First place for UDC Tec Team in Lionfish Derby

The UDC Tec Team with team captain and spear legend Mikey Moses obtained the 1st place for teams at the Utila First Lionfish Derby. The team performed two decompression dives to 130 ft on EANx28 for 30 min using 100% O2 for accelerated deecompression killing and catching more than 60 individuals of the invasive species. The dive site was an off shore fishing bank available by GPS only for tec divers and used regularly for Tec Diving courses at Utila Dive Centre.

Utila Dive Centre´s TecRec program as a model

Utila Dive Centre´s TecRec training program has been chosen by PADI for its consistent success over the years to serve as a model to promote Tec diving training in other dive shops and resorts around the world. This picture shows one of the slides used at a PADI member forum in Dubai, the same was used in the DEMA 2010 show.

Tec diving in Utila

Originally brought to Utila in 2001 by CD Andy Phillips, Tec diving is becoming increasingly popular among dive professionals and the diving community in general. Every month new tec divers get certified at Utila Dive Centre and become members of this growing family. There are also tec diving trips organized for the already certified, often to sea mounds that can be found only by GPS or sheer walls on the north side of the island.

On these sites, the diver enjoys an extensive display of marine life and underwater landscapes that are only available to those who are trained to cross the No Deco Limits. Ocasional trips to the neighbour island of Roatan and Cayos Cochinos offer a different experience within 1 or 2 hours of boat ride, and always the possibility of spotting and swimming with whale sharks, manta rays or dolphins.