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The PADI Tec Courses.

What is Tec Diving?

Technical Diving allows you to extend your diving beyond recreational “no stop” limits. This allows you to plan longer dives at shallow depths, or to plan dives to more advanced depths and locations. Technical (tec) diving allows you to greatly expand your diving skills and knowledge and can provide you with experiences and exploration opportunities in places very few people will ever see:

  • Increased Range - Exploring deeper than 40 metres/130 feet
  • Increased Diving Environments - Diving in  caves, shipwrecks or other special environments 
  • Increased Skills - Using specialized gas mixtures  and decompression procedures
  • Specialized Equipment - Using highly specialized equipment for instance -multiple cylinders and regulators
 
PADI TEC COURSES:
Tec Basics
Tec 40
Tec 45
Tec 50
* These courses can be bundled.
 
For all courses Diver Medical form – must be signed by a physician.
 
PREREQUISITES FOR BASICS: 
  • PADI Open Water Diver
  • Minimum of 10 logged dives
  • 15 years old
PREREQUISITES FOR TEC40:
  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver with PADI Rescue Diver recommended
  • PADI Enriched Air Diver
  • PADI Deep Diver or proof of 10 dives to 30 metres/100 feet or deeper
  • 30 logged dives
  • 18 years old

The Scuba Gear You Use

  • 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


The Learning Materials You Need

PADI offers eLearning for all of these courses.

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