Tec 40

With our TEC 40 Course you will learn how to use the standard Tec equipment and perform:

• Decompresion dives
• Gas switching underwater
• Emergency procedures
• Buoyancy control
• Long hose gas sharing
• Extended No Decompresion dives
• Decompresion planning
• Calculate your gas consumption rate
• Gas shutdown drill
• Descent drill
• S drill
• New hand signals
• Use a multigas dive computer
• Use software to plan decompression dives, with a maximum deco time of 10 minutes and a maximum depth of 40 m.
• Use a deco bottle (Stage cylinder) with a maximum of 50% oxygen (EANx50).

You will be able to use your basic recreational diving equipment but with some variations that will help you start familiarizing with technical diving conditions.

For signing up in the TEC 40 course youll need the following pre requisites:

• Have a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or have an equivalent certification from another organization).
• Have a PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) certification or an equivalent certification from another organization.
• Have a Deep Diver specialty certification or an equivalent certification from another organization.
• Be at least 18 years old.
• Possess a valid medical certificate.
• Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, from which at least:
• 10 dives were with Nitrox
• 12 dives were over 18mt (60 ft)
• 6 dives over 30mt (100 ft)

(a) Tech 40 Course Investment - US$ 400
(b) PADI Materials - US$ 150 (if don`t have the Manual)

The TEC 40 course takes three (3) complete days if you meet all the pre requisites. If you still need to work on meeting the Pre Requisites we can help you by preparing al requiered certification courses or dives.

For this Tec course we will prepare a detailed schedule that will allow you to learn on very small groups (max 3 divers) and with direct interaction with our Course Director. Please let us know the time you have available and we`ll work a plan for you.