What is Technical Cave Diving?
Technical cave diving is the most advanced form of scuba diving. The technical community consists of many different user groups including scientific, public safety, commercial, military, and recreational. It is the “Technical Sport” Diver that constitutes the largest of these user groups. Technical diving is a discipline that utilizes special methods, equipment, training, and skills to improve underwater safety and performance, enabling divers to explore a wide range of underwater environments and perform tasks beyond the scope of (traditional) recreational diving. Technical diving typically involves “extended range” exposures outside the recreational envelope (no-stop dives in the 0 to 130fsw / 0 to 39 msw range) and is often conducted in the “overhead environment” of a cave, wreck, or decompression ceiling where the diver cannot freely ascend to the surface. The term “technical diving” encompasses a variety of advanced level diving including ice diving, wreck deep penetrations, overh
