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Technical diving is a form of scuba diving that exceeds the scope of recreational diving. Technical divers require advanced training, extensive experience and specialized technical diving equipment.
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Technical Diving Equipment, Equipped technical diver (Click to enlarge)
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Technical dives may be defined as being either dives to depths deeper than 100 feet - 30 meters or dives in an overhead environment with no direct access to the surface or natural light. Such environments may include fresh and salt water caves and the interior of ship wrecks. In many cases, technical dives also include planned decompression carried out over a number of stages during a controlled ascent to the surface at the end of the dive.
Technical diving equipment includes:
Custom BCDs (Buoyancy Control Device) which allow the diver to attach more equipment to themselves before the dive, equipment such as an additional oxygen cylinder or digital analysers.
Advanced dive computers allow the diver to monitor the status of their oxygen cylinders, water pressure, oxygen and nitrox levels, depth and any other equipment they may be taking with them on the technical dive.
Regulators used on technical dives have the ability to connect multiple hoses, this allows the divers to connect several breathing tanks to their setup.
Additional accessories such as high definition torches, proximity gauges, custom pouches and equipment slots can also be incorporated into the divers setup.
This technical diving equipment can be found at: OMS Dive UK.
In order for divers to experience technical diving they must first complete their technical dive training at a technical diving school, Technical Diving International show information about technical diving equipment courses and technical diving training.
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