The PADI Tec 65 will further develop skills learned in the Tec 50 stage of training to extend divers abilities. Successful students will be qualified to utilize trimix with a minimum oxygen content of 18% as a bottom gas and complete accelerated decompression dives using two decompression cylinders with enriched air or O2 to a maximum depth of 210 ft/ 65 m.

The Ocean Quest Difference…

Your Tec 65 will include training in handling and rotation of 3 Deco/Stage cylinders during one dive. These skills include use of a leash and bottle rotations. You will also learn and gain practical experience in planning and executing 2 technical dives in one day.

Prerequisites

• Be a 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)
• Have logged at least 100 dives
• Be at least 18 years old

Medical Statement

All technical diving students are required to provide a Diver Medical Statement signed by a physician within the past 12 months stating you are fit to dive

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Price Includes

• PADI Tec Trimix Manual
• 3 x Custom Technical Diving Theory Sessions
• 1 x Custom Decompression Theory and Technical Diving Planning Theory Session
• Minimum 6 x Technical Diving Training Dives including 4 x Decompression Dives
• Air Fills

Exclusive to Ocean Quest

• Access to multiple resources including digital books, articles and videos on various technical diving topics
• Instruction in Advanced Decompression Theory and Progressive Technical Dive Planning procedures
• A comprehensive “Decompression Theory and Dive Planning” booklet created by Ocean Quest
• A comprehensive “Technical Diving Student Handbook” created by Ocean Quest

What’s Needed?

• All Standard Technical Diving Equipment – Backmount or Sidemount Configuration – Click here for technical diving equipment details
• 2 x Decompression Cylinder with Regulators – Rentals available
• 1 x 80 cuft Stage Cylinder with Regulators – Rentals available
• 1 x Drysuit Inflation Cylinder with Regulator
• Nitrox and Tech Fills not included
• Trimix Fills
• Instructor Trimix Fills – the cost of instructor trimix fills will be shared by all students and instructor candidates

Additional Notes

Students are required to possess a high level of buoyancy control while maintaining horizontal trim, advanced propulsion techniques including modified frog kicking, modified flutter kicking, helicopter turns and back finning. The ability to maintain a stable position in the water.

An Assessment is required for students entering the Tec Trimix Diver course with a qualifying prerequisite certification from another training organization. It is required for Tec 50 certified students who have not made a technical decompression dive requiring a decompression cylinder to 40 metres/130 feet or deeper within the previous six months. Contact Ocean Quest for more details.

The PADI Tec 65 program is available on an individual basis. Contact Greg McCracken for details or to schedule a program.