Tec Diving
What you’ll learn
You learn about technical diving and get to try it out. Plus, the Discover Tec experiences can also be credited towards the Tec 40 course.
The Scuba Gear You’ll Use
You will need your basic scuba gear. You will try technical scuba diving equipment.
Prerequisites
- Be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
- Have a minimum of 10 logged dives
- Be at least 18 years old
Tec 40 Course
What you’ll learn
- Use decompression software and dive computers to plan and make decompression dives with no more than 10 minutes of total decompression and not deeper than 40 metres/130 feet.
- Use a single cylinder of decompression gas with up to 50 percent oxygen (EANx50) to add conservatism to the required decompression.
The Scuba Gear You’ll Use
You use recreational scuba equipment, with some minor additions to enhance your ability to deal with tec diving conditions.
Prerequisites
- Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Be a PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Have a minimum of 30 logged dives, of which at least 10 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres / 60 feet.
- Have a medical form signed by your physician
Learning materials you’ll need
You’ll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to
- tec diving lingo
- emergency procedures
- decompression and stage cylinder handling
- gas planning
Tec 45 Course
What you’ll learn
- The skills and equipment and planning need to dive to a maximum of 45 metres/145 feet
- The knowledge to plan and execute single and repetitive decompression dives using a single stage cylinder of EANx or oxygen to accelerate or add conservatism to the decompression stops.
- There would be no time limit to amount of decompression
- Prepare for and respond to foreseeable technical diving emergencies
- Master the basic skills and procedures you’ll need as you move into deeper technical diving
The Scuba Gear You’ll Use
You use basic tec diving equipment
Prerequisites
You must be:
- A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- A PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- A PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- A PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- PADI Tec 40 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least: – 12 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/60 feet – 6 (with or without EANx) dives were deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
- At least 18 years old
- Have a medical statement signed by a physician
Learning materials you’ll need
You’ll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to
- tec diving lingo
- emergency procedures
- decompression and stage cylinder handling
- gas planning
Tec 50 Course
What you’ll learn
The Tec 50 course completes your training as an entry-level tec diver, taking you past the limits of recreational diving. During the course, you:
- Make actual decompression dives as deep as 50 metres/165 feet
- Use enriched air nitrox and/or oxygen for decompression
- Use desktop decompression software to create custom dive tables and plan your dives
- Qualify to make technical decompression dives independently
The Scuba Gear You’ll Use
You use technical scuba diving equipment
Prerequisites
You must:
- Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Be a PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- DSAT Tec 45 Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, of which · 20 dives must be enriched air dives · 25 dives must be deeper than 18 metres/60 feet · at least 20 dives must be deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
- Be at least 18 years old
- Have a medical statement signed by your physician
Learning materials you’ll need
The Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to tec diving lingo, emergency procedures, decompression and stage cylinder handling and gas planning
Sidemount Diving
What you’ll learn
A new and different way to configure your cylinders with the Sidemount Course. Sidemount diving offers:
- alternative way to streamline yourself underwater
- easier equipment transportation on land
- reduced lower back strain
- provides redundant gas supply
- monitor your equipment because it’s in front
- increased, breathing gas supply for longer dives
You are able to move the cylinder from your back to your side, so that the pressure will instantly take off of your back and gives you more flexibility to move and enjoy your dive. Also you don’t have to walk to the dive site with the cylinders on your back. First you can enter the water, clip them on and go.
Prerequisites
- PADI Open Water Diver
- At least 18 years old
You can combine sidemount diving with any other specialty.
Learning materials you’ll need
The Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to tec diving lingo, emergency procedures, decompression and stage cylinder handling and gas planning
