The ProTec Chronicles
Instructor Q & A: Skanda
How long have you been at ProTec? I started working with PT at the beginning of 2015, first learning aii of the cavern dives and ‘ciassic’ cave dives, then sIowIy began instructor development when I decided that Mexico wouId be home Ionger term. What’s your favourite...
Instructor Q & A: Jaime
How long have you been at ProTec? Since the 1st of April of 2015. What’s your favourite thing about working at ProTec? The opportunity to learn and grow, not only from the amazing team that feels like a family and by far the best bosses I ever had, but also from the...
The Rediscovery, Resurvey And Exploration Of Cenote Chuup Ich aka Corazon Del Paraiso
Reopening The Cenote For Divers In late 2017 Kim Davidsson was contacted by Don Victor, owner of Cenote Jailhouse, who had opened up a road to another cenote on land he owned south of Tulum. Kim dived the site and quickly realised it had not been ‘cleaned up’ after...
To Anakao…and Beyond!!
In February of 2019, Jake Bulman and I received the news that we were going to be sent to Madagascar for a cartography project and the trip of a lifetime. We had been selected to go and create a map of the cavern zone of Aven cave. Having seen the videos and heard...
Looking Back to Look Ahead
I’ve been meaning to write this article for a while now. This time last year I had suffered an injury to my L5S1 Vertebra. I had received this over time from carrying tanks, loading and unloading trucks, and from every time I overreached for something in my...
The Big Decision
The Big Decision…. I have been working in the diving industry since 2010, having become a PADI instructor in the Dominican Republic. I began my diving career like many others, super enthusiastic about teaching and diving. And of course, I was a complete fish geek. I...
Closing the Circuit -Choosing a CCR
Closing the circuit: Why I Chose the KISS Sidekick For many people, myself included, moving into the world of rebreather diving is a decision made over at least a few months, if not a year or two. It involves a lot of time spent on research into different units,...
A brief history of The Cookie, a non-directional marker
Discussions on cave diving history, training, and exploration with Daniel Riordan To continue exploring the history of cave diver navigational markers I now turn to non-directional markers. The non-directional marker is a crucial part of every cave divers’...
Behind the scenes of Madagascar 2018
This is a brief story of all the logistics and adventures around the scientific expedition in which Skanda Coffieldand I (Jaime de la Puerta Salazar), both Instructors at ProTec Dive Centers, participated during May and June. Our adventure started with a very early...
Madagascar: The Scientific Anomaly of Africa
Madagascar 2018 Cave diving, fossils, palaeontology, and adventures During May and June, ProTec instructors Jaime de la Puerta and I (Skanda Coffield) travelled to Madagascar to take part in a scientific expedition that focuses on learning about paleoecology and...