Cave diving

1997

• April. First recreational dive in Lake Geneva. Over two years, I will do 80 dives, most in the lake.

2023

• October. Resuming diving during a retreat in Indonesia. I switch to sidemount and deco, and discover the Coral Triangle.
• November. A video of Robin Cuesta in Sulawesi caves inspires me to get into cave diving.
• December. Exceptional 100th dive in Thailand where I am surrounded by thousands Great Barracudas.

2024

• January. I order the books from Stratis Kas where renown divers provide insights into cave training and incidents.
• March. I plan a full cave training in Sulawesi in June, and propose to build a research collaboration with the Nixie expedition.
• April. Back to the lake with my new sidemount equipment, I am confronted with many challenges: my old dry suit is leaking and the setup needs a lot of adjustments, which adds to the skills I need to acquire to become a dive leader. I need practice!
• May. I decide to postpone the cave training as I do not feel ready, and I did not get the support for my research.
• October. My most stressful dive, navigating into a milky cloud with maybe 30 cm visibilty for 15 minutes.
• November. Back to South East Asia, where I discover freediving.

2025

• March. I join the Swiss Cave Diving association.

Next

• April. Certification as dive leader.

Training

Swiss Cave Diving training

	SCD
Level	1	2	3
Distance max	50 m
MOD	20 m	30 m	40m EAD
T	no
Jumps	✖
Gaps	✖️
Restrictions	no	no
Siphon
Gas
Deco	no
Course duration	2.5 days	3.5 days	5.5 days

Swiss Cave Diving training

Level	Theorie	Dry practice	Open dives	Overhead dives	CHF
SCD Cave 1	0.5 day	0.5 day	2 dives, 1 place	4 dives, 2 places	590
Practice				4 dives, 2 places
SCD Cave 2	1 to 1.5 day	0.5 day	4 dives, 2 places	6+ dives, 3 places	1045 to 1595
Practice				8 dives, 4 places
SCD Cave 3	1.5 to 2 days	0.5 day	4 dives, 2 places	8 dives, 4 places	1650

Cavern

1. SCD training with Divepoint