The trick to getting more time out of your tanks

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Are you looking to get more time below to surface but your gas seems to go too quickly? You aren’t alone and the good news is, with practice this is something you can get better at. We’re sharing a breathing technique you can use to increase the amount of time you get out of your tanks.

5 things you should know before you start tech diving

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Are you considering tech diving? If it’s making you nervous, firstly, take a deep breath. Second, read these five things and feel comfortable in the learning process. Know that you’re on your way to exploring even more of what the underwater world has to offer.

Diving with redundant air source for recreational divers

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You know the saying, plan your dive, dive your plan. The problem is even the best plans can go awry. That’s where diving with a redundant air source can come into play. Here are a few options to consider and a few tips to know before you start diving with a redundant air source.

“Slow down young fella” — Attitudes in Technical Diving

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It’s no secret that diving comes with risk. However, we increase that risk when we attempt to move our training forward too soon without practice and patience. It’s hard to be patient with ourselves in the age of social media when we see other advanced divers posting incredible photos of deep wrecks and caves. Learn why slowing down and gaining experience is ultimately the right choice every time.

Best wreck dives in Murcia

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Are you a wreck seeker looking for your next adventure? Then you’ll want to read on. The Murcia Region of Spain is littered with wrecks of all shapes and sizes waiting to be explored. Here are just a handful of what you’ll find.

Sidemount diving in open ocean – is there ever a good reason for it?

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Sidemount diving was once believed to be for cave diving or the tight spaces of wreck penetration diving. But times are changing… Today sidemount is beneficial for more than just tight space diving. Divers love it for a variety of reasons. Discovery why tech divers are diving sidemount outside the caves nowadays.

A Brief History of the SS President Coolidge

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Have you heard of the SS President Coolidge wreck? Some have noted it as “the world’s greatest shore dive” but do you know the history of this great wreck? Take a trip back in time a learn more about this wreck’s heyday.

Why I Switched from Diving Sidemount to CCR

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Have you been thinking about making the jump from sidemount to rebreather? Have you weighed out the reasons to do it? Do you know how it would affect you on a boat dive vs a wreck dive vs a cave dive? Read on the break it all down.

Three Safety Protocols for Technical Diving

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Pre-dive safety, gas switching and end of dive safety checks. These are just some of the things tech divers have to think through on each dive. To make them easier to understand, we’ve come up with a set of acronyms.

Do you visualize your dive?

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Dive planning is one thing, but what about dive visualizing? Do you do this? It can be said that it can help you make sure you’re not forgetting anything in your dive planning.

How to be a WINner in Your Technical Diving Course

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This post may seem like either common sense or talking points that many of us already know or have heard. However, for the diver contemplating entering the field of technical diving, the student who is reading this and eagerly awaiting the start of their first technical diving course, or for the seasoned diver preparing for the next level of training, if you recognize that the best divers — and I would argue the best anything — are people who are lifelong learners and students of the subject.

Do we really need an 02 kit when we dive?

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No one plans for decompression sickness or even arterial gas embolism, we do everything we can to avoid them in-fact. However, accidents do happen. When they do we need to be prepared to act right away, this is where having an O2 kit comes into play.