Bjorn and Mike have been doing their TDI Advanced Nitrox course, Sidmeount course and Decompression Procedures course over the last week. We conduct these courses normally in Phuket, but due to the weather conditions, strong winds, we decided to take them to the fresh water lake of Song Hong, 4 hours drive from Phuket. Anup […]
This week in technical diving…. It is the start of a whole month of tec diving internships in Indonesia as we welcomed both Julian and Xinwei for their TDI Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures course. Julian and Xinwei are planning to complete several different trainings with Blue Label Diving instructors Hiro and Sandy, including sidemount, […]
We had 2 awesome reviews from Jeff and Jan. They have just finished CCR Cave course with Ben. The wrote 2 Technical Diving Courses Thailand Review about their CCR Cave Course and CCR Cave Trimix courses in Thailand with us in June 2014. Thanks again! Professional instruction from one of the best Blue Label Diving absolutely […]
Recently, Technical Diving International (TDI) teamed up with JJ-CCR and welcomed this popular rebreather in their curriculum. This liaison does honor to IART, who was the sole JJ training agency for years. JJ divers from either agency can now enrol in the TDI JJ CCR COURSE CAVE program using their own unit. an arrange of […]
The Indonesia tec diving scene is growing faster than ever, and Blue Label Diving Indonesia is making this happen. In the past, there haven’t been many dive centres in Indonesia that are supporting technical diving, but this is all changing. The best thing about doing tec diving in Indonesia are the pristine coral reefs that […]
Advanced OPen Water or specialties? Open Water or The Advanced Open Water is touted as the very next program an entry level diver should do. Students around the world have this drummed into them in manuals, videos and by the instructor. Reality is that the Advanced Open Water course is solely a term used by […]
Rebreather Diving in Kaohsiung / Kenting Taiwan. Ben Reymenants just came back from 2 weeks of Diving in Taiwan. He was invited by a group of technical Divers that all had different rebreathers. The diving in Taiwan takes place in the South of Taiwan nearby Kaohsiung. The dive center there has all the facilities, as […]
by Daren Marshall Dive Rite O2ptima 2014 Review The Dive Rite O2ptima CCR has been around for a decade and is very well established. As you would expect from a progressive company of actual divers that constantly tweak products according to their own real diving experiences & customer feedback, the O2ptima has had its fair […]
Rebreather Component 5: The DSV The DSV stands for Diver Supply Valve and in simple terms is the mouthpiece for the loop. There will always be some sort of lever that opens the mouthpiece to the loop (on closed circuit) and shuts it again to prevent water leaking into the unit as part of all […]
Rebreather Component 3: Scrubber Canister The byproduct of our breathing is carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a poisonous gas that in high concentrations can cause unconsciousness and even death. In a closed breathing loop the removal of CO2 is very important. The scrubber is therefore also one of the key rebreather components in any […]