Intro to TDI tech diving

Who this course is for:

• Certified open water scuba diver who wants to expand diver knowledge
• Certified open water scuba diver who is considering technical training
• Certified technical diver who is seeking a refresher course

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

TDI Intro to Tech minimum requirements:

• Execute proper gear selection and preparation as well as buddy gas matching
• Mastery of S.T.A.R.T, trim, finning techniques, body positioning, and diver skills
• Overall demonstration of mature, sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution

Price

• Theory & Practical $ 310
  • Total of 3 dives: $ 200
  • Price E-learning TDI: $ 110

Sidemount TDI

Who is this sidemount diving course for:

• Divers from SDI or TDI looking to enhance their in-water skills and techniques.
• Certified divers interested in advancing their technical diving education and exploring more equipment configuration options.

Course Prerequisites

Before starting your training, you must meet the following requirements:

• Minimum age of 18.
• SDI Open Water Scuba Diver certification or equivalent, at a minimum.

What You Will Learn

The TDI Sidemount Diver Course covers extensively:

• Gas matching procedures including dissimilar volumes.
• Independent cylinder gas management.
• Technical diving’s psychological considerations.
• Equipment considerations: cylinder, regulator, buoyancy compensator/harness options, proper weighting, and configurations.
• Communication through light and hand signals.
• Sidemount configuration problem solving.
• Diving in confined spaces.
• Conservation principles.
• Water entries and exits techniques.
• Sidemount-specific S-drills.

Required Skills Demonstration

You will need to demonstrate:

• Various propulsion techniques maintaining proper buoyancy and trim.
• Ability to manage gas in independent cylinders safely.
• Conservation, awareness, and back referencing techniques.
• Deployment of a lift bag.
• Carrying additional cylinders is optional.

What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion, you can:

• Engage in sidemount diving activities without direct supervision within the limits of your training and certification level.

Minimum Certification Requirements

To earn your TDI Sidemount Diver certification, you must:

• Safely and efficiently perform all land drills and dive requirements.
• Show mature judgment in dive planning and execution.
• Maintain environmental awareness and respect.
• Log all training dives.

Price sidemount diving course

• Theory & Practical $ 260
  • Total of 3 dives: $ 150
  • Price E-learning TDI $ 110

TDI Nitrox gas blender

Who is this TDI Nitrox gas blender course for:

• For dive shop employees who want to learn the correct procedures for nitrox gas blending.
• For divers interested in understanding the process of nitrox blending procedures.

Course Prerequisites

Before starting your training, you must meet the following requirement:

• Minimum age of 18.

What You Will Learn

The TDI Nitrox Gas Blender Course covers:

• The role and responsibility of the Gas Blender.
• Gases of diving: Air, Oxygen, and Nitrogen.
• Oxygen handling, hazards, causes and prevention of oxygen fire.
• Oxygen system design and local regulations for gas blending and handling.
• Gas production equipment: Compressors, Cylinders, Filtration systems, and Analog gauges.
• Mixing techniques, continuous blending systems, de-nitrogenated air systems, pre-mix system, and partial pressure blending mathematics.
• Oxygen analysis procedures and oxygen analyzers.
• Cylinder handling and sign out.

What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion, you can:

• Engage in the blending of nitrox gases without direct supervision of an instructor.

TDI Nitrox Gas Blender Minimum Requirements

To earn your certification, you must:

• Pass the TDI Nitrox Gas Blender course written examination with an 80% passing grade, followed by 100% remediation by the Instructor.
• Successfully blend and analyze 5 nitrox cylinders.
• Demonstrate understanding of nitrox blending and oxygen analysis.

Price TDI Nitrox gas blender course

• Total price Theory & Practical: $ 310
  • E-learning  TDI: $ 110
  • Practical: $ 200

TDI Cavern diver

Who is this TDI Cavern diver course for:

• The certified diver interested in advancing into overhead environment diving and expanding their diving techniques and capabilities.

Course Prerequisites

Before beginning your training, you must meet the following requirements:

• Minimum age of 18, or 15 with parental consent.
• Proof of SDI Open Water Scuba Diver certification or equivalent.
• Proof of 25 logged dives.

