The ProTec Chronicles
CCR Cave Course in Tulum
A little while ago I was teaching a CCR Cave course down in Tulum. Besides the daily driving it was definitely nice to teach in different places than I usually do. To change the air conditioned classroom and PC with the mosquito infested jungle and a white...
Equipment & Configuration
Openwater divers have different equipment requirements as cave divers, technical divers and wreck divers and again different equipment requirements apply to rebreather divers. All of them have in common that it is imperative to be able to handle the equipment...
Communication – a view from a cave diver
The need to confirm data, inform a dive partner of a problem, to ask questions and to give as well as receive answers is an essential and integral part of diving. Unclear communication can result in distress or even can accumulate into emergency situations. In...
A week of sidemount cave diving with Marc
We started of with the caves in the north diving in Ponderosa in the River Run and Little Joe Line as well as Taj Maha where we visited the Chinese Garden Line and the Twin Cenotes. Very nice dives to get to know each other without breaking distance records or...
Avoiding Breathing Gas Emergencies
Avoiding Gas EmergenciesConstant awareness is the key to a successful dive. If a critical situation is developing, react to it before it becomes a threat and call or terminate the dive. Remember the most important rule of diving is that anybody can call the dive at...
Buoyancy, Trim, Propulsion
Buoyancy, Trim, Propulsion – The fine art of diving Good diving technique is important in any diving environment and at any level of diving ranging from the openwater diver to the technical diver, rebreather diver or cave diver. Skills necessary and accumulated...
Comunicado de Prensa evento the fotografia subaquatico
Nuevo concurso de fotografía submarina en la Riviera Maya 1er concurso de fotografía submarina que incluye mar, cavernas y cuevas 15 de Agosto de 2009 Playa Del Carmen, México La Alianza de Buzos de la Riviera Maya se complace en anunciar el primer...
Press release Underwater Photo Contest Riviera Maya
New Scuba Diving Photo Contest in the Riviera Maya 1st Scuba Diving Photo Competition to include Ocean, Cavern and Cave Photography August 15, 2009 Playa Del Carmen, Mexico The Riviera Maya Divers Alliance announced the first free entry recreational and...
How to find your instructor – Is cheap better?
In the field of diving instruction are a lot of diving instructors who offer the best or highest level of training but charge rock bottom prices. What is wrong with that picture if you start thinking that these individuals have to maintain their own diving skills,...
The Vision Inspiration CCR Rebreather
What I like and what I don’t like – A personal view I bought my first Inspiration e-CCR Rebreather back in 1999 and back then there was no choice between Classic, Vision or even the Evolution. It was plain and simple the Inspiration, now known as the classic version...