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We are hoping to see you at the next TEKDiveUSA! The event will kick off with a Barbecue on Friday the 24th followed by two days of conferences and exhibitions on April 25th and 26th, 2020. The Friday night BBQ on April 24th, 2020 is an opportunity to meet up with friends both old and new from...

We have something extra special planned for TEKDiveUSA.2018. This year will feature an exhibit of techncial diving history with equipment from US divers who pushed the envelope. At its heart, the “Technical Diving Revolution” (1987-1996) was about our genomic disposition to explore coupled with...

How does living in a litigious society affect you as a technical diver/ manufacturer/ instructor etc? Join David Concannon at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for his presentation "WHERE EXPLORERS GO, ATTORNEYS FOLLOW". These insights will help you avoid becoming either a defendant or a statistic, in a warm and...

Join Gareth Lock at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for his presentation "THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH CHECKLISTS IN TECHNICAL DIVING". This engaging and challenging presentation will highlight why checklists are doomed to failure in technical diving unless their real purpose is understood and explaining why relying...

How do you differentiate between practices which offer physiological benefit and harm in diving? Many practices have been offered with the promise of improving the physiological safety of diving. While some do, others have the potential to both hurt and harm. The adage "the dose makes the...

Do you know what you will do if you have to rescue a fellow diver? Do you know who will attempt to rescue you? Join Paul Vincent Toomer from Dive RAID International at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for his presentation "REAL LIFE RESCUE". Technical divers of all levels will find this presentation beneficial...

Join Peter Buzzacott at TEKDiveUSA.2018. Peter will be presenting on "Tech Diving Near Misses, Injuries and Fatalities In The DAN Database" and "Cave Diving Fatalities Monitoring and Prevention". TEKDiveUSA.2018 will feature thirty presentations by experts and explorers from around the globe...

Join the top developers of CCRs in technical diving at TEKDiveUSA.2018 April 27th-29th in Orlando, Florida for an in depth look at the next step in technical diving. Panelists include: Horst Dederichs of SF2 Rebreathers, Leon Scamahorn of Innerspace Systems Corp, Lamar Hires of Dive Rite, Josh...

Join Gareth Lock and David Concannon at TEKDiveUSA.2018 April 27th-29th in Orlando, Florida. They will be debating the "RELEASING ACCIDENT INFORMATION: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE AND THREAT OF LITIGATION" A look at the significant challenges involved in resolving the conflict...

Join Brett Seymour underwater photographer and Deputy Chief of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center at TEKDiveUSA.2018, as he presents on a recent expedition to the famed B-24 Liberator “Tulsamerican” lost during mission to occupied Poland on December 17, 1944. Read More here.

Join Nathalie Lasselin at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for her presentation Nathalie Lasselin "AQUA INCOGNITA- CAVE DIVING IN CHINA". See a Video Preview here-

Join Dr. Simon Mitchell and Dr. Nick Gant at TEKDiveUSA.2018 for their presentation "HYPOXIA: INSIGHTS INTO A SILENT KILLER". When divers start using mixed gases for deep diving, and / or rebreathers, we almost inevitably create opportunities for mistakes that might lead to us inspiring a gas...

During the TEKDiveUSA.2018 Gala Dinner there will be a charity auction and raffle held. Proceeds go in part to the TEKDiveUSA technical diving scholarship fund with a goal of inspiring and empowering the next generation of technical divers. The TEKDiveUSA Technical Diving Scholarship's mission...

What are your thoughts on in water recompression? At TEKDiveUSA.2018 David Doolette will be presenting the process and evidence behind a committee of diving medicine experts who recently revised guidelines for the prehospital management of decompression illness. This committee reached a...

ABOUT What is TEKDiveUSA? TEKDiveUSA is an epic diving conference geared towards technical diving for both the novice and the expert diver. It does not matter if you are a seasoned explorer or if you are just tech curious. We offer a chance to meet with the technical diving community and hear...

The time to submit a nomination for theTEKDiveUSA.2018 Awards is NOW! We want to hear from you. Who are the people making an impact on technical diving? These awards are determined by the technical diving community- so you tell us! Who is inspires you? Who is truly innovative? Submit your...

"The more you learn- the more you learn"- Warren Buffet How important is it to you as a cave diver to keep growing and educating yourself? Do you have any plans this year to "get learned"? Will you find yourself in a classroom setting? Mentorship? Research? Teaching others? New toys? New...

How do you stay inspired as a technical diver? What makes you want to learn/explore/research/dive something new?

On 5 June 1916, the 10,850-ton British armoured cruiser Hampshire, carrying the UK Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener and his staff on a secret mission from Scapa Flow to Archangel in the White Sea of northern Russia, struck a German mine laid by a U-boat off the north west tip of Orkney...

WIN A TICKET TO TEKDiveUSA.2018! The best part of TEKDiveUSA is getting together with technical divers from all over the world. We would like you to be our guest. It doesn't matter whether you are a seasoned techie or just tech curious- we want you as part of our community! Join us for...