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Absolutely!!

It is an amazing dive, especially on clear calm days.

Thank you! All very good tips. Hopefully will be out in the springs soon to do some more practicing.

Trimix is next. Helitrox was offered during my AN/DP to get us used to calculating for helium and to demonstrate the benefits early on in the tech process.

@@TheDeco_Stopah I see. I skipped it and went straight to Trimix after, extended range, then wasn't able to complete the checkout dives due to being sick 🙄😂. Now I'm looking to buy a Prism 2 instead of doing OC trimix. After doing a few extended range dives I decided i want longer bottom times and the rebreather is the only way to do it without dragging tons of gas with me. Haven't gotten to do the O yet. I'll be there as soon hopefully Love the content 🙏

Amazing! Diving is my happy place for sure. You are going to love it. The tech route is definitely the way to go if you want to understand the “why” of diving.

Thank you! It takes quite a while to figure out the best music to go with a video. I am glad you noticed!

Thats awesome! I plan on doing advanced wreck soon so I can get into the Oriskany a little.

Lol, good point!

Thank you!! I just got back from a pretty awesome dive trip so hopefully will have more coming soon.

On the tape? Thats the 3 hard and fast things that will turn a dive. One being Pressure, another the Total Time to Surface, and then last is Bottom Time. If any of those are met then its time to start the ascent.

⁠I guess you have the entire dive plan written down in wet notes as well ?

I do. Both for the primary plan and the backup.

I just picked up a set of Dive Rite fins and they are so much easier to back fin in. Not sure if it is 100% the fin or if I am just getting better.

Youre welcome!! Thank you for watching!

Thank you!

Thank you!

70% got us on deco sooner than 80 or 90. 80 was just about the same time breaking the surface but 90 would have had us in the water for an additional 6 minutes since we couldnt go on deco until 20 feet. 70 got us out 1 minute sooner than 80. 100% was out altogether due to the length of the deco stop causing CNS issues. With Chris and I being new to tech, we were just running a lot of numbers and picked the deco gas that made the most sense.

@ Thanks, as I stated elsewhere, not trying to be difficult, just noticing a lot of differences from how we do it in Europe. 100% O2 is pretty much the default deco gas for everything here, with the addition of 50% for deeper stops. It seems to me 70/80 is sort of an American thing these days. As long as people get out of the water without getting bent it’s all good, I reckon!

From my understanding TDI created helitrox as a gap filler for those wanting to eventually go trimix. The cert doesn’t add any additional depth but gives tech divers a chance to use helium up to 30%. 25/25 was the best mix for this dive, we could have done 30% helium but it didnt make enough difference to warrant the extra cost of the gas. 25% O2 kept us below our 1.4 for the depth and time. I hope I explained that correctly, still pretty new to all this.

@ Yup, all good, I didn’t intend to come off as an ass, I just get curious when I see non-standard things pop up from dive agencies, but it’s usually GUE that does that, so this was new to me :)

Not an ass at all. I like questions like that, it makes me have to think.

@ excellent attitude, keep up the content 👌

Thanks dad. It was a pretty cool trip. Probably going back in 2026.

Thats in the next video. 😂

Thank you!!

Thank you again! More tech diving videos will be coming soon.

Wow, thats awesome. Ill have to look next time I am diving on it.

Thank you! The Oriskany is such an amazing site to dive.

Soon!!

A little of both. They are great to eat and even more fun to hunt. You should check out the rest of the video. Its pretty dope and it helps out the channel.

You may have… 🤫

Thank you!!

Thank you! JB is probably one of my favorite spots in this area. I used to do a lot of spring diving over by N Central Fl when I was stationed in South Georgia, I am hoping to get over that way again soon. I need a lot more water time before I move on to my Intro class.

Now I just need to get out there a few more times before the year ends.

Its such a fun time going after Lionfish. It gives my diving a little purpose.

Thats not a bad idea. One of the guys we go with will usually bring 2 with him. I will probably start now that I have a couple of them.

