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WITH THE HELP OF OUR OCTOBER SPECIAL, EASILY DONE Underwater video and photography have been radically changed by the march of technology: the action camera moved the goal posts and made the equipment side of the equation much easier to “get into.” Jeff Goodman’s Action Camera Specialty course focuses on the creative side. CLICK ON JEFF’S BOOK COVER TO GO TO THE RAID ACTION CAMERA COURSE
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RAID NITROX APP WAS FIRST AND NOW IT’S BETTER Those of you who dive or teach nitrox need to know that we launched an updated version of our Nitrox App. The original was a first, the new release is innovation taken to the limits… Download it right now and experience it for yourself. It’s FREE! iPhone download Google Play Store (Android)
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HYPOXIC TRIMIX TO 80 and 100 METRES… ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM HYPOXIC TRIMIX represents the ultimate challenge and ultimate reward for a RAID OC technical diver. Our fourth-level technical / decompression diver course is equally suitable for twinset or sidemount divers ready to step up to the current limit of RAID’s diver training. Hypoxic divers can carry as many as four stage cylinders with decompression gases, including a travel mix and 100% oxygen. The travel mix is required because managing oxygen toxicity at the target depths calls for backgas to contain less than 18 percent oxygen, which may not be breathed on the surface. Available in two levels: 80 metres | 100 metres. Contact your local RAID Dive
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NORMOXIC TRIMIX: EQUIPMENT INTENSIVE AND HANDFULS OF RESPONSIBILITY There are dive sites that demand a high level of skill and experience from visitors, and divers at this level have earned those rights. This open circuit technical program teaches the use of a helium-based bottom mix with a minimum oxygen content of 18 percent.that can be breathed from the surface to a maximum target depth of 60 metres using twinset or sidemount primary cylinder configurations. Divers on this course use three optimized decompression gases, including up to 100% oxygen for efficient off-gassing. Staged ascents must be perfectly timed with controlled gas switches and excellent team communications. Contact your local RAID Dive Centre for details. Visit RAID FREe-Learning to read more. Next
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ADVANCED DECOMPRESSION: TWO DECO GASES AND 50 METRES… EPIC This course is the next logical step in RAID’s development of its technical divers. More advanced planning and careful choices around meticulous choices of gear, team responsibilities, and approach to dive sites well beyond recreational limits and skills. ADVANCED DECOMPRESSION teaches students how best to conduct a complex ascent from depth while optimising off-gassing during mandatory decompression stops using two decompression gases, including 100 percent oxygen.. This newly written program emphasizes modern technical diving skills, the most recently adopted safety protocols, equipment setup, and the pinpoint neutral buoyancy management necessary for effective decompression. RAID ADVANCED DECOMPRESSION is offered in two options: 50 metres air and nitrox | 50 metres air, nitrox,
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DECOMPRESSION: THIS IS WHERE THE ADVENTURE STARTS TO GET REAL This ‘first step’ across the threshold from advanced recreational and into the realm of technical diving is a three-cylinder course: two primaries (a twinest or sidemount) plus one stage bottle filled with a decompression gas to optimize off-gassing during a staged, optimized ascent. The decompression gas can be any reasonable mixture, including 100 percent oxygen. It’s the logical way for a diver to build a solid foundation of skills and knowledge and is a gentle introduction to the vagaries of staying at depth beyond the no-decompression limits… these include added thermal stress, increased reliance on solid dive planning and buddy communications, plus starting to build a thorough practical knowledge of