Technical diving · Aqaba
Technical diving in Aqaba
Deep walls, deep wrecks and trimix, taught and guided by a team that has been diving beyond 100 m since 2007.
What is technical diving?
Technical diving describes all diving methods that exceed the limits for recreational scuba diving, in depth, in time under water, or both. It often uses special gas mixtures instead of air. The mixture is chosen for the planned depth or the length of the dive. Recreational diving is limited to about 40 m, while technical divers work in the range of 40 m to 100 m, and sometimes deeper.
The Dive Aqaba tec team
Our tec team carries extra technical specialty courses approved by PADI and introduces you to a wealth of unexplored dive sites in Aqaba. We are recognised by Project AWARE for looking after the deeper environment with clean-up tec dives and surveys, removing old nets and fishing line from deep reefs, and we advise on deep issues within the Aqaba Marine Park.
Our team discovered the wreck of the Taiyong in 2004 and has spent years surveying it, and we dive the Al Shorouk, scuttled in 2008. We blend trimix on site with high-grade helium, and our air is clean and tested. Read more about our deepest dives in the 100 m+ club.
Technical dive sites
| Dive site | Depth | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Aqaba Blue Hole | 35 – 100 m | Boat |
| Dorit’s Deep | 40 – 150 m | Boat |
| Death Valley | 40 – 90 m | Shore or boat |
| Kleta’s Wall | 45 – 70 m | Shore or boat |
| Taiyong wreck | 35 – 57 m | Boat |
| Kirk’s Forest | 30 – 60 m | Boat |
| Al Shorouk wreck | 40 – 60 m | Boat |
| Yellowstone Reef | 30 – 90 m | Boat |
| Kiwi Arch | 50 – 75 m | Shore or boat |
Technical courses
We offer the full range of PADI Tec courses, and we can run instructor courses for every level.
PADI Tec Basics
Start your technical adventure within recreational limits in just two days.
PADI Tec Sidemount Diver
Sidemount is a popular way to configure multiple cylinders for technical diving.
PADI Tec 40
The entry point to the technical range: your transition from recreational to technical diving.
PADI Tec 50
Are you ready for it? Gas-switch decompression dives to 50 m on air and enriched air.
PADI Tec Trimix 65
The starting point for mixed-gas diving: dive to 65 m on trimix.
PADI Tec Trimix Diver
Explore the depths: accelerated decompression dives with hypoxic trimix as bottom gas.
Taiyong Diver (technical wreck specialty)
The first PADI TecRec specialty in the world, built around a deep Aqaba wreck.
TecRec Advanced Wreck Diver
For the deep explorer: wreck penetration beyond recreational depths and limits.
The Dive Aqaba challenge
The Tsereve Challenge: Everest in reverse
100+ metres is the Mount Everest of scuba diving. Far fewer people have dived that deep than have stood on top of Everest. Our six-day programme takes you from 65 m to 100+ m, a little deeper every day.
Final programme: five days of technical diving, helium, boat and logistics, an achievement certificate and a Tsereve t-shirt.
Why dive with Dive Aqaba
Aqaba’s original dive centre
Founded in 2002, Dive Aqaba is the mother of the diving industry in Aqaba. Many of our former students went on to build their own dive companies.
We dive every day of the year
Daily boat trips and shore diving all year round, holidays included.
Clean air, deep expertise
Top-quality air is the basis of our technical and deep diving, and our team has logged trimix dives beyond 100 m since 2007.
Our own boat and beach club
Laila 1 for daily trips, and a private beach club with dive sites that only Dive Aqaba can dive.
Plan a technical dive
Tell us your certification, your number of decompression dives and the depth you have in mind. Call or message us on WhatsApp: +962 79 669 9008.