The ProTec Chronicles
Russian Cave Divers visit Mexican Caves
Recently we had the pleasure of working with two Russian groups back to back. One was led by Igor from Kazakhstan and the other by not one but two Sergey’s from Vladimir and Moscow. The two Sergeys from Russia!! The Sergey’s came with 6 people and we had a an amazing...
ProTec Sporadic Newsletter March 2011
ProTec Dive Center & Advanced Training Facility in Tulum We are happy to announce that in late Spring of 2011 we will open our new ProTec Dive Center & Advanced Training Facility in Tulum, Mexico. Tulum is located 60 kilometers south of Playa del Carmen and...
JJ CCR in Mexico for some Cave Diving and training action
The JJ CCR is taking over Mexico!!!!! Some time ago I was lucky to have the possibility to do a cross over training to the JJ CCR. My Instructor was Sami who is teaching on the unit since quit some time and already performed some very deep dives in the cold mines of...
Continuing education – 6 Days at the ISC Megalodon factory and a dive in the Emerald Sea
At the end of January 2011 I went to the ISC Megalodon CCR Rebreather factory located in Centralia, Washington, USA to take a continuing education program and in the process become a Megalodon Rebreather Instructor Trainer. Some 8 or 9 years ago I told myself that I...
ProTec’s shop remodelled – An exciting start to 2011
First up I want to announce very happily that we have done some remodelling to the front of the ProTec shop. So far we have had only positive feedback and this is only the beginning, stay tuned for more changes and always some pics to check out. We are very motivated...
Creation and construction of ProTec Tulum Divecenter Mexico
Hello everyone, here it goes. My first ever entry for a blog, how did we get here and what are we trying to accomplish?My name is Kim Davidsson and I am one of the three partners in the new dive shop, ProTec Tulum. Funny how life goes sometimes, I remember it like...
Last dive of 2010 – Cenote Pet Cemetery
I had the great pleasure of diving on the last day of December 2010, the last day of the year, and what a great dive it was. It was a very nice day, almost no clouds, balmy 27 C or so in the shade. With little regret I was thinking about the people living in snow...
Cenote Zapote – Hell’s Bell’s
Matt went in the summer of 2010 to scout out the location of Cenote Zapote as reports emerged of a new dive site opened up due to new road construction leading inland away from the coast. As we heard more about it photos came up as well, in particular images from...
CCR cave diver essentials – Preparation is king
When planning to take a CCR (closed circuit rebreather) cave diver training program, when planning to take a CCR into the cave environment a number of diver, training, drill and skill performance needs to be considered. The CCR cave diver training...
Teaching, teaching, teaching
Lisa, Pasi and Sherief The rest of September was pretty much full with teaching and I could only use the hand full of days off I had to go exploring. First up was the cave course of Pasi from Finland, Lisa from Austria and Sherief from good old Egypt. Definitely a...