Plan your dive. Dive your plan

I am a recreational and technical diving instructor of four associations (IANTD, PSAI, PADI, CMAS). Since I am a mechanical engineer by background, diving is not my only source of income but it is definitelly my greatest passion.

Due to my time limitations, I focus on technical courses but I still run recreational courses from time to time. I run deep diving (decompression), cave diving and rebreather diving courses. The courses are intented for people who wish to improve their skills and diving qualifications, exceeding the limitations of recreational diving. My goal is to transmit theoretical and practical skills, allowing, most likely, to plan and performs such dives safely. This is what I insist on mostly during the courses.
According to Hal Watts:”Plan your dive. Dive your plan.”

Why technical diving?

Ever since my experience with diving started, I have always dreamt about diving a little bit longer and a little bit deeper. It was not easy in Poland, where I began to dive. The term of technical diving did not really exist, and access for knowledge and skills for such dives was strongly limited.

Nowadays, technical diving has become far more common and popular. Proper standards have been developed, allowing much saver technical dives. Things that are required for this are knowledge, equippment, skills and experience. I always try to run my courses on the faith of these rules.

However I do not have any preferences, I run most of my technical courses according to IANTD and PSAI, on account of various procedures and solutions that I agree with, and according to which I dive myself.

Who am I?

Piotr Dybikowski, I was born in Poland. Currently I live in Nenagh near Portroe Quarry in Ireland and mainly dive here.
Education: Mechanical Engineer, Gdańsk University of Technology
Occupation: various, from mechanic to manager
Second occupation: diving instructor

Nickname

Dybik, Peter

Additional parameters

171cm, 73 kg

Diver certifications
IANTD: IANTD Rebreather Cave Instructor Trainer, IANTD Cave Instructor Trainer, IANTD Sidemount Cave Instructor Trainer, IANTD Open Circuit Technical Cave Instructor, Trainer, IANTD XCCR Instructor, IANTD Triton Instructor, IANTD Buddy Ispiration instructor No:841
ASTD: No. CZ16043
PSAI: No.908
PADI: No.250238
CMAS: No. POL F02 M1 10 000002
DAN: 642893
Favourite equippment

Wings: Dive Rite,  Tec Line, Halcyon, Xdeep,
Diving suits: Bare, NO Gravity.  Santi
Undergarments: Kwark, No Gravity, Santi, Bare
Flash lightes: Halcyon, Yellow Diving, Gral Marine
Regulators: Diverite, Apeks, Tecline, Scubapro, Posejdon
Computers: TDC, Sherwater, Freedom
Rebreathers: XCCR, Triton, Kiss Sidewinder, Revo, Pelagian,  Buddy Inspiration, (and a few more)
Underwater scooters: DiveXtras, Seacraft

Favourite places

I do not really have such places… I like all dives – from reef to cave, as well as very deep ones. I like lakes, Baltic shipwrecks, Egypt, Croatia, Norway, French and Florida caves and all the places I haven’t visited yet.

I simply enjoy diving.

Number of dives

2000+

Other hobbies

photography, good music, sports