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July 7th, 2009
Two New Tech Certifications at Crystal

Crystal instructors Liran Barkan and Debbie Gottdenker recently completed their DSAT Tec Deep Diver course with their last 2 dives exploring the Unicorn wreck, just north of Koh Tao. The majority of the course was conducted on Crystal Dive’s boats with Crystal Xtreme’s DSAT & TDI Tech Instructor Michael Clancey. Assisting the course was Kenji Takahashi, one of Crystal Dive’s three in-house PADI Course Directors
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May 11th, 2009
A big surprise for Crystal Xtreme on their Deco Stop!

The DSAT Tec Deep Diver Course is intended for those divers with the prerequisite experience and training needed to begin moving beyond recreational scuba depth limits.
The course qualifies the diver to make gas switch, extended no-stop dives, decompression stop dives and the use of air, enriched air and pure oxygen, certifying the student to a maximum depth of 50 metres using the technical diving equipment...

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February 20th, 2009
Great weather for first expedition of 2009 for Crystal Xtreme

The weather in and around the Gulf of Thailand is excellent and we’re well into the new season. We've just returned from our first charter with Submerged Productions from Belgium. After a slow start due to passports, airports and luggage handling, we dived the Akela, then continued eastwards into Cambodian/Vietnamese waters to search for the Araosan Maru...

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February 11th, 2009
Tech Basics completed, now for the Advanced stuff & Deep Sea Detectives

Crystal Xtreme Instructor Michael Clancy has today completed a Tech Basics program with Rory Griffith from South Africa. The DSAT Tech Basics course is scheduled over three days and is a comprehensive introduction to Technical diving. It covers basic procedures including equipment assembly, as well as configurations and takes students through gas switching techniques...

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February 5th, 2009
More Tech Diving at Crystal Xtreme

Crystal Xtremes DSAT Tech Deep & Trimix Instructor Michael Clancy conducted some Discover Techs in our pool today. Crystal Master Instructor Stiofan McAilan, along with Justin Broomhall from our Divemaster Team, took part as did Divemaster Interns Andrew Westrope and Dive Master In Training Kati Marianne Pulli. A great experience had by all and Michael starts a ‘Tech Basics’ course tomorrow
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November 30th
Discover Tech with Crystal Xtreme

This is the time of year when things are quiet, the weather's not great & the waves are big; and most of our Instructors are away on holidays.
Saying that, a couple of Crystal staff members, IDC Staff Instructor & Retail Manager Steve Kissoon plus newly certified OWSI Iain Johnson, decide to take advantage of this and participated in a "Discover Tec Rec" with Crystal Xtreme's head if Technical diving Michael Clancy...

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Tech News Archive...

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06/10/08
IDC goes Techie! ... more >>>
28/08/08
CrystalXtreme's first two DSAT Tech Deep Divers ... more >>>
15/08/08
Tec Rec @ Crystal Dive Resort ... more >>>
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