{"id":4767,"date":"2025-01-08T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/?p=4767"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:51:10","slug":"technical-wreck-diving-experience-dives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-wreck-diving-experience-dives\/","title":{"rendered":"How much experience is needed for technical wreck penetration?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much diving experience is needed for technical wreck penetration?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>I often get asked how many dives of experience are necessary or ideal before a diver undertakes serious <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/wreck-diving-courses\/advanced-wreck-course\/\">technical wreck penetration training<\/a> and dives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to answer because it is a very individual question; which deserves more than a simple numerical answer. I can dive with people and see their skills in action. &nbsp;However, giving advice for the diver to self-assess their competency is always problematic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Article Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-wreck-diving-experience-dives\/#There-are-different-types-of-experience-needed-for-technical-wreck-penetration\" >There are different types of experience needed for technical wreck penetration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-wreck-diving-experience-dives\/#Progressing-your-experience-in-technical-wreck-penetration\" >Progressing your experience in technical wreck penetration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-wreck-diving-experience-dives\/#There-is-a-need-for-ingrain-and-unconscious-levels-of-skill\" >There is a need for ingrain and unconscious levels of skill<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-wreck-diving-experience-dives\/#Technical-wreck-penetration-experience-is-an-individual-factor\" >Technical wreck penetration experience is an individual factor<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-wreck-diving-experience-dives\/#About-The-Author\" >About The Author<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-wreck-diving-experience-dives\/#Purchase-my-exclusive-diving-ebooks\" >Purchase my exclusive diving ebooks!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There-are-different-types-of-experience-needed-for-technical-wreck-penetration\"><\/span>There are different types of experience needed for technical wreck penetration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The technical diver has to accumulate experience in three ways; firstly in open-water <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/what-is-technical-diving\/\">technical diving<\/a>, then in technical wreck penetration diving, &nbsp;Then put those skills together. &nbsp;Lastly, they need to develop experience on the specific wreck they intend to penetrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In theory, scuba divers shouldn&#8217;t be progressing to technical wreck penetration until they are first completely familiar and comfortable with <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/understanding-m-values-eric-baker\/\">decompression<\/a> diving in the depth range sought. Only then should they seek technical wreck training. That training, like all dive training, is only the very start of the learning process. It&#8217;s the tip of the iceberg of what you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"scuba-b4-h2-2\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;\" id=\"scuba-3284872394\"><div class=\"scuba-adlabel\">Sponsored Link<\/div><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9354033900485448\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9354033900485448\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2393012471\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Progressing-your-experience-in-technical-wreck-penetration\"><\/span>Progressing your experience in technical wreck penetration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/advanced_wreck_diving_techniques\/\">technical wreck diving<\/a> certification card is issued, the diver needs to progressively develop their wreck penetration and skills. It takes time to ingrain and refine all the drills and skills necessary. You should be doing that in conditions that won&#8217;t cost your life if you make a mistake. Line laying, overhead emergency drills, and <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/scuba-gas-planning-management-divers\/\">gas management<\/a> need to be at a level of unconscious response. Line laying itself is part science, part art; it takes time to get good at it. The skills are also highly perishable if left idle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with any technical or overhead diving &#8211; if the core skills cause task-loading, then you aren&#8217;t ready to progress in challenge yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then comes the matter of experience acquisition. The diver needs to do a lot of dives in order to gain exposure to all those hiccups that matter. The prudence of undergoing that process in wrecks that won&#8217;t kill you over a hiccup is obvious. You have to gain your &#8216;smarts&#8217; for wreck penetration in benign circumstances so that missing those smarts won&#8217;t kill you in malign situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Advanced-Sidemount-Technical-Wreck-9zh.jpg\" alt=\"wreck penetration technical diving training\" title=\"wreck penetration technical diving training\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There-is-a-need-for-ingrain-and-unconscious-levels-of-skill\"><\/span>There is a need for ingrain and unconscious levels of skill<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Only when you are ready with ingrained, automatic skills, life-saving experience, and a generous <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/scuba-diving-stress-management-and-diver-panic\/\">comfort zone<\/a> should you step up to a higher challenge.