Tag: Tec Deep Course
Revised PADI-DSAT Tec Rec / Tec Deep / Tec Trimix Course Structure & Flowchart
As described earlier here, here and here, PADI’s DSAT technical diving division is overhauling the Tec Rec program, chopping up the Tec Deep and Tec Trimix courses into smaller, easier to digest pieces. The Tec Deep course will be broken into three parts, called “Tec 40,” “Tec 45″ and “Tec 50,” signifying the depth in [...]
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Never Too Old for Tech
We all know that age is not a significant barrier to recreational diving. People can learn to dive — or even become instructors — in their 60s. But technical diving has generally been a younger diver’s game. The number of people who learn to tech dive in their 50s is much smaller than that of [...]
Read moreDouble Tec Deep Course Puts Students to Test
Aquanauts today wrapped up another two DSAT Tec Deep courses, this time for Dharshana Jayawardena of Sri Lanka and Gary Smith, one of Aquanauts’ PADI Instructor and technical-diving interns. Both found the course extremely challenging, but hugely satisfying. We joined the two students and TecRec Instructor Dan Beldon on Saturday for the final day of [...]
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