Technical diving is a phrase coined to identify advanced levels of scuba diving where mixed gases are utilised to overcome physiological and decompression problems of deep and extended diving.

A technical dive may be that of a deep wreck where a mixture of gas other than standard scuba air is to be used or on the other hand it could be one of a serious cave penetration that substitutes air for Nitrox to benefit from lengthy periods in shallow water. Each one poses logistical problems in its own right and becomes more technically challenging than sort diving.

Technical diving and its practice often incorporates scientific applications physiological and mental preparations as well as staged decompression, equipment and self sufficiency. The use of mixed gases over and above standard scuba air is a technique previously reserved for military operations. Technical divers have, today advanced procedures and systems beyond military concepts adapting technical diving for their own exploration in caves and offshore deep wrecks. The knowledge of mixed gas for use in mainstream sport diving has grown since its first introduction during the late 1980's early 1990's when the phrase was first coined by Aquacorps editor Michael Menduo.

Divers with adequate qualification can enroll on a technical diving course and work their way up to the qualification of the most advanced and technical divers in the world today, once qualified you will have the knowledge of mixed gas and advanced decompression theory and be able to conduct your own advanced diving projects around the world. Some examples of the projects deep blue have been involved with can be found by clicking here. More information about technical diving expeditions can be found here and you could join us on out next big project click here to find out more.

Deep Blue diving have trained many of today's well known technical divers and offer the training from the basic nitrox courses through to advanced mixed gas closed circuit rebreather diver. For more information click here or email us here. We will be only too pleased to help you and give you the very best guidance we can.

Richard Stevenson