{"id":5466,"date":"2025-01-08T12:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/?p=5466"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:50:45","slug":"technical-diving-biggest-risk-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the biggest risk in technical diving (and how to avoid it)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the biggest risk in technical diving? (and how to avoid it)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest risk in <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/what-is-technical-diving\/\">technical diving<\/a> is, quite simply, not having the capacity to resolve the next hazardous incident that occurs to you. This applies as much to the novice technical diver as it does to the highest level of expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>There are old divers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>And there are bold divers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>But there are few old, bold divers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A technical diver must be clear and cognizant of their own personal performance limitations. You cannot manage risk in technical diving effectively until you accurately understand your ability. Divers must grasp what issues they can survive and what situations they cannot reliably deal with. They must dive accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This has nothing to do with whatever plastic certification card they hold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has nothing to do with how much time they devote to internet discussions on technical diving.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It bears no correlation to the \u2018brand label\u2019 of the tech kit they parade in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It remains unaffected by whichever technical diving philosophy they subscribe to.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It matters not which agency they train with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-3.jpg\" alt=\"technical diving risks 3\" class=\"wp-image-5468\" title=\"technical diving risks 3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-3.jpg 240w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-3-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\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 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ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/#Dont-deceive-yourself-about-experience-and-logged-dives\" >Don&#8217;t deceive yourself about experience and logged dives<\/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-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/#Training-scenarios-are-not-real-life\" >Training scenarios are not real life<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/#Its-not-how-much-you-know-its-what-you-DONT-know-that-matters\" >It&#8217;s not how much you know, it&#8217;s what you DON&#8217;T know that matters<\/a><\/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-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/#Start-easy-and-only-up-the-challenge-as-you-prove-yourself\" >Start easy and only up the challenge as you prove yourself<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/#Dont-succumb-to-self-flattery-or-clique-mentality\" >Don&#8217;t succumb to self-flattery or clique mentality<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/#Recommended-reading-when-preparing-for-technical-diving-courses\" >Recommended reading when preparing for technical diving courses<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/#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-9\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/#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=\"Cultivate-self-honesty-and-self-awareness\"><\/span>Cultivate self-honesty and self-awareness<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s what matters most. Cultivate <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diver-traits-personality-factors-and-dive-safety\/\">the ability to be brutally honest with yourself<\/a>. It really protects you from risk in technical diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overcome your ego to ask, and honestly answer, the questions;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u201cHow good am I really?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u201cAm I really ready for this dive?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u201cAm I doing this correctly, as I was taught?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resist the temptation to deceive and flatter yourself. There are many such temptations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t succumb to grand delusions over your <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/do-you-need-a-diving-certification\/\">certification level<\/a> or logged dives count.&nbsp; Neither of those accurately reflects your actual competency as an advanced diver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ignore illusory factors like over-congratulatory instructors and encouraging \u2018continued education\u2019 attractions from the technical diving agencies; which might otherwise tempt you to betray yourself.&nbsp; The best training is that which illustrates your limitations, not that which promotes a notion of competency within a few short days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-2.jpg\" alt=\"technical diving risks 2\" class=\"wp-image-5469\" title=\"technical diving risks 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-2.jpg 459w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-2-300x85.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, challenging training can be equally guilty in promoting delusions of invincibility. Instructors who promote \u2018hazing\u2019 style training can actually bolster ego, rather than planting the seeds of humility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There must be an element of failure in training, to keep our ego in check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technical diving training is our testing ground and it is where we survive our mistakes. It\u2019s better to make our mistakes in supervised, safe training situations. Learn to embrace your fallibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"scuba-b4-h2-2\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;\" id=\"scuba-2895674407\"><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\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dont-deceive-yourself-about-experience-and-logged-dives\"><\/span>Don&#8217;t deceive yourself about experience and logged dives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t over-value your logged dive experience. 1000 uneventful dives teach zero lessons. Generic <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/what-is-diving-experience-diving-expertise\/\">diving experience<\/a> will help develop equipment and routine procedural familiarity\u2026 and that is undeniably beneficial. But familiarity also breeds contempt. <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-experience-paradox\/\">Complacency<\/a> is the insidious shadow of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of your dives will be textbook and uneventful.