Intro to Tech Diving

Once the entry-level dive course is out of the way, dive centres and resorts inevitably want to on-sell further training; it stands to reason, a dive centre or resort is in the business of selling diving. 

Instead of the standard Advanced Open Water Diver course, why not undertake the Intro to Tech instead, the average newly certified diver is likely to gain more from taking this course. 

The AOWD course is pretty weak; of the mandatory dives, the deep dive is a waste of time, the navigation dive is worthwhile and the night dive is the best of the elective dives, the other dives are just that, getting in the water and getting wet.

The Intro to Tech is not a decompression course; you can expect to learn in-depth dive planning, advanced buoyancy control, gas management techniques, situational awareness, correct trim, gear configuration and selection - a much better outcome.