Category Archives: Tech diving Internship

TDI Extended Range with Instructor Ben Capitaine

My review of the TDI Extended Range Course As a technical diving intern, I often help in courses conducted by Blue Label instructors. This gives me the chance to get to know their individual styles of teaching and adds perspective to diving. I recently completed TDI Extended Range with instructor Ben Capitaine and am now […]

SDI Instructor Development Course

SDI Instructor Development Course I dream of sharing my passion for diving with new open-water divers. So, when Blue Label Diving offered the opportunity to take an SDI Instructor Development Course with Ben Reymenants, I knew I should seize it. The jump from divemaster to instructor is significant. Both are professionals, but the responsibilities of […]

My Diving Internship Thailand

Recently I’ve been asked what I’m up to with my technical diving internship at Blue Label Diving. After all, an internship in technical diving is a unique, exciting, and (to many) unfamiliar thing. Well, here’s a glimpse of what I do around here: Every day centers on diving, but there is no ‘typical’ day. It’s been 3 weeks […]

Technical Diving Internship

Technical Diving Internship – part 1 – Full Cave Diver What an exciting first two weeks of my technical diving internship with Blue Label Diving! After a crash course in dive theory, instructor Ben Reymenants, full cave CCR student Chris Sammut and I headed to the caves of southern Thailand for some tech diving. On […]

Cave Diving equipment

Cave diving equipment Eventhough its “low” season, its still very hot here in Thailand. The usually expected rains are scarce, giving for warm water and exceptionally good visibility in Song Hong Sinkhole. This specific cave course is a mixture of Sidemount and rebreather equipment. Various cave diving equipment , emergency and rescue techniques are tried […]