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What equipment does a diver use?
In recreational diving you use one scuba tank, but tec divers typically wear twin cylinders or closed-circuit rebreathers (CCRs), plus one or more additional tanks, each with different gas blends. They usually have two or more completely independent regulators and dive computers, as well as other dive gear backups.
What does a technical diver do?
Tec divers are able to visit reefs and wrecks at depths well below the 40 metre/130 foot recreational limit. With specialized training, they can explore underwater caves and other places well beyond the reach of mainstream sport diving.
What technology is used in scuba diving?
Buoyancy compensator devices (BCDs) are crucial pieces of diving equipment that allow divers to offset their negative buoyancy while underwater. The device adds air from their oxygen tank to the BCD while diving, and allows you to float to the surface when you want to.
What do you call diving equipment?
A scuba set is any breathing apparatus that is carried entirely by an underwater diver and provides the diver with breathing gas at the ambient pressure. scuba is an anacronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
How deep can a tech diver go?
170 feet to 350 feet
While the recommended maximum depth for conventional scuba diving is 130 feet, technical divers may work in the range of 170 feet to 350 feet, sometimes even deeper.
How do I get into tech diving?
To start a technical diving course, you must have previously completed several basic courses:
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certificate or equivalent,
- PADI Enriched Air Diver certificate or equivalent,
- PADI Deep Diver certificate or proof of at least 10 dives to 30 metres/100 feet.
What do tech divers breathe?
Most technical divers breathe oxygen enriched breathing gas mixtures such as nitrox and pure oxygen during long-duration decompression, as this increases the rate of inert gas elimination.
How deep can tech divers go meters?
Scope
| Activity | Recreational |
|---|---|
| Deep diving | Maximum depth of 40 metres (130 ft) or 50 metres (160 ft) |
| Decompression diving | Some agencies define recreational diving as “No decompression” diving; others consider all dives to be decompression dives. |
| Mixed gas diving | Air and nitrox |
| Gas switching | Single gas used |
How much does basic diving equipment cost?
The prices for a full scuba gear set vary based on the brand, technical specifications, and variety of materials. A basic set including a mask, fins, snorkel, dive exposure suit, BCD, and regulator would cost around $700-$1500, not including a scuba computer.
What is Tech Diving?
– Increased Range – Exploring deeper than 40 metres/130 feet – Increased Diving Environments – Diving in caves, shipwrecks or other special environments – Increased Skills – Using specialized gas mixtures and decompression procedures – Specialized Equipment – Using highly specialized equipment, like a closed or semi-closed circuit rebreather
What equipment do you need for diving?
Scuba Tanks. This is the air tank and breathing apparatus that allows you to stay underwater.
What is Tech dive?
You excel at project management and collaborative projects