Oh, you know...just merging some videos...lol

#1 goal!

It sure does! My next class will be intro to caves and maybe Trimix.

Thank you!

Thank you! I was thinking the same thing when watching the video, that bolt snap was constantly in the way.

Agreed, it can be a humbling experience! Throughout the cavern and intro to cave process will stretch you… but you will end up being a a much better diver! Keep on keeping on!

Oh, I have a mix of ocean and gulf dives on here too. I prefer the salt but when the gulf is ugly i have the springs less than an hour away.

Thank you, I am excited to get back into the spring and practice more with my reel and then moving on to Intro. That is a good point about untying the line, I’ll remember that.

@@TheDeco_Stop I just found your channel so I'm not sure if you live in the area, but I'm moving back to the area. Hope to see you in or around the caves, looks like you're getting a great foundation with your instructor and have your gear squared away!

This is particularly relevant for high flow caves or big depth changes (IMO). In those cases, I like to use the tie-off points as breaks to vent gas/adjust buoyancy since my hands are a bit full. If it's a new dive buddy, I would talk with them, but generally for me I'll do it for buddies I'm diving with unless it's one of the cases I mentioned. If I'm familiar enough with the person I may also just gesture underwater to see if they want me to

Awesome advice about the high flow, with some practice on my end i can definitely see the benefit of breaks to vent.

Thank you! Im hoping to make a alot of videos along the process of learning. Videos of really experienced divers is cool, but being able to see the baby steps is equally cool (in my opinion).

@@TheDeco_Stop this is , in my opinion really beneficial, learning is made from mistakes , to witness mistakes , hardship and an accurate reflection in the process is wonderful for those looking forward to do the same things.. so bloody refreshing

Thank you. Making videos and being able to see the dive over again really helps in that reflection process.

Im trying! Its going to be a journey!

Thank you! That makes a lot of sense and thats an excellent point on the light. I noticed that it was a bit distracting when i editing the video but never even thought about what other people in the cavern could have interpreted it as!

And take the bolt snaps off your light head and the reel. When in low/zero viz they are an opportunity for the line to get tangeledl​@TheDeco_Stop

@@TheDeco_Stop To help you quickly review: the 'wraps' instead of ties I noticed were between 4-5 minutes in the video. With my training I was told going 360 around an object alone is not secure and can pull off as you swim further into the cavern/cave, especially with changes of direction/depth. The other benefit of the 180 tie method is that the line tensions itself as you swim further along the cavern/cave from the tie. Also the practice of going behind the object first helps quickly identify if your placement of the tie is going to hold. My dive buddy and I had a bad habit of going 360 around the line when trying to tie instead of 180, which doesn't tension properly and made the line hard to follow. There's two other bits of advice I have based on my training and what I've done wrong (making recoverable mistakes always helps!). Always assume you're going to drop the reel. So any tie you make should have the reel passing over top of the previously laid line. That way the dropped reel will tension the 'partial tie' you were trying to make, and you can easily recover the reel or find the line. The second tip? When tieing into the gold line or existing line, try clipping off the reel to your laid line first after going over the existing line. Then 'spin' the tied reel over your laid line twice. I find it to be an easier/quicker technique that only requires one hand instead of passing the reel back and forth over the laid line. As a bonus, if you're consistent you can do the same 'flipping' motion in the other direction to undo the tie when you're heading out.

I noticed that it was getting caught on my line, not sure if i remember noticing during the training but seeing it on camera definitely made me think about removing it.

Thank you for all that. I just watched Edd’s video on line work and he pretty said everything you did. I plan on going to vortex soon to practice more line drills in the open water area.

😂 that was the highlight of the video!

Thank you. They are moving her out of ICU today, now the long road to recovery starts.

@@TheDeco_Stop that is great news

Awesome! The journey to and through tech is pretty awesome and the amount of learning is insane. Shark Quest is a great charter and shop, one of the best in my opinion.

It is one of my favorite now that i finished my AN/DP, i dont think i will ever be done exploring it.