Technical Diving is a serious discipline, but it doesn't always mean we have to be serious! Here I am screwing around with partially disconnected gear following completion of our decompression schedule on Dive #2214 to Hole in the Wall on Roatan, Honduras.
At the end of our tec dives, after we've washed out our decompression, we disconnect the waist clips from our decompression cylinders and our chest bungees from our sidemount air cylinders, resulting in a sloppy mess of flopping tanks and hoses. This is done in anticipation of passing our gear up to the surface-side support on the boat. As counter-intuitive as it may seem, it is easier to disconnect the gear underwater and swim it up than it is to disconnect it on the surface during a swell.
For more information about my tec dive with Roatan Tec Center and Coconut Tree Divers in Roatan, Honduras, please check out these other posts:
- Decompression Procedures
- Descending Into Darkness at Hole in the Wall
- Tec Diving to 55m/180ft at Hole in the Wall
Photo courtesy of Alex Harper-Graham
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Nice photo! I'd love to try out tec diving! I'm going for my rescue diver soon, and I'm super excited!
Keep up the good work @thescubageek!
Rescue Diver is my favorite course to teach! It's a great way to safely stress test a diver's abilities to respond calmly to scenarios requiring self-rescue and assists. As an instructor, it's a great way to get paid to screw with your students (I can flood a student's mask, rip their reg out, and pop their weight belt in split-seconds).
Have fun and safety first!
Hahaha, sounds like I'll have to be on my toes! I'm looking forward to it!
Really, a technical activity.