This course walks students through the special techniques, planning procedures and skills that set technical diving apart from
traditional sport diving.
But diving deeper than
sport diving depths is for specialists only and cave diving requires even more training and equipment.
In fact, as long as you stick to
sport diving parameters, you can get life insurance (unlike sky divers, for example).
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The stalactites start at a depth of 120 feet and are plainly in view at the limits
of sport diving, 130 feet.
Sodwana Bay Nature Reserve, with its many exciting coral reefs and outstanding climate, has distinguished itself as one of the premier
sport diving destinations in the world.
Underwater Sports Diving Centre is the world's leading dive operator to the ex-HMAS Hobart artificial reef and Rapid Bay Leafy Seadragons.
«The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park are a world destination
for sport diving,» said Chris Mobley, sanctuary superintendent.
The northern tip of the island features rocky slopes, hard coral gardens and giant rock pinnacles which start at the surface and plunge almost vertically to
beyond sport diving depth.
Technical diving picks up
where sport diving ends generally at Nitrox (a breathing gas with oxygen levels greater than 21 percent).
Recreational underwater activities,
including sports diving to depths of 30 meters, is covered up to the plan limit.
The stalactites start at a depth of 120 feet and are plainly in view at the 130 foot limit
of sport diving.
On land, Intro to Tech focuses — among other subjects — on the differences between technical diving and
sport diving, the higher degree of planning required and introduces the student to potential technical diving activities including cave diving and wreck penetration.
We have partnered with Dive Master Insurance in the UK to provide
sport diving injury insurance with worldwide coverage to our guests for accidents and injuries resulting from sport diving.
Although technical diving is commonly thought of as deep, there are a lot of courses that stay within
the sport diving limits (40 m / 130 feet) such as Advanced Nitrox, Semi Closed Circuit Rebreather (SCR) and Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) and Advanced Wreck to name a few.
In 1998 the membership of TDI could no longer be held back from the demand to create
a sport diving division of TDI and thus was born Scuba Diving International (SDI).
International Training has more than 24 regional offices worldwide and through
its sport diving sister agency, Scuba Diving International, it is associated with many leading industry groups such as the Recreational Scuba Training Council (RSTC) USA, Canada and Europe; the European Underwater Federation (EUF); and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Scuba Diving International's instructors are among the leaders in
the sport diving industry.