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DSAT Tec Deep Diver
The DSAT TEC deep diver course is the primary course for technical deep diving beyond recreational diving. The course qualifies you to make gas switches, extended no decompression dives, decompression stop dives and accelerated decompression dives using air, Nitrox and Oxygen to 50 m using technical diving equipment.

Prerequisites
Certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Certified as a PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent.
Minimum age of 18.
Certified as a PADI Enriched Air Diver or equivalent.
Certified as a PADI Deep Diver or equivalent.
Minimum of 100 logged dives - of which at least 20 are Enriched Air Nitrox dives, 25 dives are deeper than 18m and at least 15 dives are deeper than 30 m.
A Medical signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
Duration
9 day intensive course including theory and 12 dives.

First 3 days cover the introduction of the skills in shallow waters.
Diving each day and covering the first part of the theory.
The next 2 days are 2 dives a day on the boat putting the skills into practice with each days diving getting deeper or longer.
After the diving a bit more theory is covered as well as planning dives for the next day. With the completion of the first exam before dive 6, this concludes the Apprentice Tec Diver Course.

A further 2 days of diving is required to complete the Tec Deep Diver Course, which covers you to make decompression stop dives and extended no stop dives using up to 100% Oxygen to a depth of 50m.

The next day is spent doing 2 dives putting the final skills into practice. After the dives a bit more theory is covered as well as planning dives for the next day.

The final 3 days are spent doing one dive a day. Each dive is a decompression dive in the range of 45-50m.
The second exam is completed before dive 12.

A few equipment suggestions to bring:

  • A spare mask
  • A wetsuit thick enough for dives of over 1 hour
  • Reel and bag
  • Wrist slate
  • Two depth gauges and timers (air computers will not be happy on this course)
This is 5 days of diving with the first day being a shallow water review and equipment sort out day.

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