PADI Tec 50

Technical Diving Courses PADI Tec 50

PADI Tec 50 Course

Koh Tao, Thailand

Duration: 4 Days   Cost: 25,000 THB

Consolidating on the foundations covered in the Tec 40 and Tec 45 courses, the Tec 50 (formally Tec Deep Course) consists of five practical applications, and five training Dives. Using twin manifold tanks for the back-gas plus two side-mount tanks with up to 100% oxygen for decompression. The course will qualify you to make gas switches, extended no decompression dives, decompression stop dives and accelerated decompression dives using air, Nitrox or up to 100% oxygen to 50m / 165ft, using technical diving equipment and procedures.

Theory is home or classroom study with workbook with six Knowledge Reviews and a final exam to complete

Prerequisites

  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • DSAT Tec 45 Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, of which
    •  20 dives must be enriched air dives
    • 25 dives must be deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
    • at least 20 dives must be deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
  • Be at least 18 years old

 

What You will do

  • Minimum 4 dives around Koh Tao, Thailand dive sites
  • Twin set Equipment Set-up and dive planning
  • Trim, advanced buoyancy control, technical propulsion techniques
  • Valve drills, gas shutdowns
  • Tech diving signals and procedures, light use
  • Long hose use - Out of Air
  • Gas Management
  • Situational Awareness
  • Gear Configuration and Selection
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What’s included

  • All Equipment
  • Certification
  • Full tech diving Equipment and gas
  • Transport to Dive center on Koh Tao, Thailand
  • Free Accommodation at Backpackers Lodge on Koh Tao
  • Boat fees around Koh Tao, Thailand
  • No hidden extras

 

Cost 

25,000 Baht

Combine with the PADI TecRec Tec 40, PADI Tec 45 and Tec 50 courses for just 60,000 for all 3 courses!

 

Summary

Davy Jones Tech instructors are experienced in a whole range of tech diving environments and made tech diving their way of life. We teach to the highest standards and make sure that our technical students get real tech diving experience. The PADI Tec 45 course lays the way onto tec 50 and all other technical courses such as cave and Advanced wreck as you can now plan bigger dives with accelerated deco. The PADI Tec 45 course is a challenging and rewarding course, you get to explore Koh Taos technical  dive sites here in the gulf of Thailand, such as the Unicorn Wreck. 

Duration: 4 Days   Cost: 25,000 THB

PADI Tec Trimix 65

 

Duration: 4 Days   Cost: 35,000 THB

This course opens up the advantages of trimix to the diver, and divers are qualified to make multi-stop decompression dives that employ EANx and oxygen for accelerated decompression, and any trimix with an oxygen content of 18% or more. They can dive to a maximum depth of 65 metres/210 feet.

The PADI Tec Trimix 65 course is intended to extend the depth range of technical divers already trained and qualified to use air, enriched air and oxygen for technical decompression dives beyond 50 metres /165 feet. 

This course is for Tec 50 divers (or those holding a qualifying certification from another training organization). The course extends your depth range capabilities by training you to use trimix (a blend of helium, oxygen and nitrogen).

You will:

  •  Plan and execute at least five dives using EANx and trimix blend
  • Use decompression software to create custom dive tables and dive plan
  • Make training dives as deep as 65 metres/210 feet

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Tec 65 Course. 

Prerequisites 

  • PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization and having proof of CPR and first aid training with the previous two years).
  • Be certified as a Tec 50 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Have logged at least 100 dives

 

Contact Details

Tech Diving Thailand

 

Wreck Cave & Tech Diving.

 

14/102 Moo 2, 
Sairee Beach, Koh Tao 
Surat Thani 84360, Thailand 
M +66 822-181-465 
T +66 77-456-604

 

Getting to Koh Tao

Flying: Flights direct to Samui, Chumphon or Surat Thani.

Bus and Trains: Bangkok to Chumphon twice daily; there is a free shuttle service to the ferry.

 

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PADI Tec Trimix 90

 

Duration: 7 Days   Cost: 55,000 THB

For the extreme diver ready to further explore the world of technical deep diving, the gas of choice is trimix – a blend of oxygen, helium and nitrogen. The PADI Tec Trimix Diver course takes you to the outer edges of technical deep diving, opening the door to pristine dive sites few divers – if any – ever see.

The PADI Tec Trimix Diver course is intended to extend the depth range of technical divers already trained and qualified to use enriched air and oxygen for technical decompression dives beyond 50 metres/165 feet. Diving with trimix is the outer edge of tec diving – the maximum depth for using this technology has yet to be defined.

This course is for Tec 50 or Tec Trimix 65 (or those holding a qualifying certification from another training organization). The course extends your depth range capabilities by training you to use trimix (a blend of helium, oxygen and nitrogen).

You will

  • Plan and execute between three to eight dives (depending upon whether you enter the course as a Tec 50 diver or Tec Trimix 65 diver) using EANX and trimix blends
  • Use decompression software to create custom dive tables and dive plans
  • Make training dives as deep as 90 metres/300feet

 

 

Prerequisites

  • PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization and having proof of CPR and first aid training with the previous two years)
  • Be certified as a Tec 50 or Tec Trimix 65 (or those holding a qualifying certification from another training organization)
  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Have logged at least 150 dives

PADI Openwater Course

Certification Course

Open Water Diver

Beginner
Diver certification begins here. Start with PADI's online eLearning course. Move to the pool and practice your new skills. Then experience four open
water (ocean/lake) dives.

Description

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.

Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI® Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Millions

of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course. To enroll in a PADI Open Water

Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good

physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.

Academic

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

  • Knowledge Development ( online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
  • Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
  • Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!

You may be able to get college credit for the Open Water Diver course.


Short on time? The PADI Scuba Diver course might be right for you.

Equipment

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank.

The equipment you wear varies, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water.

Check with your local dive center about the gear you’ll use during this course and get advice about everything you need from your PADI Instructor.

Getting Started

You can also start learning with PADI’s home-study materials – Open Water Diver (available on iOS, Android and via Web Viewer) or the Open Water

Diver Manual and Open Water Diver Video (a book and DVD package). Stop by your local PADI dive shop to enroll in the course, get your materials

and start reading the book and watching the video. Your PADI Instructor will schedule time with you to check your progress and make sure you

understand important scuba diving information.

Cost:

11,200 THB