The PADI Tec 40 Course is the entry point into the world of technical diving, allowing you to explore beyond recreational limits. This course bridges the gap between recreational diving and full technical diving, teaching you the fundamentals of decompression diving with a limited amount of decompression gas. As your instructor, I will guide you through the essential skills, equipment setup, and procedures needed to safely take on the challenges of Tec diving.
What You’ll Learn
Introduction to Technical Diving: Understand the differences between recreational and technical diving.
Decompression Procedures: Learn how to plan and execute limited decompression dives.
Gas Management & Equipment Configuration: Master the use of redundant gas supplies and technical gear setup.
Emergency Procedures & Problem Solving: Develop critical thinking and troubleshooting techniques for Tec diving situations.
Course Combinations: Enhance your Tec diving skills by combining this course with Tec Sidemount Diver for increased flexibility and gas management or progressing directly to Blender Nitrox to develop essential gas blending skills for technical diving.
Why Take the Tec 40 Course?
- Expand Your Diving Limits: Gain the ability to dive deeper and safely manage decompression.
- Build a Strong Foundation for Tec Diving: Tec 40 is the first step toward advanced technical certifications.
- Increase Your Diving Knowledge & Skills: Learn to manage gas planning, equipment redundancy, and emergency procedures.
- Tailored Instruction: I focus on your individual needs and pace, ensuring you build confidence and competence.
Why Choose Me as Your Tec Instructor?
- Expert Guidance: As a Tec Trimix Instructor, I bring years of technical diving experience to your training.
- World-Class Dive Sites: Roatan’s diverse underwater landscapes provide the perfect environment for technical dive training.
- World-Class Dive Sites: Roatan’s diverse underwater landscapes provide the perfect environment for technical dive training.
- Dive Planning Software:, In my Tec courses, we use dive planning software to create more realistic and accurate dive plans, making the process much easier and more precise.
Additional Notes
- Tec Sidemount Integration: Students can choose to combine this course with Tec Sidemount to enhance flexibility and gas management skills.
- Trimix Option Available: Students have the option to take this course using Trimix, providing an introduction to helium-based gas mixtures for deeper dives.
Prerequisites
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent).
- Be a certified PADI Enriched Air Diver (or equivalent).
- Have completed the PADI Deep Diver course (or provide proof of at least 10 dives deeper than 30 meters/100 feet).
- Have logged at least 30 dives, with at least 10 deeper than 18 meters/60 feet using enriched air nitrox.
- Have a medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
Want to continue your technical diving journey?
The Tec 45 Course is your next step, allowing you to build on your skills and increase your depth limits.
