Archive: June, 2009
DSAT Outlines Coming Revamp of TecRec Program at Pattaya Forum
Heeding customer feedback and finally bowing to market pressures, PADI’s DSAT technical diving arm is preparing an overhaul of its TecRec Deep and Trimix courses that will lower the entry barriers to the course and give instructors more flexibility. Although final course outlines have not been finalized, the Tec Deep course will be broken into [...]
Read moreClosed-Circut Divers Australia & MV Trident’s Gulf of Thailand Virgin Wreck Expedition
The following is a trip report by Lance Robb of Closed-Circuit Divers in Australia which last month chartered Koh Tao’s MV Trident for a week-long tech liveaboard. If you’ve got a great Thailand tech diving trip report, use the Contact form to let us know. The MV Trident usually operates out of Koh Tao and [...]
Read moreUsing Medication While Tech Diving
With aisles full of over-the-counter medication, self-dosing a stuffy nose, burning stomach or aching back is all too common. In Thailand, and other third-world countries, where the corner phamacy will gladly sell you prescription drugs usually only available after a doctor’s examination, it’s even easier. While we all know of people who down the Actifed [...]
Read moreReminder: DSAT TecRec Update in Pattaya Sunday
Just a reminder that PADI’s DSAT technical diving division will host a roundtable forums in Pattaya June 21 to gather suggestions and ideas on the future of the agency’s tech courses. DSAT has been doing forums around the world to map out what its instructors want for future tech-diving courses. As part of these discussions, [...]
Read moreChoosing the Right Wreck-Diving Reel
Reels are essential equipment for technical divers, particuarly for those diving wrecks and caves. Yet, as any experienced techie will tell you, they’re a pain to use. Even the best reels will jam, foul, tangle, warp, drop, swing, trap, ratchet, keyhole, bind and bascially drive you nuts. Today’s TECHnique post attempts to make reeling in [...]
Read more15th Century Thai Pottery Found in Ancient Vietnamese Wrecks
Southeast Asia’s oceans are full of ancient wrecks, many of which contained beutiful and rare pottery. Technical divers around Thailand, with the folks at the MV Trident in Koh Tao at the forefront, have found and explored many of these wrecks. But in Vietnam, underwater archeology is still in its infancy. In a post today [...]
Read moreEstimating Oxygen Exposure
Today marks the first post in a new section on Thailand Tech Diving called “TECHnique,” devoted to tips, tricks, education and “how to” information for the technical diver. While not Thailand specific, we think all of the knowledge can be of use to tech divers in- and outside The Kingdom. Any (good) technical-diving classes will [...]
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