying to figure out how expensive my wife’s Christmas gifts are about to be right now. I’d also likely have to wait to buy a perdix due to the microchip supply issues. I have no plans to go into CCR, or tri mix diving in the foreseeable future. AI is a non-issue. It would be nice but it’s not worth that money to me at the moment. Especially considering I’m about to have to upgrade regulators, wing, etc.
Thoughts?
I'm looking for anyone that either is a tech diver in Puerto Rico or could connect me with one. I'm looking at hopping up to PR for a quick trip later this month. I'm not sure what the tech diving scene looks like there, but if I could find a buddy or two, I'd love to get in a nice deco dive. I'll be staying in Old San Juan, so I don't think diving out West will be practical given my time constraints.
Also if anyone knows anything about any shipwrecks that might be in the area, I'm also interested in those.
EDIT: I called Puerto Rico Technical Diving Center and talked with Tony. Their shop has doubles, deco bottles, 2Ls & 3Ls for CCR, sorb, bailout bottles, etc. They do O2 and trimix fills. They also can provided instruction for technical diving and on multiple CCR units for anyone looking for that.
I'm heading up at the end of the month and have 1-2 days of diving tentatively planned with one of their CCR divers. It sounded like their wall is diveable from shore, but you have to be careful if you don't have a DPV. If you hit the tide wrong, the water coming out of the bay will make it very very difficult to get back to shore. For that reason, they recommend going out on the boat. The wall is on the South West side of the island and seems to be the (only?) prime spot of tech diving there. We talked about also doing a dive off the north side of the island, closer to San Juan for fun, but I don't think it gets nearly as deep up that way.
I'll report back with more details after the trip.
Hey folks
So next year I'm planning to finally step into technical diving. I'm completely new to this part of diving and don't have any friends to ask.
I plan on doing it abroad and have been considering Egypt, Malta, and the Philippines for quite some time. Now obviously I care about proper training and safety but my biggest priority in terms of the location is the price difference. I'm planning on going all the way to trimix. I was hoping someone with actual experience could shed some light on the different places. I've heard that the helium in the Philippines is insanely expensive compared to Europe, but at the same time, the courses are a lot cheaper in Asia as far as I can see. I would prefer TDI. What do you recommend?
This is regards to..
https://www.reddit.com/r/scuba/comments/k9x3dr/how_do_i_get_started_with_technical_diving/
Basically, I offered to have a call with the OP about a few questions he had about getting into technical diving and there was a super big interest in it.. But, the time I suggested wasn't amazing for everyone... How would 19:00 GMT on Saturday suit everyone?
I do not have any experience diving at all, but it has always been a dream of mine to dive to the bottom of Lake Champlain in VT, which is 400' fresh water. I know this is well beyond the realm of normal recreational diving. Any insight you folks could throw at me would be appreciated;
What would the typical path for training be to get to a place where I could dive this deep? What could the approximate overall cost and time commitment accumulate to?
Also is this just a ridiculous pipe dream that I should dismiss as I do not scuba as a career and am not rich?
Edit: Thank you all for the great responses! Based on your expert advice, I have decided shelve this goal for twenty years and completely abandon it shortly after that.
Hi reddit!
These days, diving 450 feet to explore never-before-seen habitats is a lot of what I do. Because they’re hard to reach, deep mesophotic reefs (found below the limits of recreational scuba diving) are virtually unknown -- about half of the species I see down there don’t have scientific names. Part of my research involves cataloguing this unknown biodiversity, but I also try to figure out how this unique fauna evolved. In addition, I’m very worried about the negative consequences of invasive species, especially lionfish in the Atlantic. My colleagues and I recently published two articles on this subject, one showing that lionfish are eating critically endangered species in the Caribbean, and another expanding the range of invasive lionfish to Brazil. I often talk about these and other topics on Twitter @coralreeffish.
I'll be back at 4 pm EDT (1 pm PDT, 9 pm UTC) to answer your questions, ask me anything!
Link 1: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00338-015-1293-z
Link 2: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0123002
Hi r/scuba, I'm wanting to get into wreck diving and I want to actually go inside wrecks. Watching OW students crash into the bottom of the local quarry is getting fairly boring.
Did anyone take a really good course with an instructor they'd highly recommend?
I'm looking for wrecks divers specifically though if none really stand out, I guess I'd opt for cave training in Florida then take wreck from someone.
I'm aware of Chatterton and Kohler and that they both still teach but I kind of wanted to go for the not so obvious. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
I'm in Houston and have been considering doing the training on the Texas Clipper since it's nearby but I understand that the eastern seaboard and the great lakes are fantastic alternatives with intact wrecks.
Cannot find anything on google and I am interested on it !
I'm looking into maybe getting a new computer, and I can get the Eon Core much cheaper than the golden child Perdix.
Down the road, I'll also want to get into technical diving.
So I've been trying to understand the differences between the VPM-B and RGBM models to see if the Eon is any good for tech. As far as I can tell, the calculated profiles are quite similar source , and they're both bubble-models with deep stops.
However, I don't see any techies endorsing it. That's partly because it's a proprietary model, but is there anything more to it than that? And is there any statistics or studies in incidents of DCI in the various models?
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I've always been curious about how these dives are funded. Doing a technical dive can require a lot of equipment and expensive breathing gases. I have a grasp of the equipment and logistics to perform recreational dives, but complex technical dives fascinate me.
I'm sure a lot of these are self-funded, which puts these sorts of dives financially out of reach for many.
However, are some of the larger projects funded by grants from research or government institutions? What sort of budget are we talking about to do this? Examples would be welcome!
In a positive way or a negative way?
Hey everyone, I'm currently a new diver and so far only have open water, advance open water and side mount courses under my belt. I just wanted to know if there was a half way between tec and rec diving where I can enjoy a bit of both worlds. On one hand I want to go slightly beyond recreational diving but don't want to go all the way considering the time, commitment, costs and risks involved and also I want to just relax as well. But my adventurous side still wants to check out deeper ship wrecks and caverns all in the light zone and with proper training of course. So what do you all think ? Thanks for your time and answers.
