Technical & Extended Range Diving Classes
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Our technical and extended range scuba classes allow advanced divers to continue building on their skills to open up even more extraordinary dive sites and experiences to those wanting to be the best!
Advanced Wreck Diver Class
Whether purpose-sunk as an artificial reef for scuba divers, or lost as the result of an accident or weather, wrecks are fascinating. Most divers find wreck diving irresistible because not only do you get to explore a little piece of the past, but it opens up new and exciting avenues of discovery. On top of being able to dive into history, wrecks are also artificial reefs teeming with life. Aquatic creatures thrive in the nooks and crannies made available by the sunken vessel.
The Advanced Wreck Diver Specialty course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while observing responsible wreck diving practices, teaching you wreck penetration skills. We recommend using redundant gas supplies such as sidemount, backmount doubles during this course . If you are at least 15 years old and have earned an Adventure Diver or higher certification, you can enroll in the Wreck Diver Specialty course.
Academics:
During knowledge development sessions and three training dives, you will practice:
- How to get background info on wrecks,
- What equipment is required for wreck diving,
- Safety consideration with regards to wreck diving,
- How to prepare for a wreck dive,
- Surveying and mapping a wreck,
- How to perform penetration on the wreck with penetration lines and reels,
- Techniques for minimal disturbance to the surrounding site,
- Limited-visibility diving techniques and emergency procedures.
Extended Range / Tec Sidemount Diver Class
Having scuba tanks on your back isn’t a requirement for exploring the underwater world. Many scuba divers have discovered the joy of mounting cylinders on their sides. Sidemount diving gives you flexibility and streamlining options. Plus, you don’t have to walk with heavy cylinders on your back – just enter the water, clip them on and go.
The sidemount configuration is most commonly used by technical divers, either to streamline their equipment in overhead environments or to carry extra cylinders for long decompression stops. If you want to expand your underwater horizons beyond the recreational limits, the Extended Range / Tec Sidemount Diver course focuses on the skills and equipment used in tec diving.
Academics:
Along with learning about the many benefits of diving with a sidemount configuration, during one confined water and four open water scuba dives you will learn how to:
- Properly assemble and configure sidemount scuba diving equipment,
- Trim your weight system and sidemount gear to be perfectly balanced in the water,
- Manage gas by switching second stages as planned, if wearing two cylinders,
- Perform air consumption rate swims to gather information for later calculation,
- Manage and switch your air supply during simulated emergency situations,
- Swim without a mask,
- Practice deploying a DSMB from depth,
- Practice frog kicks, reverse frog kick, helicopter turns,
- Optimize your trim and buoyancy,
- Respond correctly to potential problems when sidemount diving.
- Plan extended range / limited decompression sidemount dives.
- Execute simulated decompression and extended range / limited decompression sidemount dives.
Extended Range Nitrox Diver / Tec 40 and Tec 40 Trimix Class
The backmount doubles and / or sidemount configurations are most commonly used by technical divers, either to streamline their equipment in overhead environments or to carry extra cylinders for long decompression stops. If you want to expand your underwater horizons beyond the recreational limits, the Extended Range Nitrox and/or Tec Sidemount Diver courses focuses on the skills and equipment used in tec diving.
Academics:
During one confined water and four open water scuba dives you will learn how to:
- Technical diving risks and responsibilities,
- Technical diving equipment and deco tanks, assembly and configuration,
- Trim your weight system and gear to be perfectly balanced in the water,
- Perform air consumption rate swims to gather information for later calculation,
- Thinking Like a Technical Diver,
- Team diving and communication,
- Decompression and gas planning using dive planning software,
- Introduction to Trimix (for Tec 40 Trimix students),
- Manage gas by switching second stages as planned, if wearing multiple cylinders,
- Team diving techniques and emergency procedures to deal with free flows and out of gas situations,
- Handling Underwater Problems,
- Manage and switch your air supply during simulated emergency situations,
- Swim without a mask,
- Practice deploying a DSMB from depth,
- Practice frog kicks, reverse frog kick, helicopter turns,
- Optimize your trim and buoyancy,
- Respond correctly to potential problems when tec diving.
- Plan extended range / limited decompression tec dives.
- Execute simulated decompression and extended range / limited decompression dives.
Gas Blender Class
Nitrox and Trimix are no longer voodoo gases! By getting certified to blend gases, you will be able to safely make your own custom blends to exactly fit a specific dive profile allowing you to accomplish missions other only dream of. The Tec Gas Blender course teaches you how to blend enriched air nitrox and helium-based gases using one or more blending methods.
Academics:
The Tec Gas Blender course includes three practical application sessions, but no dives. During independent study, instructor-led reviews, and practice sessions you will learn:
- Key aspects of designing an air fill / blending station,
- About the advantages and disadvantages of different blending methodologies,
- To blend enriched air and trimix blends to within one percent of the target mix,
- About the potential hazards related to handling oxygen, and how to manage those risks,
- To demonstrate the steps for oxygen cleaning equipment, along with the requirements for oxygen service.
Sidemount Rec Diver Class
Having scuba tanks on your back isn’t a requirement for exploring the underwater world. Many scuba divers have discovered the joy of mounting cylinders on their sides. Sidemount diving gives you flexibility and streamlining options. Plus, you don’t have to walk with heavy cylinders on your back – just enter the water, clip them on and go.
The sidemount configuration is most commonly used by technical divers, either to streamline their equipment in overhead environments or to carry extra cylinders for long decompression stops. If you want to expand your underwater horizons beyond the recreational limits, the Sidemount Diver course serves as an introduction to the skills and equipment used in tec diving. However, there is no reason why recreational divers can’t also dive sidemount — in fact, many recreational divers simply prefer sidemount because it improves their comfort and maneuverability in the water.
Academics:
Along with learning about the many benefits of diving with a sidemount configuration, during one confined water and three open water scuba dives you will learn how to:
- Properly assemble and configure sidemount scuba diving equipment,
- Trim your weight system and sidemount gear to be perfectly balanced in the water,
- Manage gas by switching second stages as planned, if wearing two cylinders,
- Perform air consumption rate swims to gather information for later calculation,
- Manage and switch your air supply during simulated emergency situations,
- Swim without a mask,
- Practice deploying a DSMB from depth,
- Practice frog kicks, reverse frog kick, helicopter turns,
- Optimize your trim and buoyancy,
- Respond correctly to potential problems when sidemount diving.