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
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.