Cave divers have to first get open water and advanced scuba diving certifications and be at least 18 years of age. After that, you start with a cavern diver course, which lets you explore overhead environments and enter caverns while remaining in the light zone. It can be taught as a package with those courses or as a stand-alone addition for divers already certified in the prerequisites.
The ProTec CAVERN DIVER COURSE is designed to develop the minimum skills and knowledge for cavern and overhead environment diving within the limits of light penetration; in addition it outlines specific hazards associated with cave diving. The Cavern Diver Course in not intended to provide instruction for cave diving environments. The aim of this course is to train divers in the proper planning, procedures, techniques and hazards of cavern diving.
This ProTec INTRO TO CAVE COURSEat Tech Diving Thailand teaches basic principles of utilizing a primary guideline Introductory cave diving is the second level in the development of safe techniques for cave diving. The goal of this course is to perfection the skills taught in the cavern diving program, in addition to the adoption of more techniques required for elementary cave dives to a maximum depth of 130fsw/40msw.
This ProTec FULL CAVE DIVER COURSE at Tech Diving Thailand is the 3rd level of training in the ProTecs cave diving curriculum. Advanced cave dive planning, practical execution of different types of cave systems and emergency scenarios. The objective of this course is to expand and fine-tune techniques learned in the previous cave courses, as well as advanced planning and skill perfection.
ProTec Full Cave Diving Course Package – All 3 Levels- 7 Days
This is the ultimate ProTec cave diving courses package. All three levels; Cavern, Intro to Cave and Full Cave Course are combined in this package. From April 2022 we will conduct this package over 8 days and you will be doing16 dives. The 8 days / 7 Nights are spent outside of Koh Tao in Krabi and Nakon Sri Thammarat Provinces.
The ProTec FULL CAVE DIVER COURSE PACKAGE is designed to develop all skills and knowledge for cave and overhead environment diving.
We require you to have some twinset or sidemount experience. If you do you not have one of these we strongly recommend sidemount so we can show you more caves, with tight restrictions, than on a twinset here in Thailand. If you would like to do the course here it’s an additional 2 days and conducted here at Tech Diving Thailand in Koh Tao.
Student Prerequisites ProTec Full Cave Diving Course package:
Minimum age:
Be a minimum age of eighteen (18)
Min certification/diver level:
Advanced Open Water Diver- preferred by TDT = is being an AOWD with either Intro to tec or Sidemount
Min amount of dives:
25 logged Dives – preferred by TDT is 50 dives
Course Duration:
7 days, 6 nights including a min of 16 cave dives to a max depth of 130fsw/40msw in different caves.
System:
Open Circuit twin set, Sidemount and Rebreather
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS ALL COURSES
Primary and secondary regulators (for back gas or Sidemount set-up)
Two stage/decompression regulators
Mask + Back-up mask
BCD (wing) and harness or Sidemount Wing (with a min lift of 40 pounds)
Depth gauge/computer
Timing device and backup timing device
Appropriate exposure suit 3mm or 5mm
Knife/cutting device and backup
Two inflatable signal tubes
Reel and spool
Slate and backup slate
Compass
Torch and Back-up torches (Trimix Diving, Wreck diving and cave diving courses)
Hood - for Cave, Deep and Wreck Diving
In this course divers learn about navigation inside the cave. The Southern Thailand is home to some of the most complex caves in the world. We teach you techniques that allow you to dive confidently. Divers will also learn to pass through minor restrictions independently whilst in single file formation and whilst sharing gas and in touch-contact with a dive buddy during a simulated zero visibility drill. Divers will venture deeper into the cave, using the full rule of thirds to maintain an adequate gas supply, should an out-of-gas emergency arise. Divers learn about the unique psychological challenges of diving in an overhead environment and how “distance stress” can present the farther the diver is from the cave entrance.
Our team of international instructors and explorers have been diving in caves all over the world including; Thailand, France, Italy, Madagascar, Bahamas, Florida, Dominican Republic, Australia, Haiti, Austria, Belize and many more locations. Being exposed to so many different conditions in underwater caves, our team can condense years of knowledge and experience into your class, making you a more rounded cave diver that is equipped for diving all types of caves and conditions.
With an average depth of 9m (30ft) – 12m (40ft) the caves of Thailand are the perfect place to hone your skills as a Cave Diver. Considering this and the fact we will be using a more aggressive gas rule, you can expect for some much longer dives during this section of your training. Once we leave the mainline and venture off into the labyrinth of cave passages found throughout the area, we will expose you to new problems that might arise and give you the tools you need to work through these problems, and many more, in a safe and controlled setting.
