Double Wing TekTechnical Diving Academy
Ahmed Gabr holds the world record for the deepest scuba dive ever made. Now his Red Sea academy trains you — technical, rebreather and deep-wreck diving, from Hurghada.
Manager & Head Instructor — Double Wing Tek
In 2014, off the Red Sea coast of Egypt, Ahmed Gabr descended to 332.35 metres on open-circuit scuba — the deepest scuba dive ever recorded, a Guinness World Record that still stands. Minutes to go down; close to 15 hours of decompression to come back up.
An Egyptian technical diver and former army officer, he now leads Double Wing Tek — so you learn deep-diving discipline, gas planning and redundancy from the person who has been deeper than anyone alive.
Whether you already dive technical or you're ready to cross the line from recreational, there's a clear path — and a world-record team to take you down it.
Extend your range with trimix, cross to a JJ-CCR or O₂ptima rebreather, master sidemount, or penetrate the Red Sea's legendary deep wrecks — under the holder of the world's deepest dive.
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Advanced or Deep certified and feeling the pull deeper? Intro to Tech is your bridge — we rebuild your fundamentals and take you into staged decompression, safely and at your own pace.
Start With Intro to Tech →No deposit to start a conversation. Three steps from "I'm curious" to breathing off your first stage cylinder.
Tell us your certification level and what you want to achieve — on WhatsApp or email. No obligation, no hard sell.
We assess where you are and plan the right course sequence, dates, gas and kit around you — with honest advice.
Train in small teams on Hurghada's world-class reefs and wrecks, mentored by a world-record dive team.
Pick your starting point — we'll map your route into technical diving, then take it to WhatsApp so we can plan it around you.
↑ Choose where you are to reveal your pathway
A clear ladder from your first decompression dive to mixed-gas, overhead and closed-circuit rebreather diving — every step skills-first, standards-driven, and taught on the Red Sea's best dive sites.
FOUNDATION◆The bridge from recreational to technical diving.
LEVEL 02◆Enriched-air mixes up to 100% oxygen — the foundation of mix diving.
LEVEL 03◆Your first true technical certification — staged decompression done properly.
DEEP AIR◆Deep-air diving to 55 metres with full staged decompression.
LEVEL 04◆Add helium and go deep — the gateway to serious exploration.
LEVEL 05◆The deepest open-circuit certification we teach — hypoxic trimix to 100 metres.
SPECIALTY◆Independent cylinders, perfect trim, total redundancy.
SPECIALTY◆Penetrate the Red Sea’s legendary wrecks — with the skills to come back out.
SPECIALTY◆Fly a diver propulsion vehicle — reefs and wrecks beyond finning distance.
FLAGSHIP◆Go silent. Recycle your gas, extend your range, dive deeper for longer.
TECHNICIAN◆Blend your own enriched-air nitrox — safely and accurately.
TECHNICIAN◆Blend trimix and helium-based mixes for technical diving.
Cross-agency training — TDI · PADI Tec · IANTD — matched to your goals. Every price includes your certification.
SLATE — five dive-planning calculators built by our own instructors. They work on your phone, teach the maths behind every answer, and remember your RMV.
Your training is the passport. We run guided technical expeditions and overseas courses to the planet's most iconic deep dives — in small teams, led by Double Wing Tek. Dates for each trip are set as the group forms, so register your interest early.
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Small teams · dates announced as each trip forms · led by Double Wing Tek
View all expeditions →Technical skill isn't taught in a classroom — it's drilled into the water until it's reflex. Four phases take you from the surface to the dive.
An honest, no-ego read of your real skills, comfort and goals. We start from reality — never a brochure — and map the fastest safe route to your next certification.
Dial in your kit — twinset or sidemount, trim, weighting and full redundancy — until the rig is an extension of you, not a problem to manage at depth.
Valve shutdowns, gas switches, S-drills and failure simulations — repeated until the right response is muscle memory. In technical diving, hesitation is the hazard.
Put it to work on real Red Sea dives — mentored by active technical divers — building the experience and judgement that no certification card can hand you.
The northern Red Sea is the planet's greatest wreck-diving arena — and from Hurghada, these legends sit within a properly-trained technical diver's reach.
The legend of the Red Sea — motorcycles, trucks and locomotives frozen since 1941.
Giannis D, Carnatic and Chrisoula K — four ships on a single reef.
A deep, respectful wreck dive that demands proper technical discipline.
Real divers, real kit, real Red Sea — every frame shot on our own dives.
Double Wing Tek was built on one principle: technical training should be uncompromising, personal, and forged in the water — never a production line. From your first stage cylinder to full trimix and closed-circuit rebreather, you progress shoulder-to-shoulder with people who dive exactly what they teach.
Based in Hurghada, we put the Red Sea's world-class wrecks and walls — the Thistlegorm, the Abu Nuhas reef wrecks, the Rosalie Moller — within reach of properly-trained technical divers, and back every course with the discipline of a world-record dive team.
Technical diving punishes shortcuts. We don't take them — and we don't let you.
Every life-support system has a backup — and you're drilled to use it cold.
Trained until the skill is automatic, not until the box is ticked.
Low ratios, real bottom time — never a queue on the back of a boat.
You learn from the deepest diver in history. Nobody has been deeper.
The entry point is lower than many divers think. TDI's Intro to Tech needs an Open Water certification (or equivalent), 25 logged open water dives and a minimum age of 18 (15 with parental consent). Good buoyancy and gas awareness matter just as much, and the honest answer comes from the water: we assess where you are first and build the right pathway from there. If you're not ready yet, we'll tell you, and show you how to get there.
We train across TDI, PADI Tec and IANTD and match the route to your goals — all three are internationally recognised. The standards are more alike than different; what matters is the quality of the training behind the card.
Yes — closed-circuit rebreather is our flagship discipline. We run CCR courses on the JJ-CCR and Dive Rite O2ptima, from your first air-diluent dives through to mixed-gas trimix CCR. A rebreather recycles your gas, removes the bubbles, and dramatically extends your range and time at depth.
Both have their place: back-mounted twinsets are the classic technical platform, while sidemount is superb for streamlining, redundancy and tight wreck penetration. We'll help you choose based on your diving, your body and your goals — and you can train in either.
You'll dive a full technical configuration — twinset or sidemount, stage and deco cylinders, and the right exposure protection. We'll advise exactly what to bring, provide quality rental and stage cylinders on site, and help you build a rig that's correct rather than just expensive.
It scales with your training. Decompression Procedures works to around 45 m; Trimix takes you beyond into proper deep and mixed-gas territory. The rule never changes: you dive within the limits of your certification and your plan — always.
Tell us where you are in your diving and where you want to go. We'll map your pathway into technical diving — and answer every question before you commit.
Small teams keep the standard high — places each month are limited.