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9 pieces on technical diving — what training costs, where to do it, how the agencies compare, and who teaches it.

Technical Diving Agencies Compared: What the Standards Actually Require
Technical Diving Agencies Compared: What the Standards Actually Require

TDI, IANTD, PADI TecRec, SSI XR, RAID, NSS-CDS and GUE, compared on the only thing that is genuinely comparable — the minimums each publishes for the same rung, with a link to every standard.

15 October 2026 · Nicholas Yap

What You Need To Know About Cave Diving In Thailand
What You Need To Know About Cave Diving In Thailand

Three divable cave systems, hundreds more closed by permission rather than geology, visibility that will test you, and why you should leave the drysuit at home. A first-hand guide to diving Song Hong, Sra Keow and Klang.

7 October 2026 · Nicholas Yap

Who's Who in Thailand's Technical Diving Scene
Who's Who in Thailand's Technical Diving Scene

From two Tham Luang rescuers to a cave evaluator who trains the trainers, meet the instructors and dive centres shaping technical and cave diving in Thailand.

7 October 2026 · Nicholas Yap

Which Rebreather Should You Pick? Here Are a Few Ways to Decide
Which Rebreather Should You Pick? Here Are a Few Ways to Decide

There is no best rebreather — only the best one for the diving you intend to do. Work through configuration, your existing kit, how the oxygen is controlled, and who can teach you, with real unit prices and what each one actually includes.

27 September 2026 · Nicholas Yap

How Much Does It Cost to Start Cave Diving?
How Much Does It Cost to Start Cave Diving?

What cave training really costs — the three courses, the travel nobody budgets for, the gear the caves demand, and why a guided cave dive costs double a reef day.

26 September 2026 · Nicholas Yap

How Much Does It Cost to Start Technical Diving?
How Much Does It Cost to Start Technical Diving?

What technical training really costs — the first courses, the dives in between, the helium wall, and whether a rebreather pays for itself.

24 September 2026 · Nicholas Yap

Architect of the Abyss: How Sheck Exley Wrote the Rules for Surviving the Unknown
Architect of the Abyss: How Sheck Exley Wrote the Rules for Surviving the Unknown

Sheck Exley logged over 4,000 cave dives and pushed technical diving past 800 feet — but his real legacy was treating fatal accidents as data, turning cave diving's deadliest era into a disciplined, teachable methodology.

29 August 2026 · Nicholas Yap

So You're Thinking About Going Tech?
So You're Thinking About Going Tech?

A first-person, no-scare-tactics introduction to getting started in technical diving — from figuring out why you want it, to finding an instructor whose teaching style actually fits you.

25 August 2026 · Nicholas Yap

Into the Abyss: Who's Who in Indonesia's Tech Diving Scene
Into the Abyss: Who's Who in Indonesia's Tech Diving Scene

From a 290-metre rebreather record to Indonesia's first dedicated cave diving outfit, meet the instructors and dive centres shaping the country's technical diving scene.

25 August 2026 · Nicholas Yap