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Tec diving is not for everyone, but it does appeal to experienced divers who want to go beyond their current limits and are willing to accept the added risks, training, investment and commitment it demands. If this is you, then PADI TecRec® courses are your ticket to extreme adventure.
In this course you'll learn about the advantages of diving with a sidemount configuration and how to set up a sidemount harness. The course includes a confined water session and 4 open water dives, during which you'll start with two tanks and add at least two more, maybe even getting to six. Course participants must be at least 18 years old, have a minimum of 30 logged dives and PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification. We recommend that candidates also have PADI Enriched Air Diver certification.
The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational to technical scuba 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 metres.
To enrol you must:
Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver with at least 10 dives using enriched air deeper than 18 metres.
Be a PADI Deep Diver or show proof of at least 10 dives to 30 metres.
Be at least 18 years old and have a minimum of 30 logged dives.
Have a medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
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 and learn to plan and execute repetitive decompression dives using a single stage/decompression cylinder. The course 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 enrol 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 metres and 10 dives deeper than 30 metres.
Be at least 18 years old
Have a medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
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. You'll know how to make extended, accelerated decompression stops using up to two gases. It's not easy to reach this level and earning the certification opens the door to deeper diving expeditions.
To enrol 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 metres and 15 dives deeper than 30 metres.
Be at least 18 years old
Have a medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
The PADI Rebreather Diver course introduces you to rebreather diving and lets you experience things you never imagined possible. New Type R (recreational) rebreathers are lightweight, easy-to-transport and employe sophisticated electronics. They give you longer no stop limits, reduced gas consumption (because you reuse most of your exhaled gas) and unmatched wildlife encounters because you don't release annoying bubbles. To enroll in the PADI Rebreather Diver course you need to be at least 18 years old, have a minimum of 25 logged dives and be a PADI Open Water Diver and Enriched Air Diver.
PADI TecRec® courses include PADI certification, PADI course manuals, equipment or rebreather rental, diving insurance and transfers to/from hotel to Chalong Pier (if in Kata, Karon or Patong areas).