You are curious about technical (Tec) diving, but not sure about jumping into a course? Discover Tec is a short confined water experience that allows you to give technical diving a try. You get to wear all the extra tec diving gear and take it for a test dive. Your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Instructor may introduce a few basic skills, such as primary to secondary regulator switch and gas shutdown procedures.

If you’re interested in tec diving and you are a PADI Open Water Diver at least 18 years old and have a minimum of 10 logged dives, you qualify for Discover Tec.

What scuba gear will you use

You will want to have your mask, fins and exposure suit. Your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Instructor will have the technical diving equipment, including but not limited to – two tanks, primary and backup regulators, and technical diving BCD and harness.

The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational scuba diving to technical diving. It’s a great place to start because it’s the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Diver course and bridges the gap between no stop diving and full technical deep decompression diving. You gain experience and begin building the knowledge and skills you need to continue your tec diver training. You will qualify to make limited decompression dives to 40 meters/130 feet.

To enroll in the Tec 40 course, you must be:

• A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
• A PADI Enriched Air Diver with at least 10 dives using enriched air deeper than 18 meters/60 feet
• A PADI Deep Dive or proof of at least 10 dives to 30 meters/100 feet
• At least 18 years old and have a minimum of 30 logged dives
• You also need to have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply – ask your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Deep Instructor.

What scuba gear will you use

You’ll start with your basic scuba diving equipment and add technical equipment, which essentially means you’ll begin to double up on gear. You may dive with backmounted or sidemounted cylinders. Your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Instructor may have you dive with EANx for additional conservatism.

Deep Blue Divers PADI 5 Star Dive Center offers full technical equipment for all the courses, except Dry Suit.

The PADI Tec 45 course is the second part of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver program. You’ll extend your depth limit to 45 metres/145 feet and learn to plan and execute repetitive decompression dives using a single stage/decompression cylinder. It puts you in a complete tec diving rig, which can be either backmount or sidemount. You’ll also make accelerated decompression dives using EANx or pure oxygen. This is a course where you’ll rise to the challenge and make the commitment to become a technical diver.

To enroll in the Tec 45 course, you must:

• Be a PADI Tec 40 diver
• Be a PADI Rescue Diver
• Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, with at least 12 dives on enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 meters/60 feet and 6 dives deeper than 30 meters/100 feet
• Be at least 18 years old
• Have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months

Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply – ask your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Deep Instructor.

What scuba gear will you use

You’ll use full technical equipment, which includes wings and doubles plus an additional deco cylinder, or you may use a technical sidemount configuration. Your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Deep Instructor will explain the gear required for your tec diving adventures.

Deep Blue Divers PADI 5 Star Dive Center offers full technical equipment for all the courses, except Dry Suit.

The third part of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver program is Tec 50. As a Tec 50 diver, you show that you’ve developed competency as a tec diver and have the skills to dive to a maximum of 50 metres/165 feet. You know how to make extended, accelerated decompression stops using up to two gases. It’s not easy to reach this level and earning your Tec 50 certification, opens the door to deeper diving expeditions.

To enroll in the Tec 50 course, you must:

• Be a PADI Tec 45 diver
• Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, with at least 20 dives on enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 meters/60 feet and 15 dives deeper than 30 meters/100 feet
• Be at least 18 years old
• Have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months

Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply – ask your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Deep Instructor.

What scuba gear will you use

You’ll use full technical equipment and you may use a technical sidemount configuration, plus two stages/decompression cylinders. Your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Deep Instructor may also introduce you to using trimix on the last open water dive.

Deep Blue Divers PADI 5 Star Dive Center offers full technical equipment for all the courses, except Dry Suit.

If you’re into technical diving then you know that to extend your depth range you need to use trimix – a blend of helium, oxygen and nitrogen. The Tec Trimix 65 course introduces you to using trimix down to a maximum depth of 65 metres/210 feet. There are advantages to using three gases, but you need to know how to do it right. Earning the Tec Trimix 65 certification makes deeper exploration a reality.

You’re qualified to enroll in the Tec Trimix 65 course, if you:

• Are a PADI Tec 50 diver
• Have a minimum of 100 logged dives
• Are at least 18 years old
• Have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months

Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply – ask your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Trimix Instructor.

What scuba gear will you use

You’ll use full technical equipment and you may use a technical sidemount configuration, plus two stages/decompression cylinders. Your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Trimix Instructor may suggest other equipment.

Deep Blue Divers PADI 5 Star Dive Center offers full technical equipment for all the courses, except Dry Suit.

Ready for the outer edge of technical diving? The Tec Trimix Diver course takes experienced tec divers and turns them into extreme divers who go deeper and visit pristine sites where few others will ever go. During the course, you’ll make dives as deep as 90 metres/300 feet, but once you earn this tough certification, there are few limits. Your training teaches you to build experience gradually and you do it because you’ve made it this far and have more exploring to do.

To enroll in the Tec Trimix Diver course, you must:

• Be a PADI Tec 50 diver or Tec Trimix diver
• Have a minimum of 150 logged dives
• Are at least 18 years old
• Have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months

Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply – ask your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Trimix Instructor.

What scuba gear will you use

You’ll use full technical equipment, including more than two stages/deco cylinders, and you may use a technical sidemount configuration. Your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Trimix Instructor may suggest additional gear.

Deep Blue Divers PADI 5 Star Dive Center offers full technical equipment for all the courses, except Dry Suit.

The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is the most popular diver specialty course and the number of technical divers is on the rise, which means that lots of scuba divers want enriched air and gas blends. The Tec Gas Blender course teaches you to blend enriched air nitrox and helium-blend gases using one or more blending methods. Being the blender is a key job at a busy Dive Center or Resort and your work allows other divers to do what they love to do – scuba dive.

If you’re a PADI Enriched Air Diver and are at least 18 years old, you can enroll in a Tec Gas Blender course.

Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply – ask your Deep Blue Divers PADI Tec Gas Blender Instructor.