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Become a Technical Diver

DSAT TecRec courses provide the techniques and procedures necessary for diving beyond recreational dive limits. These are some of the most intensive, yet exhilarating, courses you'll find.

Technical diving isn't for everyone but if you and you're willing to accept the risks, responsibilities and obligations, you'll find it one of the most rewarding dive experiences you'll ever have.

PADI Discover Tec

PADI Tec 40

PADI Tec 45

PADI Tec 50

PADI Tec Trimix 65

PADI Tec Trimix Diver

PADI Gas Blender

Discover Tec:

DSAT Discover Tec lets you try technical diving equipment and procedures. You learn about technical diving and get to try it out. Plus, Discover Tec experiences can also credit towards the Tec 40 course.

The Scuba Gear You'll Use

You will need your basic scuba gear and you will try technical scuba diving equipment.

What do I need to start?

To participate in Discover Tec Diving, you must:

  1. Be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
  2. Have a minimum of 10 logged dives
  3. Be at least 18 years old

$79.00 + GST

Forms:

As with all things, of course there is paperwork to be completed before your course can start. Please note any "Yes" on the medical form requires a doctor sign off prior to you entering the course. Both forms must be completed prior to the start of any course.

Medical Form

Certified Diver Experience Form

PADI Tec 40:

If you're interested in technical diving, but haven't yet met the prerequisites for the PADI Tec 50 Diver course or PADI Tec 45 course, you can consider enrolling in the PADI Tec 40 course. It is the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver course and consists of the first four dives. Because you can do one of these dives in confined water (such as a swimming pool), many divers start the Tec 40 courses in the winter months, ready to continue in open water when spring arrives.

What will I do?

  1. Use decompression software and dive computers to plan and make decompression dives with no more than 10 minutes of total decompression and not deeper than 40 metres/130 feet.
  2. Use a single cylinder of decompression gas with up to 50 percent oxygen (EANx50) to add conservatism to the required decompression.

What do I need to start?

  1. Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  2. Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  3. Be a PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  4. Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least
    o 10 dives must be on enriched air
    o 12 dives must be deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
    o 6 dives must be deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
  5. At least 18 years old
  6. Have a medical form signed by your physician

What will I need?

You'll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to

  1. tec diving lingo
  2. emergency procedures
  3. decompression and stage cylinder handling
  4. 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 Tec 50.

$425.00 + GST

PADI Tec 45:

The Tec 45 course picks up where Tec 40 leaves off and takes your training as a tec diver further and deeper. It is the second sub course in the full PADI Tec Diver course

What will I do?

  1. The skills and equipment and planning need to dive to a maximum of 45 metres/145 feet
  2. 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.
  3. There would be no time limit to amount of decompression
  4. Prepare for and respond to foreseeable technical diving emergencies
  5. Master the basic skills and procedures you’ll need as you move into deeper technical diving

What do I need to start?

  1. Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  2. Be a PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  3. Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  4. Be a PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  5. PADI Tec 40 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  6. Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least
    o 10 dives must be on enriched air
    o 12 dives must be deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
    o 6 dives must be deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
  7. At least 18 years old
  8. Have a medical form signed by your physician

What will I need?

You'll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to

  1. tec diving lingo
  2. emergency procedures
  3. decompression and stage cylinder handling
  4. 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 Tec 50.

$3750.00 + GST

PADI Tec 50:

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

What will I do?

  1. Make actual decompression dives as deep as 50 metres/165 feet
  2. Use enriched air nitrox and/or oxygen for decompression
  3. Use desk top decompression software to create custom dive tables and plan your dives
  4. Qualify to make technical decompression dives independently

What do I need to start?

  1. Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  2. Be a PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  3. Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  4. Be a PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  5. PADI Tec 45 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  6. Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, of which at least
    o 20 dives must be on enriched air
    o 25 dives must be deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
    o 20 dives must be deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
  7. At least 18 years old
  8. Have a medical form signed by your physician

What will I need?

You'll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to

  1. tec diving lingo
  2. emergency procedures
  3. decompression and stage cylinder handling
  4. 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 Tec 50.

$375.00 + GST

PADI Tec Trimix 65

This course opens up the advantages of trimix to the diver, and divers are qualified to make multi-stop decompression dives that employ EANx and oxygen for accelerated decompression, and any trimix with an oxygen content of 18% or more. They can dive to a maximum depth of 65 metres/210 feet.

What will I do?

The PADI Tec Trimix 65 course is intended to extend the depth range of technical divers already trained and qualified to use air, enriched air and oxygen for technical decompression dives beyond 50 metres /165 feet. This course is for Tec 50 divers (or those holding a qualifying certification from another training organization).The course extends your depth range capabilities by training you to use trimix (a blend of helium, oxygen and nitrogen).

  1. Plan and execute at least five trimix decompression dives using various trimix blends
  2. Use decompression software to create custom dive tables and dive plans
  3. Make training dives as deep as 65 metres/210 feet

What equipment will I need?

