Tec 45

PADI Tec 45

The PADI Tec 45 course is the second level of training in the PADI Tec Deep training program. You’ll extend your depth limit to 145ft/45m and learn to plan & execute repetitive decompression dives using a single stage/decompression cylinder. It puts you in a complete tec diving rig. You’ll also make accelerated decompression dives using nitrox or pure oxygen.

The PADI Tec 45 course is typically conducted over 3 days with classroom & practical application sessions each morning, followed by training dives at local dive sites. The final training dive is a planned decompression dive with accelerated decompression.

This is a course where you’ll rise to the challenge and make the commitment to become a technical diver. A PADI Tec 45 diver will learn:

• Make single and repetitive dives to a maximum depth of 145ft/45m
• Use a single decompression gas of nitrox or 100% oxygen to accelerate decompression.
• Planning turn points and accounting for environmental variables
• Emergency Procedures
• Team Diving Techniques
• How to accelerate decompression
• Decompressing in currents and the use of drift kits

NOTE: The PADI Tec 45 course is conducted in full technical diving gear.

Course Prerequisites

• Certified as a PADI Tec 40 diver or a qualifying certification from another training organization
• Certified as a PADI Rescue Diver or provide a qualifying certification from another training organization … students who meet this prerequisite through a qualifying certification must provide proof of training in CPR & First Aid within the previous two years
• Minimum age 18
• Minimum of at least 50 logged dives with at least 12 dives using enriched air (nitrox) deeper than 60ft/18m and at least 6 dives deeper than 100ft/30m (with or without nitrox)
• Physician approved medical clearance