Anybody here into tech diving?
>>716870
Yep.
I might pursue it up to tec 50 but I might pursuing tec rebreather, so I just want to get a grasp of the principles.
>>716870
taking my GUE Fundies class next month!
i, usea plastic bentube.,, conects to endless air, mostly,,,mostly.
,,learning to breath, is tricky,, getting a good clearing before broching.
, its amazing, howa few Choking sessions,, flaping upon the beach, can getyoup,, and going!
>>719441
I used to hate you, but now you are one of my favorite posters. Keep up the good work anon.
Whats up pussies? Just kidding, technical diving looks fucking awesome. I would love to branch out into some scientific technical stuff for NOAA, anyone have any reccomendations on where to start cert wise?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEtbFm_CjE0
>>719441
How have you been comma chan? It's been a while
>>720960
Pressure's a bitch, risks taken with being a hairy chested deep sea diver.
>>716870
>I am the king of breathing!
>>721217
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgH-SDkuLQA
13,,00
, fishalo!
Commercial diver here.
Had a nice surprise at work a couple of months ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK0bJiQnz_I
>>723053
>She has to pinch nose to equalize.
Scrub.
>>724024
christ. thats pretty cool.
>>724024
Awesome man, what were you doing when you found that? Is it laying on top of something?
>>724117
It was stuck in the propeller and shroud of a tug boat that ran it over the previous night. I was expecting a rope, which is what normally happens.
>>717563
>Undercut
>Underwater
>>716870
>I am the bone of my tank
>>721217
>comma chan
Surely you mean 'bacon rider' -- I'm guessing you're not on /o/ much.
There should be an underwater scuba resort. There's Seaventures, an offshore oil rig converted into a scuba diving platform complete with furnished lodgings, dining room, etc. (pic related)
There's also one true fully underwater hotel that I know of, and one underwater lab still operating off the coast of Florida.
Yet there's no underwater scuba resort where scuba fanatics, who drop $$$ on their hobby anyway, could go and live underwater to do saturation diving for a week or two at a time.
What a shame, I hope that changes.
>>724212
Neat idea. However the whole saturation diving thing would be an utter cluster fuck of liability. Divers are often idiots and will bolt to the surface instinctively, even experienced divers do it.
Theres a reason conventional saturation diving is done via surface supplied breathing apparatus.
>>724214
There's space tourism. Rich motherfuckers pay $$$ to visit the ISS. I don't see why Aquarius Reef Base couldn't help fund its continued operations in the same manner. Jules is a start but it's in a cloistered inland lagoon with terrible vis, and just ~30 feet deep.
>>724217
I understand and agree with your points. However, the space tourists didn't get to go on EVA's.
>>724218
That's also true. I dunno mang, diving nuts drop hundreds on stuff like full face masks or color lcd dive computers, and thousands or tens of thousands on rebreathers. I feel like an open ocean undersea scuba resort is financially viable, someone with the capital needs to make it a reality asap
>>724211
>Look how cool I am at knowing the trip of an obscure retarded poster on a mongolian tent and boot board.
>>720960
>all men on the list
Muh wage gap fallacy
As a diver, even the animations made me cringe.
>>726377
kek, we watched this in dive school. Dont splode yourself. If more women want to die in the most dangerous industry in America theyre welcome to. Anyone can go to a dive school.
>>726536
Are you an underwater welder? What's it like? I've been welding for a while and was considering it
>>726613
Absolutely horrible time to become a commercial diver.
The industry is doing horribly. The rock bottom price of oil is driving down demand for offshore projects and even basic maintenance.
Nope, but I do regular scuba diving.
>>726613
The gulf side is just one aspect of diving and they dont do a lot of welding. Theres shipyard and inland, Ddams and bridges.
The dude who said the industry sucks is most likely a guy who got out of school and couldnt make it in the gulf or someone who knows nothing but what they read on a reddit thread before they pussied out of wanting to be a diver.
Anybody had any experience with teaching tech? I much prefer to teach higher level or leadership level courses, but a lot of tech divers seem to think that they know everything better than I do, especially as I'm pretty young, so I've been hesitant to pick up tech classes to teach.
>>727710
>American centric world view.
I'm an inshore supervisor and I've been offshore when times were better.
The industry is fucking dire right now. giving false hope to newbies isnt fair.
I'm not going to hire some baby diver over a bunch of experienced guys desperate for a job right now.
>>728013
He can weld topside then. I dont give a fuck.
Who /skyba-diver/ here?
>>726359
Lurk moar fagit.
thread bump
>>716870
>all those tanks
for what purpose, is he planning on being underwater for 12 hours or something
>>731957
Pretty much.
