DSAT TEC 50

The Tec 50 course completes your training as an entry-level tec diver, taking you past the limits of recreational diving.

During Tec 50 you will learn to:

• The skills and equipment and planning need to dive to a maximum of 45 metres
  
• 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

What does this activity include?

• Twin set, stage bottles and regulators
• Theory sessions
• Execute decompression dives
• Respond to simulated emergencies
• Final certification
  

What do I need to start?

• Be a PADI Tec 45 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least
  o 12 dives must be on enriched air deeper than 18 metres
  o 6 dives must be deeper than 30 metres
• Be at least 18 years old
• Obtain a valid diving medical statement signed by a physician. (If you do not have one you can easily get one done at our dive centre)
  

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 Diver Level One and Tec Deep Diver courses.

(This Crew - Pak is available for purchase at our dive shop so you can get it on your arrival to the dive centre)