&nbsp;Then comes the process of gaining wreck-specific <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/what-is-diving-experience-diving-expertise\/\">diving experience<\/a> and knowledge. You have to know the wreck and its unique hazards intimately. You learn this by diving the wreck without penetration. Then you learn more by progressively extending your penetration over a series of dives. The length of that series&#8230; well, that depends on the individual wreck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/technical-wreck-penetration-training-course.jpg\" alt=\"technical wreck penetration training course\" class=\"wp-image-4768\" title=\"technical wreck penetration training course\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/technical-wreck-penetration-training-course.jpg 693w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/technical-wreck-penetration-training-course-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technical-wreck-penetration-experience-is-an-individual-factor\"><\/span>Technical wreck penetration experience is an individual factor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The number of experience and skill-building dives depends on a number of critical factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The quality of technical and overhead training initially received.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The frequency of experience-building and skill-development dives completed post-qualification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;The quality of experience-building and <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/scuba-diving-skill-development\/\">skill development<\/a> dives completed post-qualification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individual learning capacity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individual psychological robustness and comfort zone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Reaper-Wreck-Badge-2.png\" alt=\"best wreck diving training courses\" class=\"wp-image-4769\" title=\"best wreck diving training courses\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Reaper-Wreck-Badge-2.png 460w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Reaper-Wreck-Badge-2-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Effective self-assessment for your suitability on a given technical and overhead dive is always problematic. There is always a chance of falling into the <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-experience-paradox\/\">over-confidence<\/a> trap. &nbsp;How can you be sure that &#8220;<em>you don&#8217;t know what you don&#8217;t know<\/em>&#8220;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best solution is to get an expert second opinion. Seek a reputable mentor or truly expert instructor to validate your assumptions of competence. That&#8217;s a step you should be prepared to take at technical wreck level diving, as the consequences of over-estimating your capacity could be lethal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Failing that&#8230; always err on the side of caution. &nbsp;There is nothing inside any shipwreck worth dying for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/andy-davis-technical-diving\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-300x296.png\" alt=\"Andy Davis Technical Sidemount Wreck Diving Subic Bay Philippines RAID Courses Training\" class=\"wp-image-6812\" style=\"width:225px;height:222px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-1024x1009.png 1024w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-768x757.png 768w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About-The-Author\"><\/span>About The Author<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/andydavistech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bmc-button-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bmc-button-1-1.png 274w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bmc-button-1-1-250x70.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/andy-davis-technical-diving\/\">Andy Davis<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/raid-diving-courses-philippines\/raid\/\">RAID<\/a>, PADI TecRec, ANDI, BSAC, and SSI-qualified independent technical diving instructor who specializes in teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/sidemount-courses\/\">sidemount<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/technical-diving-courses\/\">trimix<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/technical-diving-courses\/\">advanced wreck<\/a> diving courses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently residing in <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/subic-bay-wreck-diving-sites\/\">Subic Bay, Philippines<\/a>; he has amassed more than 10,000 open-circuit and CCR dives over three decades of challenging diving across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/andy-davis-technical-diving\/\">Andy<\/a> has published numerous diving magazine articles and designed advanced certification courses for several dive training agencies, He regularly tests and reviews new dive gear for scuba equipment manufacturers. Andy is currently writing a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/andydavistech\/extras\">advanced diving books <\/a>and creating a range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/andydavistech\/shop\">tech diving clothing and accessories<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to becoming a professional technical diving educator in 2006, Andy was a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force and has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Belize, and Cyprus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, Andy was named in the &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gue.com\/blog\/sidemount-andy-davies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Who&#8217;s Who of Sidemount<\/a>&#8221; list by GUE InDepth Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-palette-color-7-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-dd81a6de961563c5bf17302e4376cbd2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Purchase-my-exclusive-diving-ebooks\"><\/span>Purchase my 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