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TEC 50 Extend your diving even further.

The Tec 50 Course with Blue Planet

The Tec 50 course completes your training as an entry-level tec diver; it is Part 3 of the Tec Deep Diver program.


What You Learn

During the Tec 50 course, you:

  • Make actual decompression dives as deep as 50 metres/165 feet
  • Use enriched air nitrox and/or oxygen for decompression
  • Use desk top decompression software to create custom dive tables and plan your dives
  • Qualify to make technical decompression dives independently


The Scuba Gear You'll Use

You’ll use full technical equipment and a technical sidemount configuration, plus two stage/decompression cylinders. Your Tec Deep Instructor may also introduce you to using trimix on the last open water dive.


The Learning Materials You'll Need

The Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to tec diving lingo, emergency procedures, decompression and stage cylinder handling and gas planning. The pak includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate. The optional Equipment Set-up and Key Skills video on DVD is a great tool to help you practice at home in between your tec diving adventures.

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Prerequisites

You must:

  • Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • Be a PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • Be a PADI 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
    • 20 dives must be deeper than 30 metres/ 100 feet
  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Have a medical statement signed by your physician