Certification for this course is offered through ProTec Thailand. This course takes a minimum of 4 days to complete and is available to all Intro To Cave Divers or those with an equivalent certification. Alternatively, it can be combined with the Cavern Diver and Intro To Cave class for 9 days of training.
Course Content Includes:
Fundamentals of diving in the overhead
Equipment workshop
Team diving and awareness
Dive planning considerations and execution
Passive and active team communication
Psychological aspects of diving in the overhead environment
How to safely and efficiently run a primary reel
Zero visibility protocol and procedure
Gas sharing within the team
Understand your equipment including problem-solving in gas failure situations
General emergency procedures and considerations
Learn navigation techniques to leave the mainline, including T’s, jumps and gaps
Passing minor restrictions both with and without visibility
How to set up and execute a circuit and traverse
Want to learn more about our services? Here are some Frequently Asked Questions.
ProTec offers various certification combinations to help you reach your cave diving goals. Check out our cave diver Training Tracks to help you plan your trip.
This course is designed for divers who already possess their Cavern Diver and Intro to Cave Diver certifications. It can be taught as a package with those courses or as a stand-alone addition for divers already certified in the prerequisites.
In this course, divers learn about navigation inside the cave. The Southern Thai Peninsula is home to some of the most complex caves in the world. We teach you techniques that allow you to dive confidently. Divers will also learn to pass through minor restrictions independently whilst in single file formation and whilst sharing gas and in touch-contact with a dive buddy during a simulated zero visibility drill. Divers will venture deeper into the cave, using the full rule of thirds to maintain an adequate gas supply, should an out-of-gas emergency arise. Divers learn about the unique psychological challenges of diving in an overhead environment and how “distance stress” can present the farther the diver is from the cave entrance.
Our team of international instructors and explorers have been diving in caves all over the world including; Thailand, France, Italy, Madagascar, Bahamas, Florida, Dominican Republic, Australia, Haiti, Austria, Belize and many more locations. Being exposed to so many different conditions in underwater caves, our team can condense years of knowledge and experience into your class, making you a more rounded cave diver that is equipped for diving in all types of caves and conditions.
With an average depth of 9m – 12m, the caves of Thailand are the perfect place to hone your skills as a Cave Diver. Considering this and the fact we will be using a more aggressive gas rule, you can expect some much longer dives during this section of your training. Once we leave the mainline and venture off into the labyrinth of cave passages found throughout the area, we will expose you to new problems that might arise and give you the tools you need to work through these problems, and many more, in a safe and controlled setting.
Certification for this course is offered through ProTec. This course takes a minimum of 4 days to complete and is available to all Intro To Cave Divers or those with an equivalent certification. Alternatively, it can be combined with the Cavern Diver and Intro To Cave class for 7 days of training.
Cave Diving Thailand
Cave Diving Courses Thailand
Course Content Includes:
Fundamentals of diving in the overhead
Equipment workshop
Team diving and awareness
Dive planning considerations and execution
Passive and active team communication
Psychological aspects of diving in the overhead environment
How to safely and efficiently run a primary reel
Zero visibility protocol and procedure
Gas sharing within the team
Understand your equipment including problem-solving in gas failure situations
General emergency procedures and considerations
Learn navigation techniques to leave the mainline, including T’s, jumps and gaps
Passing minor restrictions both with and without visibility
How to set up and execute a circuit and traverse
Cost:
100,000 THB
20% Discount for couples and group bookings, as you're used to communicating with each other and reacting with one another!
Accommodation at Burilampai resort near Talay Song Hong Cave system is just 600 baht a night!
Register here and search or "Tech Diving Thailand" and register for the course and message us, via email or WhatsApp.
Below is a GENERAL PRICE LIST, but please be aware that the prices can vary slightly around Thailand, due to some places having National Park fees, and the boats having to travel much further, as the dive sites are much further away, so the boat fees can be much higher. So is a general price list, but on contacting us to book a course and letting us know, whereabouts you would like to conduct the courses, we can send you a more accurate price for the courses you wish to conduct! But these are all the accurate prices for diving courses in Koh Tao.
20% Discount for couples and group bookings, as you're used to communicating with each other and reacting with one another!
