PADI DSAT Tec Courses - 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 subcourse in the full PADI Tec Diver course

Prerequisites: You must be

A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
A PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
A PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
A PADI Deep Diver (or hold aqualifying certification from another organization)
PADI Tec 40 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least:
- 12 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
- 6 (with or without EANx) dives were deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
At least 18 years old
Have a medical statement signed by a physician

The course: Over four dives you will:

The skills and equipment and planning need to dive to a maximum of 45 metres/145 feet

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.

There would be no time limit to amount of decompression

Prepare for and respond to foreseeable technical diving emergencies

Master the basic skills and procedures you’ll need as you move into deeper technical diving

Equipment:

Primary mask / backup mask
Fins
Wing-type BCD and harness
Primary and secondary
Twin cylinders
Decompression cylinder / Stage bottles
Dry suit
Submersible pressure gauge
Equipment placed in thigh pocket
Multigas dive computers
Z-knife and shears
Safety reel and lift bag

Materials: You'll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pack, which introduces you to

tec diving lingo
emergency procedures
decompression and stage cylinder handling
gas planning

The pack 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 the Tec 50 course.

What's Next? Master the basic skills and procedures you’ll need as you move into deeper technical diving.

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