For the Record - Don't forget the Canadians

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For the Record - Don't forget the Canadians

In 1988 Sheck Exley, one of the greatest technical divers of all time entered a cave in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Almost eleven hours later he emerged breaking the previous deep cave mixed-gas diving record by 124ffw reaching an astounding depth of 780ffw. The previous record was his own. These like many records set by divers, including Canadian Dr. George Benjamin, trailed a path for today’s divers.

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Passageways Through Time

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Passageways Through Time

It is difficult to explain the feeling of weightlessness and wonder that the warm Caribbean Sea offers a diver – especially to a non-diver. It is even more difficult to describe the experience of diving through a tunnel filled with brightly coloured soft and hard corals. Coral caves however, add a whole new complexity to overhead diving.

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Getting Ahead in Overhead

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Getting Ahead in Overhead

Caves and wrecks create an arena for divers offering fantasy and time travel. Their environment introduces an unknown element that perpetuates challenge and human endeavour, an intrinsic reaction in human behaviour (to explore). For many, the bowels of wrecks and caves is a foreboding environment that conjures feelings of claustrophobia, darkness and pernicious fates. Yet, with training and experience, diving in overhead environments can be rewarding and very safe.

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Top 10 Technical Dives on Vancouver Island

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Top 10 Technical Dives on Vancouver Island

We asked you and you replied. We solicited the public opinion on what they felt was Vancouver Island’s top 10 technical dives. These are not your run of the mill recreational dives; to qualify as a technical dive, a site must require some form of advanced diver training or equipment.

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