PADI TecRec 40 Course
Koh Tao Thailand
Duration: 4 Days Cost: 20,000 THB
PADI Tec 40 is the first certification in the PADI Tec Deep Diver course and covers the first four dives in the full PADI Tec Deep Diver program. Here at Davy Jones Tech we will spend 4 days diving on Koh Tao, were you will fine-tune your skills, such as trim and precision buoyancy using a twinset and full tech rig. During the Tec 40 course, here on Koh Tao you will use decompression software and dive computers to plan and make decompression dives with 10 minutes of decompression down to 40 metres. You will add stages to your dives with a single cylinder of decompression gas with up to 50 percent oxygen (EANx50) to explore some of Koh Tao's deeper dive sites here in teh Gulf of Thailand
The course includes all PADI Tec training material, the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pack, which covers you for the PADI Tec 40, Tec 45 and Tec 50 while introducing you to:
- tec diving lingo
- emergency procedures
- decompression and stage cylinder handling
- gas planning
The training material includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate. The Tec 40 Knowledge reviews and handouts can be email to you when you sign up for the course so you can started on the Tec 40 course right away.
Prerequisites
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization) or have experience in deep diving
- Have a minimum of 30 logged dives, of which at least 10 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres / 60 feet.
What You will do
- Minimum 4 dives around Koh Tao some of Thailands best 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
- Decompression dives (10 min max)
- Gas switches using Nitrox 50
What’s included
- All Equipment
- Certification
- Full tech diving Equipment and gas
- Transport to the Dive center on Koh Tao, Thailand
- Free Accommodation at Backpackers Lodge on Koh Tao
- Boat fees around Koh Tao
- No hidden extras
Cost
20,000 Baht
Combine the PADI Tec 40 course with the PADI Tec 45, PADI Tec 50 diver courses and get all 3 courses for just 60,000!
Summary
The PADI Tech 40 course is a challenging and rewarding course, you get to explore some of the great dive sites around Koh Tao, here in Thailand. It lays the foundation for all subsequent technical diving courses and you can complete decompression dives down to 40 metres, using twinset and deco cylinder. This is your first tech diving course in the PADI TecRec system and lays the foundation for Tec 45 and Tec 50 or any other tech diving courses.
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