Tag Archives: technical diving

From Divers Alert Network: DAN is to hold a conference in North Carolina, to discuss the the ever increasing trend of technical diving. While technical diving is the "Mercedes Benz" of scuba diving there are risks and considerations and DAN … | READ MORE… →

From Dive Magazine News: Technical divers have recovered the body of their colleague who died while filming a sunken German U boat 16 miles off the coast of County Donegal, north west Ireland. Michael Henrahan, 45, a father of four … | READ MORE… →

Missing diver was police officer BBC news reports: The diver whose body was recovered off the Donegal coast was a serving constable, Humberside police have confirmed. He had been on holiday in Donegal at the weekend when he got into … | READ MORE… →

The stealth aspect of rebreathers may no longer be as effective. New Electronics Magazine writes: PCB design services company Dayford Designs has completed a series of boards for use in QinetiQ’s Cerberus 360 swimmer detection system. The project included a … | READ MORE… →

Diver’s Alert Network, the world’s diving safety association, hosted a workshop on November 7, 2006 to discuss with industry leaders the issues surrounding fatalities investigations related to rebreathers.  In preparation for DAN’s Technical Diving Conference in January of 2008, Dr. … | READ MORE… →

Topsham, ME- August 28, 2006 Technical Diving International (TDI) announced that it was the first of the major training agencies to release support materials for the popular Inspiration and Evolution Closed Circuit Rebreathers. The primary author of the student manual … | READ MORE… →

Mission: to dive the U-533 on open circuit and return alive and unharmed on June 9th2006 A group of divers from the Dubai Desert Sport Divers Club are planning an interesting technical dive on June 9th, on the U-533. 25 … | READ MORE… →

Cedric Verdier, a Technical Diving Instructor Trainer since 16 years, pushed the limits of the Sra Keow Cave to 201 m/ 663ft.For this 6 hour-long dive, he used a standard ISC Megalodon Closed-Circuit rebreather with an axial scrubber and no … | READ MORE… →

Looks like our friends over at Travel Dive are busy launching new products these days. Not only have they announced Diving Network TV today but also Shadow Diving, an online magazine dedicated to CCR, Deep tek, DIR, technical expeditions and … | READ MORE… →

From the BBC: A team of Cornish commercial divers could be facing extradition accused of plundering shipwrecks of the Spanish coast. It was originally claimed that the team was illegally diving for gold and diamonds on a wreck off Galicia … | READ MORE… →