You need more air the deeper you go.
Also, they often use gas mixtures, depending on the dive plan.
For instance, a dive below 50 meters will likely have a reduced Oxygen fraction, and a reduced nitrogen fraction by adding helium, it's called trimix.
Other bottles may have increased Oxygen percentages, to accelerate decompression.
Guess that's why it's called technical diving.
>>728039
Enjoy the bends.
>>732267
Its called DCS fuhggit. This thread is derailing. What quals do you need to start running mixes?
>>732337
Don't need any quals if you diy. There are various agencies like TDI, NAUI-tec and even padi tec that will gladly take your money for a cert.
Hey, guys, I think I'm going to get my OW certification and start diving with my tax refund.
The question is, how much pussy can I expect from women who will suddenly find me "adventurous"?
>>734465
If you're attractive, you don't need one.
>>734465
People are pretty impressed when they see my Rescue Diver license. The best thing is, the title sounds cool but it's not actually a high qualification (3rd rung from memory)
>>734483
This and Master Scuba diver.
>tfw do other extreme sports like skydiving as well as mountaineering and flying but too shy and introverted.
In lack of anything better to post...
Tell me everything that's wrong here.
>>736939
>>736941
>>736944
>>734465
I used to fuck a different girl every week as an open water scuba instructor. 10/10 would recommend
>>736939
>>736941
>500m dive
>50 hours Deco.
500m dives havnt been done since the 80s, and they were just world record masturbatory non routine stuff. Also, I have a hunch that Deco would take a bit longer than 50 hours at that depth. Might be worth doing some light research into some saturation sive tables.
I made a poor drunken purchase. I bought a Squeeze Lock Titanium Knife, Tanto Tip.
I don't dive. I paid WAY too much, like, $120 Canadian. How fucking stupid am I? What the hell should I do with this thing? I have never felt so bad about buying something I don't need.
>>738611
There's an entire industry living off of chumps like you. At least you realized what happened. And it only cost you a day's wages, give or take.
But try questioning titanium blades in a knoife thread. People will yell at anybody NOT doing what you did as utter fools.
>>738654
is the knife any good? To be honest, it feels like shit for something so expensive. Thing maybe cost $10 to make. Maybe. The clip is nice, but the edge came soft as butter, and I have not ever sharpened titanium
>>738673
Titanium doesn't keep an edge very well, and it doesn't sharpen particularly well either. It's only two knife applications are EOD and Diving. EOD because it's non-magnetic, and diving because it's more or less corrosion proof.
They make alternatives for both that are cheaper and usually better. Aluminum Bronze or ceramics for the former, Stainless Steel for the latter.
You got suckered into a bad purchase, and now you've learned your lesson.
>>738701
well, shit. I feel so fucking stupid.
I get the feeling this won't be my last drunken purchase though, which is scary.
I did not learn my lesson.
Yes, 1.2 days lost over a shitty knife I will never use. I feel like selling it to someone else for a high price would mean bad karma.
>>738673
>Squeeze Lock Titanium Knife
I wouldn't know. What did you get? Aqualung?
Throw it on ebay for $80. People are dumb enough, it might go up to $200 if you get a snazzy pic.
Super light (saves 1/2 sip of water!)
Absolutely corrosion proof (it could be made into a turbine blade!)
Nonmagnetic (like any stick)
Possible postapoc currency (uhu!)
Waterproof to infinity meters (3 x infinite feet!)
Designed by professionals (con men) for professionals (deep sea astronaut hunters)
>>738712
I like your thinking. But I feel like I would be cheating someone as bad as I was cheated.....I am to honest to scam.
Great post though. Whats your knife of choice?
>>738708
Put it up on eBay or something, recoup some of your loss. Live and learn, now you know better.
>>738720
You weren't cheated. You were made to believe that titanium is a good knife material. It is a valid opinion, albeit only sensible in some very limited cases.
You should have no qualms about selling it. It has a market value, and even if that value is arbitrary (most are) you are not deceiving anyone. You are just not advertising your opinion about the sensibility. Guess what the guy at the market checkout does. Do you believe diamonds are worth money? Do you believe Nikes are good shoes? Do you think Office 2016 is better than Office 2010? That one detergent washes whiter?
I hope I'm not pulling too many threads here. Sell your buyer's remorse. You're not cheating anybody. In fact you might save the next guy $10, but that's up to him.
yes,, tradeit fora quality snorkel.,
,a good fiting mouthpiece,, and getit Clear!, can check for scorpions in your hose,,, you dont want Scorpions, doyou?!
,,streamlineing ,will let you swim with seals.
>>724221
>2016
>not using a rebreather
