TEC Diving
What is technical diving? Let’s go back to the beginning here. We have commercial diving (people in hard helmets with air supplied from the surface, welding, drilling and generally working hard and not admiring their surroundings!) and recreational diving. Within recreational diving there is no-stop diving (often called sport diving) and technical diving. No-stop diving refers to the fact that you can come to the surface without needing to make a decompression stop (although you probably do make safety stops). No-stop diving includes your open water certification, advanced open water diver, rescue diver and many other specialty course, including instructor certifications. Technical diving picks up where No-stop diving ends generally at nitrox (a breathing gas with oxygen levels greater than 21 percent).
What is the first step into technical diving? Nitrox is the first step into technical diving but most people learn about nitrox in a no-stop diving situation and apply what they learn to diving with up to 40% oxygen. Entry level technical diving courses will teach you about diving with up to 100% oxygen and the risks associated with this. For some divers the goal is to “go deeper for longer” so decompression theory would be learned here and all the extra equipment that is required to accomplish decompression dives.
Do I have to go deep for technical diving? Not at all! Although technical diving is commonly thought of as deep, there are courses that stay within the 40 m depth range (30 feet) such as PADI TecRec 40, TDI entry level rebreather courses and PADI recreational rebreather courses.
Will technical diving allow me to go deeper? Absolutely! We have course curriculums that take you as deep as 100m (330 feet) and do so in a manner that each course builds on the last and takes you a little deeper. By receiving training in this manner not only are your skills and knowledge increasing but, most importantly, so is your comfort level.
At Khaolak Scuba Adventures we offer both PADI TecRec and TDI (Technical Diving International) technical diving courses.
TecRec is the technical training branch of PADI and although a newcomer to technical diver training in 2001, the materials for the courses follow PADI's excellence and they provide some of the best technical training materials on the market.
The TecRec programmes were recently updated to become more similar (in terms of certification levels) to other training organisations. This makes it easy for you to cross over from (or to) other training organisations.
At Khaolak Scuba Adventures we can offer all the TecRec Courses: TecRec 40, TecRec 45, TecRec 50, TecRec 65 and TecRec deep trimix. As well as Nitrox and Trimix Gas Blender courses.
TecRec programmes have rigorous diver prerequisites so please let us know in advance if you plan to take one of these courses so that we can be sure that you qualify.
TDI was one of the 1st agencies of it’s kind. It focuses on providing training materials and education in special areas ranging from enriched air nitrox to rebreathers and overhead environments such as wrecks and caves.
TDI professionals across the world are required to document their experience, both as a technical diver and as a technical instructor prior to achieving the higher instructor ratings. You can be sure that your instructor will have plenty of experience to back up his/her certification level.
Khaolak Scuba Adventures are committed to offering the highest quality training supported by the latest materials with the most up to date information and techniques.
Our team of technical instructors are so highly qualified that we are unable to list all the courses that they can offer! If you don’t see your preferred course listed on this site please contact us and we can supply you the most up to date information and tailor a package specifically for your needs.