To book a course just use the "Contact Form" to email us or just press on the "Live Chat" button (via Whatsapp) and to book a course with us in sunny warm Thailand, please contact us and the specific course you're interested in and the dates of your arrival. As our courses get booked up quickly to secure your place on a course on a certain date, just contact us and send a 10% deposit on the course at a specific date and pay the rest on arrival. The deposit can be sent to our International Bank - "WISE" in any currency. After a 10% deposit is received your course and instructor will be booked for a specific date. And will be scheduled up on our board.
Please note once the course is booked and scheduled in having received the 10% deposit, it is a non-refundable deposit in case of cancellation, as we may have to turn down other customers on those dates you booked the course for.
The Tech Diving Thailands Recreational and Technical Diving Department provides an extensive range of recreational diving courses from open water courses, to discover open water courses, Advanced Open Water through to dive master and Open Water diving instructor. The Tech Department has an extensive range of specialist technical diving courses from nitrox through to advanced trimix and encompassing all agencies to suit every style. Our instructors can teach with our preferred agencies: NAUI, ProTec or other booking can be made with other RAID, SSI, SDI, GUE, BSAC, TDI, PADI and PADI TecRec Instructors around Koh Tao or Thailand. Tech Diving Thailand Technical Diving Department also offers a range of cave schedules but if you have specific dates and times we can start a new class to fit your schedule. At Tech Diving Thailand, we base our technical diver training around expedition diving. The Technical Diving Department regularly run technical wreck diving and cave diving expeditions in Thailand and South East Asia.
David Polley leads the technical training courses, running ProTec & NAUI Tech trimix and cave courses; placing great emphasis on training through building real dive experience and technical diving courses typically finish with dives on one of the deep Gulf of Thailand Wreck Trips or at Khao Sok National Park.
David Polley also leads the Recreational training, running ProTec & NAUI Tech trimix and cave courses; placing great emphasis on training through building real dive experience and technical diving courses typically finish with dives on one of the deep Gulf of Thailand Wreck Trips or at Khao Sok National Park.
We also offer technical instructor training and technical speciality packages. We have great rates on accommodation in our on-site hotel, beach bungalows and Hilltop villas, all have a pool to relax in after a hard day of tech diving. For those on a budget, we also have accommodation in the backpacker's hostel at Tech Diving Thailand.
Helium use. We charge 2.8thb per litre on TRIMIX courses.
On Rebreather (CCR) we include 8 kg of scrubber for scrubber in our prices. The rest of the scrubber is charged at 500thb per kilo.
NAUI COURSES PRICE LIST
On booking the course with a 10% deposit with us, to confirm you are attending the course (and so we don't get double booked!), and then go to NAUI.org, just set up an account at NAUI.org and find the course you want to enrol on. And enrol on your e-learning Digital NES (NAUI Education System + Digital Certification card) or Digital NES Plus (Includes a Plastic certification Card) from $5.50 for Introduction to Scuba, $44.00 for Open Water Scuba Diver, $44.00 for Advanced or Rescue Diver, $18.70 for BLS (Basic Life Support) or $22 for specialities like Drysuit Diver or $22.50 for Full Mask Speciality courses.
And you can pay in your current currency like $, £ etc.
And you will be charged for the NAUI student materials, books, slideshows, exams all online, on the eLearning platform and get a digital certificate card, if you choose Digital NES or if you want a physical plastic card posted to you anywhere in the world then go gor Digital Plus, it's around $16.50 more expensive but rather than just a digital one!
Digital NES or Digital NES Plus, is the quickest way, as no waiting for books to arrive in the post and no lugging them around with you. And we can actually monitor, how much of the book and slides you have read and you can even do the final exam online (And we can see your results)! Then on arrival, all we do it practical work and go diving and complete your skills and education!
And problems enrolling on a Digital NES e-learning course, we can send you a link to pay via an international Payment system with WISE, and then send you the activation code to start your online leaning!
And just enter our chief NAUI Instructors number: David Polley #62067. And you will be emailed a NAUI login link to start your eLearning. Digital NES is the cheapest, to do all your e-learning before you even arrive, including all the slideshows, videos and Final Exam. And we can monitor your progression and see the Percentage of how far you have got through the course, and even see your exam results and any wrong questions you have, so that you get at least 80% to pass.
NAUI Technical COURSE PRICE LIST
NAUI CAVE DIVING PRICE
Cavern = 35,000thb
Intro to Cave= 35,000thb
Full Cave diving = 60,000thb
Full Cave Diving Package: Cavern, Intro to Cave & Full Cave diving courses = 100,000 thb
