• Diving below 130 feet
• Staying at any depth beyond the no decompression limit
• Penetrating a cave or wreck beyond the light zone
• Switching gases at depth
• Using oxygen, enriched air blends above 40 percent, trimix, or other special gases

For more information on technical diving, see the article What is Technical Diving and Why Should I Care?
 

Technical Diving Courses

• PADI Tec Basics Distinctive Specialty
• DSAT Apprentice Tec Diver
• DSAT Tec Deep Diver
• DSAT Trimix Diver
• Technical Diving Course Prerequisites

This course is designed to bridge from PADI recreational diving courses to the DSAT technical diving courses. Divers have the opportunity to learn and practice entry level tec diving skills during two confined water dives and two open water dives. Dives are within recreational limits using segments from the DSAT Tec Deep course. Maximum depth: 24 meters/80 feet.

Course start dates: January 9.
Prerequisites: 18 years old, PADI Advanced Open Water, and PADI Enriched Air. PADI Rescue Diver highly recommended. Click here for technical dive training requirements matrix.
Location: Aquatic Adventures, Inc..
Course cost: $275 (books and equipment rental not included)

This course is intended for those divers who wish to begin developing the skills and knowledge involved in technical deep diving, including making gas switches and extended no-stop dives. Divers learn to use enriched air with up to 60 percent oxygen. Divers also learn the motor skills required for technical diving, as well as the foundational skills necessary for completing the DSAT Tec Deep Diver course. Divers are required to complete 8 open water dives using technical diving equipment. Maximum depth: 40 meters/130 feet.

Course start dates: June 2008.
Prerequisites: 18 years old, PADI Advanced Open Water, PADI Enriched Air, and PADI Rescue Diver. Click here for technical dive training requirements matrix.
Location: Aquatic Adventures, Inc.
Course cost: $275 with Tec Basic certification; $525 without Tec Basic certification (books and equipment rental not included)

This course is intended for those divers with the prerequisite experience and training needed to begin moving beyond recreational scuba depth limits. Divers learn to make gas switches, extended no-stop dives, decompression stop dives, and accelerated decompression dives using air, enriched air, and pure oxygen. Divers are required to complete 12 open water dives using technical diving equipment, including 4 decompression dives. Maximum depth: 50 meters/165 feet.

Course dates: August 2008.
Prerequisites: 18 years old, PADI Advanced Open Water, PADI Enriched Air, and PADI Rescue Diver. Click here for technical dive training requirements matrix.
Location: Aquatic Adventures, Inc.
Course cost: $275 with Tec Basic certification; $825 without Tec Basic certification and Apprentice Tec Diver certification (books and equipment rental not included)

DSAT Trimix Diver

This course qualifies divers to dive with trimix (blends of oxygen, helium, and nitrogen) that allows them to descend deeper than you can with reasonable risk using nitrogen/oxygen blends. Completing this course qualifies divers to dive both normoxic and hypoxic trimix blends. Divers are required to make 8 open water dives. Maximum depth: 75 meters/245 feet.

Course dates: Email us to request dates.
Prerequisites: 18 years old, PADI Advanced Open Water, PADI Enriched Air, and PADI Rescue Diver. Click here for technical dive training requirements matrix.
Location: Aquatic Adventures, Inc.
Course cost: $275 with Tec Basic certification; $825 without Tec Basic certification and Apprentice Tec Diver certification (books and equipment rental not included)

PADI/DSAT Technical Diving Course Prerequisites

*The Trimix Diver course requires that the student has meet all requirements of the Tec Deep Diver course.

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