The Tec 50 course completes your training as an entry-level tec diver, taking you past the limits of recreational diving.
Prerequisites: You must:
- Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Be a PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- DSAT Tec 45 Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, of which
· 20 dives must be enriched air dives
· 25 dives must be deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
· at least 20 dives must be deeper than 30 metres/100 feet - Be at least 18 years old
- Have a medical statement signed by your physician
The course: Over four dives you will:
• Make actual decompression dives as deep as 50 metres/165 feet
• Use enriched air nitrox and/or oxygen for decompression
• Use desk top decompression software to create custom dive tables and plan your dives
• Qualify to make technical decompression dives independently
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.
What's Next? TEC Trimix 65.
