Technical diving is another exciting direction you can pursue for a different kind of scuba experience. With technical diving it is more of a mindset to have specific tasks you are hoping to accomplish on each dive.
We offer technical training through Technical Diving International. TDI is a worldwide leader in the field of technical dive training.
Our technical diving instructors love technical diving and have many years of experience diving and teaching technical diving.
Our technical diving courses are much more involved and focused on making you a great technical diver, not just get you another certification.
The real key to technical diving is having the right skills and mindset to be able to handle those situations that may come up when things don’t go according to plan.
All our technical diving course fees are based on the minimum days needed to complete, but may require additional days if you are unable to master the required skills. There is an additional charge for added days.
Course fees include instruction and the certification card only (upon course completion). Clients are responsible for academic materials, gas fills, rental gear, and boat charter/park entrance fees if applicable.
Intro to Technical Diving
$800, over a minimum of 4 days
Course prerequisites:
Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
Minimum certification: SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent
Proof of 25 logged open water dives
What you can expect to learn:
In-depth dive planning, advanced buoyancy control, gas management, situational awareness, proper trim, gear configuration and selection
What’s in it for you:
Exposure to in-depth dive planning, introduction to more advanced technical diving and equipment
Opportunity to become a more proficient diver and expand on diver skills and knowledge
Sidemount
$800, over a minimum of 3 days
Course prerequisites
Minimum age 18
Minimum certification of SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, or equivalent
What you can expect to learn:
Gas matching procedures to include dissimilar volumes
Gas management utilizing independent cylinders
Psychological considerations of technical diving
Equipment considerations including:
Cylinder options
Regulator options
Buoyancy compensator/harness options
Proper weighting
Equipment configurations
Communication (light and hand signals)
Problem solving in a sidemount configuration
Diving in tight or confined spaces
Conservation
Water entries/exits
S-drills specific to sidemount diving
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:
Demonstrate various propulsion techniques such as the frog kick, modified frog kick, modified flutter kick, backwards kick, helicopter turns, and hand pulling if appropriate for the environment.
Demonstrate adequate buoyancy control; ability to hover at a fixed position in water column without moving hands or feet
Demonstrate adequate trim; ability to maintain proper position during the descent, bottom, and ascent portion of the dive
Demonstrate the ability to perform the following exercises while maintaining trim and buoyancy in the water column:
Unclipping and attaching sidemount cylinders
Perform gas switches with and without a mask
Demonstrate the ability to safely manage gas in independent cylinders
Demonstrate conservation, awareness, and back referencing techniques
Deploy a lift bag
Carry additional cylinders is optional in this course
What’s in it for you?
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in sidemount diving activities without direct supervision
TDI Advanced Nitrox and Deco Procedures
$1500, over a minimum of 5 days
Course prerequisites
Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
Minimum certification of TDI Nitrox Diver or equivalent
Minimum certification of SDI Advanced Adventure Diver, Advanced Diver, or equivalent
Proof of 25 logged open water dives
What you can expect to learn:
Advanced Nitrox picks up where TDI Nitrox leaves off and offers a more in-depth look at diving with nitrox including:
Physics and physiology relating to diving with gas mixes containing more than 40% oxygen
Gas planning, dive tables, dive computers, oxygen limitations, nitrogen limitations
Equipment considerations, cylinder labeling, analyzing nitrox mixtures, gas blending procedures, and oxygen service ratings for using gases with more than 40% oxygen
Decompression dive planning including:
Decompression gas choices
Tables vs. personal dive computers
Emergency and contingency planning (equipment failure, omitted decompression, etc.)
Equipment considerations, cylinder labeling, analyzing nitrox mixtures, and gas blending procedures
Some of the skills you will complete in this course include:
Demonstrate buoyancy control; ability to hover at fixed position in water column without moving hands or feet
Show good awareness of buddy and other team members through communication, proximity, and team oriented dive practices
Demonstrate the ability to manage free flow from primary regulator in controlled fashion, shut down cycle, and switch to back up regulator
Conduct appropriate safety stop while maintaining neutral buoyancy
Demonstrate the ability to share air with buddy as both recipient and donor in a controlled manner while maintaining position in the water column
Demonstrate correct body position; appropriate trim, such as horizontal/streamlined when moving forward
Demonstrate proper stress analysis with self and dive buddy
What’s in it for you?
Ability to dive using EAN 21 through 100 percent oxygen
Ability to conduct decompression diving activities without direct supervision
Ability to enroll in TDI Extended Range, TDI Advanced Wreck, TDI Trimix courses
Trimix
$1200, over a minimum of 4 days
Course prerequisites:
Minimum age 18
Minimum certification of TDI Advanced Nitrox AND Decompression Procedures Diver, or equivalent
Proof of 100 logged dives
What you can expect to learn:
Advanced decompression dive planning including:
Gas planning based on equivalent narcotic depths, nitrogen and helium absorption and elimination, CNS and OUT limits, Isobaric Counter diffusion, volume requirements, etc.
Decompression gas choices
Tables vs. personal dive computers
Emergency and contingency planning (equipment failure, omitted decompression, etc)
Decompression diving procedures
Equipment selection
Pre-dive checks and drills
Stress analysis and mitigation
Following a decompression schedule
Gas switching
Team awareness and communication
SMB/lift bag deployment
Proper trim, buoyancy and finning techniques
Management of multiple decompression/stage cylinders
Equipment considerations, cylinder labeling, analyzing trimix nitrox and mixes, and gas blending procedures
What’s in it for you?
Ability to conduct technical diving activities using custom trimix mixtures without direct supervision
Ability to enroll in TDI Advanced Wreck and TDI Advanced Trimix courses
Advanced Trimix
$1800, over a minimum of 5 days
Course prerequisites:
Minimum age 18
Minimum certification of TDI Extended Range or Trimix Diver or equivalent
Show proof of 100 logged dives, 25 must be deeper than 30metres/100feet
What you can expect to learn:
Advanced decompression dive planning including:
Gas planning based on equivalent narcotic depths, nitrogen and helium absorption and elimination, CNS and OTU limits, isobaric counter diffusion, volume requirements, etc.
Use of hypoxic gasses
HPNS and isobaric counter diffusion
Decompression gas choices
Tables vs. personal dive computers
Emergency and contingency planning (equipment failure, omitted decompression, etc.)
Decompression diving procedures
Equipment selection
Pre-dive checks and drills
Stress analysis and mitigation
Following a decompression schedule
Gas switching
Team awareness and communication
SMB/lift bag deployment
Proper trim, buoyancy and fining techniques
Management of multiple (minimum of 3) decompression/stage cylinders
