Tec 50

Description

Tec 50 is the third step in technical diving and concludes your training in entry level technical diving.  Technical diving allows divers to explore beyond the traditional limits of recreational diving.  Technical divers learn how to use advanced equipment and techniques to extend their bottom time and depth limits.  Since this type of diving is beyond the recreational limits, it can be unforgiving and requires additional training, equipment, and dedication. Tec 50 as the third certification draws on the knowledge that you learned in the previous two courses allowing you to further extending you maximum.  After certification you will be able to make decompression dives to 165 feet/50 meters using two gases, nitrox/EANx and 100 percent oxygen, to make your decompression more conservative.

What You Will Learn

In the Tec 50 course you will refine your technical diving knowledge from Tec 40 and Tec 45.  You will also train in the motor skills needed to safely dive beyond recreational limits to a maximum depth of 50 meters/165 feet. You will be executing decompression dives with one cylinder of nitrox/enriched air to either accelerate your safety stop or add conservatism to your decompression hang.  This course will further prepare you for predictable diving emergencies that you will encounter as a technical diver.  You will also be mastering the basic skills that you’ll need as you descend into the depths of technical diving down the road.

Materials You Will Need

Tec 40 crew-pak, which 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 between your Tec diving adventures. You'll continue to use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak through Tec 50.

Prerequisites

• 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

Price

Goose's Scuba Shack Price $550

Equipment Requirements
Call our Course Director for a list of the necessary equipment to complete this course.

Your Next Certification

Tec Trimix 65 or Tec Trimix Diver