What You 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 Use
• You use basic tec diving equipment

The Learning Materials You 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

The pak includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate. The optional Equipment Set-up and Key Skills video on DVD is a great tool to help you practice at home in between your tec diving adventures. You'll continue to use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak through the Tec 50 course.

For all your learning or eLearning materials and equipment, contact Blue Water Divers.

Equipment Requirements:

•  Single-cylinder with a dual outlet valve (H valve or Y valve) or single cylinder with single outlet valve and a bailout cylinder.
• Double-cylinder configuration with one deco cylinder.
• Wing/BCD with harness and attachment point for deco cylinders with sufficient lift to keep the diver’s head out of the water at the surface
• Backup buoyancy control providing a reliable means for controlling buoyancy and maintaining decompression stops, such as double bladder wing or dry suit.
• Backup mask
• Visual and audible surface signaling devices
• Reel/spool (two recommended) – needs enough line for depth
• DSMB/lift bag (two recommended)
• Knife/cutting device and backup
• Wetbook/slate and pencil
• Compass
• Weight system (if required)
• Lights and backup lights as required for dive environment

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 aqualifying 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

For more information about this or other PADI courses have a chat with one of the Blue Water Divers Team members.