Christian Feichtinger at the surface of Lake Attersee, snow-covered mountains behind

Diving Instructor · CMAS Austria · TSVÖ · SDI · TDI

Christian
Feichtinger

Technical diving in the Salzkammergut. All year round — even with snow on the shore.

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Diver hovering neutrally above the slope of Lake Attersee

Training

Practise until it sticks.

Courses and exams under CMAS Austria as well as SDI and TDI — from Open Water Diver through nitrox to normoxic trimix, on open circuit. Small groups, lots of time in the water. Buoyancy, gas switches, stage handling and emergency procedures are repeated until they run as calmly under stress as in the briefing.

Photo © Christian Kotrc

Diver surrounded by a dense school of fish, backlit

Attitude

Calm is a technique.

Depth does not forgive haste. Planning, redundancy and clean procedures free up attention — for the school of fish, the light, the moment.

Christian Feichtinger in a red drysuit in front of an overgrown wall, two more divers behind

About

Diving since 2015, teaching since 2017.

At home in Wels, happiest in Lake Attersee. I teach everything from Open Water Diver to normoxic trimix. What drives me: the calm at depth — and getting people there so they can experience it safely.

Photo © Christian Kotrc

Background

Qualifications at a glance.

Ing. Christian Feichtinger — CMAS Instructor *** and Normoxic Trimix Instructor with CMAS Austria / TSVÖ, SDI/TDI Instructor #40412. I teach on open circuit; the rebreather is for my own diving.

2015first dive
2017instructor
1,100+dives
300+on trimix or with a DPV

Milestones

  1. 2017CMAS Instructor * · Trimix & Nitrox Gas Blender
  2. 2019CMAS Instructor ** · Technical Skills Instructor
  3. 2021CMAS Instructor *** · Advanced Nitrox & Trimix Gas Blender Instructor
  4. 2023CMAS Normoxic Trimix Instructor
  5. 2025SDI/TDI Instructor · Advanced Trimix Diver · Cave Diver Level 1
Full history
  1. 2015CMAS * and ** — where it started
  2. 2016Assistant instructor, scuba and snorkelling (TSVÖ) · Night Diving, Underwater Navigation
  3. 2017CMAS *** · Rescue Diver · Trimix & Nitrox Gas Blender · CMAS Instructor * with Nitrox, Drysuit, Diving Equipment, Oxygen Administrator and Disabled Diver Instructor
  4. 2018Advanced Nitrox Diver · Technical Skills Diver
  5. 2019CMAS Instructor ** · Technical Skills Instructor · Wreck Diver Level 1
  6. 2020Normoxic Trimix Diver
  7. 2021CMAS Instructor *** · Advanced Nitrox & Trimix Gas Blender Instructor
  8. 2022Wreck Diving Instructor 1 & 2 · Wreck Diver Level 2
  9. 2023CMAS Normoxic Trimix Instructor · Advanced Skills Instructor
  10. 2024Technical & Recreational Scooter Diver
  11. 2025SDI/TDI Instructor · Technical & Recreational Scooter Instructor · Advanced Trimix Diver · Cave Diver Level 1

Instructor ratings by area

Technical diving & trimix

CMAS Austria · TSVÖ

  • Normoxic Trimix Instructor
  • Technical Skills Instructor
  • Advanced Skills Instructor

TDI · SDI

  • TDI Helitrox Instructor
  • TDI Decompression Procedures Instructor
  • TDI Intro to Tech Instructor

Nitrox & gas blending

CMAS Austria · TSVÖ

  • Nitrox Instructor
  • Advanced Nitrox Instructor
  • Trimix Gas Blender Instructor

TDI · SDI

  • TDI Advanced Nitrox Instructor
  • TDI Nitrox & Advanced Gas Blending Instructor
  • TDI Air Fill Station Technician Instructor

Wreck & DPV

CMAS Austria · TSVÖ

  • Wreck Diving Instructor 1 & 2
  • Technical & Recreational Scooter Instructor

TDI · SDI

  • TDI Technical DPV Instructor

Scuba & specialties

CMAS Austria · TSVÖ

  • CMAS Instructor ***
  • Drysuit Diving Instructor
  • Diving Equipment Instructor
  • Disabled Diver Instructor *

TDI · SDI

  • SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor
  • SDI Specialties: Deep, Wreck, Dry Suit, Nitrox, Computer Nitrox, Computer Diver, DPV, Advanced Buoyancy, Night/Limited Visibility, Navigation, Search & Recovery, Boat, Altitude, Snorkeling

First aid

CMAS Austria · TSVÖ

  • Oxygen Administrator Instructor

TDI · SDI

  • First Response Training: Oxygen Administration Instructor

My own diving

Diver certifications

  • CMAS Advanced Trimix Diver
  • CMAS Normoxic Trimix Diver
  • CMAS Cave Diver Level 1
  • CMAS Wreck Diver Level 1 & 2
  • CMAS Technical & Recreational Scooter Diver
  • CMAS Advanced Nitrox Diver · Technical Skills Diver
  • CMAS Trimix & Nitrox Gas Blender
  • CMAS Rescue Diver · Search and Recovery · Oxygen Administrator
  • TDI JJ-CCR Advanced Mixed Gas Diver
  • TDI JJ-CCR Mixed Gas Diluent Diver
  • TDI JJ-CCR Helitrox Diver
Diver with a torch above an overgrown wreck in Lake Attersee

Depth

Wrecks, walls, darkness.

Trimix for the depths where Lake Attersee really begins — all year round. What gets passed on is always the same: procedures that hold when it matters.

Contact

Get in touch.

Training, a buddy for deep dives or a question about configuration — happy to answer.

christian@feichti.at

Wels · Lake Attersee · Upper Austria