When making decompression dives we need to ensure we have gas available to complete our required decompression stops. More commonly than not we use different gasses, with a higher percentage of Oxygen to “accelerate” our deco. When selecting our deco gasses we have to take a few things into consideration. We need to keep our […]
If you are new to Technical diving or looking at getting into it, there is a word that you would have heard getting thrown around quite a lot. Trimix, and if you have already started your technical diving career then you probably have some basic understanding of what it is. However some divers may be […]
As a technical diver you need to have a back up of everything. So we are going to talk about dive computers today. As this equipment is a very important part of your kit, you need to have have at least 2 of them. The problem with dive computers is that even different models from […]
More often than not when we go Technical diving we will end up having to make decompression stops. This is a result of staying at depth for so long. These decompression stops vary in lengh, as a tech 40 diver you can make 10 mintues of “deco stops”. However as you get more advanced you […]
Something that we see that is becoming more and more popular is diving sidemount. This means positioning your tanks on your side, instead of your back. Now a lot of people want to dive sidemount because it is the new thing to do, There are many benefits to diving sidemount, first of all it is […]
One of the essential pieces of equipment that a Technical diver, or any diver should have and be familiar with using is a light. If you are interested in diving in an overhead environment then the diving torch becomes an essential piece of equipment. In fact if you are diving overhead then you need to […]
Over the past few months interest in Technical Diving has grown a huge amount on Koh Tao. Especially with the instructors who live and work on the island. Many of them feel that in order to keep them interested in the sport they have to keep it fresh by taking more courses or just diving […]
Congratulations to David Polley, the head of Davy Jones Tech, who has recently completed several levels of CCR instructor courses. Now DJL can teach on the following units, AP Inspiration classic, AP Inspiration Vision and also the new highly regarded Poseidon MK VI recreational rebreather, the first CCR unit PADI have allowed to be used […]
