Technical Courses

Question: What is Technical diving?

All non commercial diving is categorized as recreational and within recreational diving there is sport and technical. Sport diving includes Open Water certification, Advanced scuba diver, and many other Specialty courses. Technical diving picks up where sport diving generally ends at Basic Nitrox (a breathing gas with oxygen levels greater than 21 percent).

Question: What is my first step into Technical diving?

Basic Nitrox is most divers first step into technical diving, but it has also become very popular amongst sport divers. Enroling onto the Twinset Fundamentals Workshop enlightens you on kit requirements and serves as a taster before comiting further. From there you can enrol onto the most popular first level Technical courses; Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures. Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures offer the foundation of technical diving. All other courses will build on the knowledge and skills learned during these courses.

Question: Do I have to go deep for Technical diving?

No. Although technical diving is commonly thought of as deep, there are a lot of courses that stay within the sport diving limits (40 m ) such as Advanced Nitrox, Semi Closed Circuit Rebreather (SCR) and Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) and Advanced Wreck to name a few.

Question: Will Technical diving allow me to go deeper?

Yes. TDI has course curriculums that take you as deep as 100 m / 330 feet and do so in a manner that each course builds on the last and each course takes you a little deeper. By receiving training in this manner not only are your skills and knowledge increased, but so is your comfort level.

Question: How old do I have to be? What are the prerequisites?

Be a minimum age of fifteen (15). Have a minimum certification of Nitrox Diver (or equivalent). Show proof of fifty (50) logged open water dives. Deep Diver Training with 10 additional dives logged between 27m-40m.

Question: Which Technical agency is best?

We teach TDI and PSAI. You can have both certifications for the same course for a small fee. Both agencies base their courses material on the same subjects, and are virtually identical. PSAI is a performace based system where TDI have slightly more rigid standards. Both have excellant reputations. These are the two most sought after technical agency qualifications worldwide.

Question: How do I book?