Slovakian Long Distance Ice-Dive Record

Posted in News, Penetration with tags on February 8, 2010 by TekScep

Report by Michal Palkovic, TecRec Trimix Instructor

On the 6th of February a team of Slovak DSAT technical divers of DiveINN Dive Center, planned and successfully executed a long distance ice dive using passive semi-closed rebreather unit. The dive was conducted on a frozen lake Guláška, approximately 30km north from the Slovak capital city Bratislava.

DiveINN Dive team members regularly trained together for the past 3 years. For this dive the logistics and preparation started on 20th December 2009. The dive was planned as a continuous no-decompression overhead ice dive for a distance of 2120 meters.

The team was split into two in-water support groups that accompanied the four technical divers. First group accompanied the divers for the first 250m and the second group on the last 250 meters. Two other dry support teams ware prepared in case of any emergency.

The dive went exactly according to the plan and all four divers ascended after 112 minutes without any difficulties. No such event has been safely performed by PADI/DSAT divers in Slovak history.

Dive parameters:

Total distance: 2120m

Dive Time: 112 min.

Maximum/Minimum water Temperature: 2/0deg;C; Ice Thickness: 20cm; Maximum depth: 14 meters; Breathing gas: EANx50 and EANx40; pSCR unit: AEGIR (RB80 clone)

2km Dive Team Members: Michal Durinda, Matus Galovic, Ondrej Szitas, Michal Palkovic

1st Dive Support Team Members: Andrej Szitas, Akos Fazekas, Jan Korytar 2nd Dive Support Team Members: Csaba Vegh, Laco Zobor, Michal Toth Dry Support: Tomas Milko, Miroslava Pinkavova, Michaela Kucerova, Zdenka Dzurikova

TecRec at EUROTEK.2010

Posted in Events, News with tags on February 5, 2010 by TekScep

There will be a TecRec stand at the forthcoming EUROTEK.2010 in October. Held in Birmingham, England on 16/17 October, EUROTEK is the ‘sister event’ to Australia’s OzTek and recently the conferences have been held on alternate years.

The TecRec stand will be manned by Technical Consultants from the PADI TDD who will be able to explain the new range of TecRec courses in detail. More details will follow later.

TecRec on Facebook

Posted in News with tags on February 4, 2010 by TekScep

There is now a Facebook page covering PADI TecRec news at www.facebook.com/PADITecRec. Anything posted on this blog will normally appear on the Facebook page as well.

TecRec Forum at Scuba PRO in Red Sea

Posted in Events, News with tags on January 28, 2010 by TekScep

1st to the 3rd of March 2010 Coral Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt

Exclusively for PADI diving instructors and industry professionals. This 3 day event is a chance to meet with the professional teams from both PADI and SCUBAPRO, participate in unique training and technical seminars, test dive newly launched 2010 SCUBAPRO gear and enjoy 3 days of diving fun.

Participation cost:

Participation fee: € 50.00 per participant. This amount can be redeemed for PADI material at one of the PADI distributors listed below or can be redeemed at PADI directly to get € 50.00 off of your next application. The participation fee is to be paid directly at the distributor’s office. IMPORTANT: accommodation is not included! Rooms will be charged at € 39/ night for a single and € 52/ night for a double room all inclusive.

Program:

1st March 2010:

16h00: Arrival of attendees at Coral Bay

17h00: SCUBAPRO Technical Seminar, held by Gilbert De Coriolis, Technical Director at SCUBAPRO

21h30: Dinner at Coral Bay and free drinks at the beach bar (generously sponsored by SCUBAPRO and PADI)

2nd March 2010:

17h00: PADI Seminar: Equipment Specialty / Optional: Enriched Air Diver Specialty* • Presentation of the SCUBAPRO Instructor Agreement

21h30: Dinner at Coral Bay and free drinks at the beach bar (generously sponsored by SCUBAPRO and PADI)

Optional during the day: free dives**

3rd March 2010:

• PADI Tec Seminar***

• SCUBAPRO Technical Line Presentation*

• Closing and remarks by SCUBAPRO/PADI* 21h30: Dinner at Coral Bay and free drinks at the beach bar (sponsored by SCUBAPRO and PADI)

Optional during the day: free dives**

Get attractive gadgets at the event as well!