What You Will Learn

The TDI Cavern Diver course covers:

• Cavern diving policy, gas management, and psychological considerations.
• Equipment considerations: cylinders, regulators, buoyancy compensators/harnesses, proper weighting, reels, and configurations.
• Communication techniques, swimming techniques, body posture/trim, buoyancy control, line following, and propulsion techniques.
• Physiology, breathing techniques, stress management, cavern environment and conservation, problem solving, and emergency procedures.
• Review of dive tables and decompression theory.

Skills to Complete

You will need to demonstrate:

• Guideline deployment and following, air sharing, mask removal/replacement, conservation, awareness, and back referencing techniques.
• Light/hand signals and touch contact, anti-silting techniques, simulation of primary light failure, and use of backup light for exit.
• Buoyancy control, proper trim, propulsion techniques, equipment check and matching, and adequate pre-dive planning.

What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion, you can:

• Engage in cavern diving activities without direct supervision within the limits of the training.
• Penetration limited to the “rule of thirds,” or 1/6th if using doubles, to a maximum depth of 40 metres/130 feet and 61 linear metres/200 linear feet from the surface.
• Use proper cavern diving equipment and maintain a continuous guideline.

TDI Cavern Diver Minimum Requirements

To earn your certification, you must:

• Efficiently perform all land drills and cavern dive requirements.
• Demonstrate mature and sound judgment in dive planning and execution.
• Maintain an appropriate level of awareness and respect for the environment.
• Log all training dives.

Price TDI Cavern diver course

• Total price Theory & Practical $ 560
  • E-learning TDI: $ 110
  • Practical: $ 450

TDI Intro to Cave

Who is this TDI Intro to Cave course for:

• The certified TDI Cavern Diver or equivalent interested in advancing into cave diving and expanding their diving techniques and capabilities.

Course Prerequisites

Before starting your training, you must meet the following requirements:

• Minimum age of 18, or 15 with parental consent.
• Proof of TDI Cavern Diver certification or equivalent.

What You Will Learn

The TDI Intro to Cave Diver Course covers:

• Cave diving policy, gas management, and psychological considerations.
• Equipment considerations: cylinders, regulators, buoyancy compensators/harnesses, proper weighting, reels, and configurations.
• Communication techniques, swimming techniques, body posture/trim, buoyancy control, line following, and propulsion techniques.
• Physiology, breathing techniques, stress management, cave environment and conservation, problem solving, and emergency procedures.
• Review of dive tables and decompression theory.

Skills to Complete

You will need to demonstrate:

• Guideline deployment and use, line markers, air sharing, mask removal/replacement, conservation, awareness, and back referencing techniques.
• Light/hand signals and touch contact, anti-silting techniques, simulation of primary light failure, and use of backup light for exit.
• Buoyancy control, proper trim, and propulsion techniques.

What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion, you can:

• Engage in single guideline cave diving activities without direct supervision within the limits of the training.
• Penetration limited to the “rule of thirds,” or 1/6th if using doubles, to a maximum depth of 40 metres/130 feet.
• Use proper cave diving equipment and maintain a continuous guideline.
• Qualify to progress to the TDI Full Cave Diver course.

TDI Intro to Cave Diver Minimum Requirements

To earn your certification, you must:

• Pass the TDI Intro to Cave Diver course written examination with a score of 80%, followed by 100% remediation.
• Efficiently perform all land drills and cave dive requirements.
• Demonstrate mature and sound judgment in dive planning and execution.
• Maintain an appropriate level of awareness and respect for the environment.
• Log all training dives.

Price TDI Intro to Cave course

• Total price Theory & Practical: $ 510
  • TDI E-learning: $ 110
  • Total of 4 dives: $ 400

TDI Stage Cave Diver

TDI Stage Cave Diver

The TDI Stage Cave Diver Course is designed to teach trained cave divers how to extend bottom times and/or penetration distance through the use of stage cylinders. Divers will learn to plan dives that may incorporate longer bottom times, complex dive planning, and multiple methods of gas management. With respect to depth, gas mixes, and required decompression, course dives will not exceed the student’s current level of certification and experience level.