&nbsp; That should never be interpreted as any reassurance of your capacity to deal with the eventful and catastrophic.&nbsp; It most definitely must never be allowed to tempt you into cutting corners or allowing skill to fade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we are easily tempted to congratulate ourselves, every successful dive can teach us to become sloppier, less contentious divers.&nbsp; We can suffer a capacity decline to impending disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-6.jpg\" alt=\"technical diving risks 6\" class=\"wp-image-5470\" title=\"technical diving risks 6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-6.jpg 417w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-6-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Training-scenarios-are-not-real-life\"><\/span>Training scenarios are not real life<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dealing with a carefully staged scenario in training does not constitute the same lesson as dealing with it in real life. The risk in technical diving is different from being supervised on a training course. For a start, the inherent psychology, and <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/scuba-diving-stress-management-and-diver-panic\/\">stress<\/a> are different.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In real life, there can often be variables \u2013 dangerous variables \u2013 that your instructor is unable (or prudently unwilling) to replicate.&nbsp; Don\u2019t get complacent over your capacity in training. A good instructor makes their training as realistic and challenging as possible, but a simulated scenario is only ever a pale imitation of a real-life emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve dealt with a specific issue or emergency situation in \u2018real life\u2019, then you have experience dealing with that specific instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve been pushed to (or beyond) your stress threshold, then you learn about your stress threshold. Nothing more, nothing less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-5.jpg\" alt=\"technical diving risks 5\" class=\"wp-image-5471\" title=\"technical diving risks 5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-5.jpg 736w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-5-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its-not-how-much-you-know-its-what-you-DONT-know-that-matters\"><\/span>It&#8217;s not how much you know, it&#8217;s what you DON&#8217;T know that matters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Always remember that the issue you\u2019ve not yet dealt with &#8211;<em> the lesson you\u2019ve <strong>not <\/strong>yet learned<\/em> &#8211; might be the one that eventually kills you. The risk in technical diving is that those unknown and unforeseeable problems always exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are only as capable as our weakest competency, our stupidest mistake, and our worst day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each real incident you survive is nonetheless invaluable in your development. Only once you start encountering real, life-threatening, problems that arise on technical dives will you begin to develop an ability to extrapolate where your current capacity actually ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-1.jpg\" alt=\"technical diving risks 1\" class=\"wp-image-5473\" title=\"technical diving risks 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-1.jpg 494w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-1-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"scuba-b4-h2-3\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;\" id=\"scuba-3450964687\"><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=\"6151212517\" \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\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Start-easy-and-only-up-the-challenge-as-you-prove-yourself\"><\/span>Start easy and only up the challenge as you prove yourself<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Play it very safely with the parameters of your diving until you develop that ability. Technical diving is very unforgiving when things go wrong. Keep your dives \u2018survivable\u2019 under the assumption that unproven capacity means no capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do identify capacity deficits, eliminate them ruthlessly &#8211; or limit your diving accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t ignore or conceal capability deficits, or delude yourself about their importance. That\u2019s gambling, and sooner or later you might lose that gamble. Bravado and swagger don&#8217;t mitigate risk in technical diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collect all the certification cards that you want &#8211; if that\u2019s \u201cyour thing\u201d.&nbsp; Some people enjoy challenges and feel empowered by those achievements. There\u2019s no shame in that.&nbsp; Just don\u2019t believe the hype. Don\u2019t think for a second that all those sexy cards would save your life on a technical dive. Not unless those cards actually represent a real capacity that will get you safely to the surface when things go badly wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-4.jpg\" alt=\"technical diving risks 4\" class=\"wp-image-5472\" title=\"technical diving risks 4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-4.jpg 496w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/technical-diving-risks-4-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dont-succumb-to-self-flattery-or-clique-mentality\"><\/span>Don&#8217;t succumb to self-flattery or clique mentality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Study all the online tech theories that you want. Read \u2018Deco for Divers\u2019 and bedazzle your peers with that acquired knowledge. Take slick photos of yourself in perfect trim, with the perfect gear. Practice drills in a pool weekly until they are perfect.&nbsp;Be very \u2018DIR\u2019\u2026&nbsp; But still don\u2019t let these things distract you from your actual ability to resolve the worst imaginable scenarios occurring on the next dive you undertake. An expert skillset is needed to overcome risk in technical diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, don\u2019t let the insubstantial things go to your head. Not when there are substantial things like <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/types-decompression-sickness-dcs\/\">DCS<\/a>, O2 toxicity and drowning waiting to actually kill on the day that you ever fail to deal with the trigger events that cause them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to become an old, bold technical diver, focus on cultivating the capacity to accurately appraise and understand your competencies and capacities relative to the dives you want to undertake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recommended-reading-when-preparing-for-technical-diving-courses\"><\/span>Recommended reading when preparing for technical diving courses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-medium-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-de7a6cb6 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