Introduction to Technical Diving
Program Content
Our Introduction to Technical Diving course, or Essentials of Technical Diving, is the perfect program for divers who have heard about technical diving and want to find out more about this exciting branch of advanced recreational diving. This course walks students through the special techniques, planning procedures and skills that set technical diving apart from traditional sport diving. It will show them how to improve their dive planning methods, in-water skills and streamline their existing gear configuration.
The program is a useful stand-alone course for the diver who wants to become a more skilled, more proficient, diver regardless if he or she intends to move on to technical diving. The course may also be used as an introduction to the Technical Diver Level 1. It is a good refresher for certified technical divers who may want to refresh their skills or have them re-evaluated by a technical instructor.
The course takes place over two days. The student first spends about four hours in class configuring their own gear with the instructor and going over a range of topics. The second part of the course is a full day of diving.
Prerequisites
- At least 18 years of age
- Good physical condition
- Completed medical questionnaire
- Advanced open water certification
- Logged proof of 50 dives, including:
- 10 dives deeper than 60 feet
- 12 dives in the last 12 months
Course Limits
- Student to instructor ratio 4:1 during open water dives
- No training dives will be at night
- Gases used for the program can include Nitrox
Tuition
All fees are in Canadian dollars
- Tuition fee: $500
- Certification fees, manuals, dive gases, boat fees and other course expenses are extra and are subject to change
At H2O Madness our courses are designed to help students find the tools they need in order to expand their knowledge and meet their diving goals. When you take a course form us you are not paying for a certification, you are purchasing training. Certification will only be issued if the student completes the program in the required time and to the satisfaction of the primary instructor.