Who this course is for:

• The certified TDI Full Cave Diver (or equivalent) looking to extend their penetration limits

Course prerequisites:

• Minimum age 18
• Certified as a TDI Full Cave Diver, or equivalent

What you can expect to learn:

The following topics must be covered during this course:

• Motivations for extended time and penetration
• Equipment considerations
• Cylinder sizes
• Rigging
• Streamlining
• Gas planning and gas management techniques
• Dive planning including decompression obligations
• Stage diving techniques suitable for the cave environment
• Dropping and retrieving of stage cylinders
• Drop-off stations

Required skill performance and graduation requirements:

The student must perform the following S-drill and skills during all dives:

• Demonstrate adequate pre-dive planning
• Equipment check and equipment matching
• Bubble check
• Demonstrate specialized propulsion techniques in varying types of flow
• Demonstrate proper buoyancy control
• Demonstrate proper body posture
• Demonstrate proper stress analysis (detection and management)

The student must perform the following in-water skills during cave dives:

• Demonstrate proper use of stage cylinders
• Dropping and retrieval of stage cylinders efficiently while swimming

What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in stage cave diving activities without direct supervision so long as the following limits are adhered to:

• Penetration is limited to the 1/3 air rule, or a more conservative air-plan at the instructor’s discretion
• No equipment removal in the cave with the exception of stage cylinders
• Students are encouraged to gain experience before attempting to plan and execute complex stage cave dives
• Safety and decompression stops are completed as appropriate or necessary

TDI Stage Cave Diver minimum requirements:

• Perform all dive requirements safely and efficiently
• Demonstrate mature, sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution
• Maintain an appropriate level of awareness and respect for the cave environment
• Log all dives

Price TDI Stage Cave Diver course

• Total price: $ 500

TDI Full Cave course

Who is this TDI Full Cave course course for:

• The certified TDI Introductory Cave Diver (or equivalent) interested in advancing in overhead environment diving and expanding their diving techniques, capabilities, range, and more.

Course Prerequisites

Before starting your training, you must meet the following requirements:

• Minimum age of 18.
• TDI Introductory Cave Diver certification or equivalent.
• If decompression dives are included in the training, the student must be TDI Decompression Procedures certified or equivalent, or this training may be conducted concurrently. All requirements for both courses must be met if taught concurrently.

What You Will Learn

The TDI Full Cave Diver Course covers:

• Standard cave diving policies, gas management, psychological considerations, and equipment considerations.
• Communication, swimming techniques, body posture/trim, buoyancy control, line following, and propulsion techniques.
• Physiology, breathing techniques, stress management, decompression theory and its application to cave diving.
• Cave environment and conservation, problem solving, emergency procedures, equipment failure, silting conditions, and accident analysis.

Skills to Complete

You will need to demonstrate:

• Guideline deployment and use, directional and non-directional line markers, air sharing, mask removal/replacement, conservation, awareness, and back referencing techniques.
• Light/hand signals and touch contact, anti-silting techniques, simulation of primary light failure, lost line and lost diver drills.
• Use of reels for jumps and gaps in circuits and traverses, buoyancy control, proper trim, propulsion techniques, stress analysis, and specialized propulsion techniques in varying types of flow.

What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion, you can:

• Engage in cave diving activities without direct supervision within the training limits.
• Penetration limited to the “rule of thirds,” to a maximum depth of 40 metres/130 feet.
• Use proper cave diving equipment and maintain a continuous guideline.
• Conduct safety and decompression stops as appropriate or necessary (if trained as TDI Decompression Diver or equivalent).

TDI Full Cave Diver Minimum Requirements

To earn your certification, you must:

• Pass the TDI Cave Diver course written examination with a score of 80%, followed by 100% remediation.
• Efficiently perform all land drills and cave dive requirements.
• Demonstrate mature and sound judgment in dive planning and execution.
• Maintain an appropriate level of awareness and respect for the environment.
• Log all training dives.

Price TDI Full Cave course

• Theory & Practical incl 8 dives : $ 1.000