  1. Double cylinders (minimum 12 litre/70 cubic feet each, with larger preferred) with isolator manifold
  2. Primary and secondary regulators, one with two metre/seven foot hose (approximately) for gas sharing, and one with SPG
  3. Stage/decompression cylinders with regulator, SPG, mounting hardware and proper labeling/markings. Two per diver will be required
  4. Backup decompression cylinders as appropriate and required for the environment
  5. BCD and harness – redundant buoyancy control is required (double bladder BCD or dry suit if suitable for weight of equipment worn)
  6. Depth gauge/computer and backup depth gauge/computer
  7. Timing device and backup timing device
  8. Trimix decompression information (tables/trimix computer) and backup decompression information
  9. Exposure suit appropriate for environment and dive duration. (If you use a dry suit, you should be trained/experienced with its use in recreational and technical diving prior to using it for trimix training or diving.)
  10. Argon dry suit inflation or other inflation system as needed
  11. Weight system (if needed)
  12. Jon line (if needed for current diving environments)
  13. Inflatable signal tube
  14. Reel
  15. Lift bag (bright yellow or per local community practice preferred)
  16. Dive knife / cutting device and backup slate, backup mask (optional)
  17. Compass, lights (optional)
  18. Drift kit (if drift decompressing)

What do I need to start?

  1. Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  2. Be a PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  3. Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  4. Be a PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  5. PADI Tec 50 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  6. Have a minimum of 100 logged dives
  7. At least 18 years old
  8. Have a medical form signed by your physician

What will I need?

Tec Trimix Diver Crew-Pak

The Tec Trimix Diver Crew-Pak includes all required materials, including: manual, deep stop calculation table, trimix decal and emergency procedures slate.

  1. Trimix diving depth ranges
  2. Exposure planning
  3. Selecting a mix
  4. Argon inflation systems
  5. Handling three or four decompression cylinders
  6. Decompression models
  7. Emergency procedures
  8. Face masks and multi-gas computers.

$400.00 + GST

PADI Tec Trimix Diver:

For the extreme diver ready to further explore the world of technical deep diving, the gas of choice is trimix – a blend of oxygen, helium and nitrogen. The PADI Tec Trimix Diver course takes you to the outer edges of technical deep diving, opening the door to pristine dive sites few divers – if any – ever see.

What will I do?

The PADI Tec Trimix Diver course is intended to extend the depth range of technical divers already trained and qualified to use air, enriched air and oxygen for technical decompression dives beyond 50 metres/165 feet. Diving with trimix is the outer edge of tec diving – the maximum depth for using this technology has yet to be defined.

This course is for Tec 50 or Tec Trimix 65 (or those holding a qualifying certification from another training organization). The course extends your depth range capabilities by training you to use trimix (a blend of helium, oxygen and nitrogen).

  1. Plan and execute at least five trimix decompression dives using various trimix blends
  2. Use decompression software to create custom dive tables and dive plans
  3. Make training dives as deep as 75 metres/245 feet

What equipment will I need?

  1. Double cylinders (minimum 12 litre/70 cubic feet each, with larger preferred) with isolator manifold
  2. Primary and secondary regulators, one with two metre/seven foot hose (approximately) for gas sharing, and one with SPG
  3. Stage/decompression cylinders with regulator, SPG, mounting hardware and proper labeling/markings. Two per diver will be required
  4. Backup decompression cylinders as appropriate and required for the environment
  5. BCD and harness – redundant buoyancy control is required (double bladder BCD or dry suit if suitable for weight of equipment worn)
  6. Depth gauge/computer and backup depth gauge/computer
  7. Timing device and backup timing device
  8. Trimix decompression information (tables/trimix computer) and backup decompression information
  9. Exposure suit appropriate for environment and dive duration. (If you use a dry suit, you should be trained/experienced with its use in recreational and technical diving prior to using it for trimix training or diving.)
  10. Argon dry suit inflation or other inflation system as needed
  11. Weight system (if needed)
  12. Jon line (if needed for current diving environments)
  13. Inflatable signal tube
  14. Reel
  15. Lift bag (bright yellow or per local community practice preferred)
  16. Dive knife / cutting device and backup slate, backup mask (optional)
  17. Compass, lights (optional)
  18. Drift kit (if drift decompressing)

What do I need to start?

  1. Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  2. Be a PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  3. Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  4. Be a PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  5. PADI Tec 50 or Tec Trimix 65 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  6. Have a minimum of 150 logged dives
  7. At least 18 years old
  8. Have a medical form signed by your physician

What will I need?

Tec Trimix Diver Crew-Pak

The Tec Trimix Diver Crew-Pak includes all required materials, including: manual, deep stop calculation table, trimix decal and emergency procedures slate.

  1. Trimix diving depth ranges
  2. Exposure planning
  3. Selecting a mix
  4. Argon inflation systems
  5. Handling three or four decompression cylinders
  6. Decompression models
  7. Emergency procedures
  8. Face masks and multi-gas computers.

$400.00 + GST

PADI Gas Blender:

More people are diving with enriched air and this means the demand for enriched air fills is also increasing. However, there needs to be someone qualified to administer these fills to meet this demand. This is where the DSAT Gas Blender course comes in. It can result in one of two certifications: DSAT Gas Blender or DSAT Trimix Blender.

What do I need to start?

  1. PADI Enriched Air Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
  2. Minimum age: 18 years old

What will I do?

The DSAT Gas Blender course will train you as a qualified gas blender, allowing you to provide gas mixes to appropriately certified consumers. You'll learn the physical properties of oxygen, its associated hazards, handling requirements and what cleaning equipment is necessary. Finally, you will learn the five methods of obtaining the desired enriched air nitrox mix and the various methods used to obtain proper helium mixes.

$199.00 + GST