*Please indicate on the registration form the seminars you would like to attend.

**Options for day 1 to 3: Free Dives (kindly sponsored by SCUBAPRO)

***Detailed schedule being developed. You will receive a flyer with all details either prior to the event per email or at the event when checking in at the hotel. Please bring the completed reverse side of that registration form plus the registration fee of € 50.00 directly to one of our distributors:

• SKUBBA Shop Hurghada, Marika Laghi, School Street El Hadaba North 495, Hurghada, Phone: +2-012-2443088 email: shophurghada@skubba.com

• SKUBBA Shop Sharm El Sheikh, Samantha Banzi, Villa 18E, Apartment 2, Hadaba, Sharm El Sheikh Phone:+2-012-5031656 email: sharm@skubba.com

• RED SEA FOR BOOKS AND MAPS, Giovanni Saracino, Apt. No. 5, Villa 131, El Khazan Street, Sharm El Sheikh, Phone , email: giovanni.saracino@egypt-redistributor.com

• Maison de la Mer, Naama Bay, Sultana Building, Sharm El Sheikh, Mr. Karim Kamal, Phone +2 069 3601445, email: maison_delamer@yahoo.com

For participants not located in Egypt, please contact Valerie Chovelon for registration and payment via credit card at valerie.chovelon@scubapro-uwatec.com Deadline for registration is the 19th of February 2010 (on spot at distributor’s office)!

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

PADI Europe AG, Oberwilerstrasse 3, CH-8442 Hettlingen, Phone: +41 52 304 14 14

PADI International Ltd., Unit 7 St. Philips Central, Albert Road, Bristol BS2 0PD, England Phone: +44 117 300 7234

SCUBAPRO UWATEC , 175 Allée Belle Vue, 06600 Antibes, France (Tel) 33 4 92 91 30 30

TecRec in the News

Posted in News, Training with tags on January 22, 2010 by TekScep

The new PADI TecRec courses made the front page of the latest British Sport Diver magazine. Editor Mark Evans also allocated a four page spread inside the mag to explain the new range of courses. We are told that a couple of follow-up articles are planned to explore key courses in detail.

Comparing Other Systems to TecRec

Posted in Training with tags on January 21, 2010 by TekScep

A chart is available for anyone considering becoming a TecRec diver/instructor who already has a certification in another system. The chart shows you at what level your rating approximately equates, so that you can see which TecRec course you could enrol on.

Replacement Pages for Tec Course Instructor Guide

Posted in Training with tags on January 21, 2010 by TekScep

For any TecRec instructors who have obtained the digital version of the Tec Course Instructor Guide #70911, please note that is has been discovered that there are a total of 15 pdf pages of the Appendix section that may be corrupted on the #70911 disc. You can download replacement pages by clicking on the links below.

  • A6 through A12 (which was the Dive Planning Slate, Dive Planning Checklist, Equipment Checklist, CNS Surface Interval Credit Table, Oxygen Exposure Limits, SAC Conversion Factors, Maximum Depths in Feet and Metres of Seawater.)
  • A32 through A35 (which was the Oxygen Equivalent Table – Metric from 65% to 100%)
  • A227 through A230 (which was the Blank Answer Sheets for the Tec 40 Exam B, Tec 45 Exam A, Tec 45 Exam B, Tec 50 Exam A.)

TecRec in Africa

Posted in Events, News with tags on January 16, 2010 by TekScep

A TecRec forum was conducted in Johannesburg, South Africa on 15th January. The programme, which was attended by over 120 South African instructors, looked in detail at the new range of TecRec courses.

EuroTek 2010

Posted in Events, News with tags on January 15, 2010 by TekScep

EuroTek, the European equivalent to OzTek, was a great success in 2008. The dates have now been set for the 2010 event: 16th and 17th October. The venue will be the ICC in Birmingham, England.

TecRec Forums in South Africa

Posted in Events with tags on January 13, 2010 by TekScep

Mark Caney, Director, Rebreather Technologies in the PADI TDD conducted TecRec forums in three locations in South Africa over the last three days. The events were run alongside the Member Forums conducted by Peter Driessel, the PADI Regional Manager for the country. The forums, which took place in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban, were well attended.