YOUR NEXT STEP IN TECHNICAL DIVING
Go Deeper. Discover What’s Beyond.
What lies beyond the depths you’ve explored so far? The PADI Tec 45 course helps you extend your range and take on planned decompression dives to 45 metres / 150 feet. Build on your Tec 40 experience as you develop the judgment, planning and teamwork to explore deeper with purpose.
Train in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with focused workshops and four open water dives. Each dive gives you a new opportunity to put your skills into practice and grow more confident as a technical diver.
Duration
3 Days
Training Dives
4 Dives
Maximum Depth
45 m / 150 ft
Decompression Gas
100% Oxygen
SEE THE WHOLE DIVE
Build the Skills for Your Next Tec Dives
TECHNICAL DIVING IN PLAYA DEL CARMEN
Explore Beyond Your Familiar Limits
Deeper dives invite you to see familiar underwater places from a new perspective. The PADI Tec 45 course gives experienced divers a structured way to extend their range, plan decompression and develop the skills needed for the next stage of technical diving.
In Playa del Carmen, Mexico, you’ll combine practical workshops with open water training. Your instructor will guide your progression as you apply the plan, work as a team and build confidence in more demanding dive scenarios.
EXPAND YOUR RANGE. DEEPEN YOUR SKILLS.
Prepare for the Next Level of Technical Diving
Complete four hands-on sessions and four progressive dives as you develop your technical diving skills.
PREPARE
Explore Deeper
- Work toward the Tec 45 depth limit of 45 metres / 150 feet and learn how depth changes the demands of a dive.
PRACTICE
Plan with Purpose
- Practice planning single and repetitive decompression dives, accounting for gas use, timing and changing conditions.
PROGRESS
Build Your Tec Mindset
- Develop calm decision-making, teamwork and problem-solving through realistic technical diving scenarios.
Want to build skills beyond your own dives? Explore the Tec Safety Diver course to learn how to support technical dive teams.
REAL DIVES. NEW PERSPECTIVES.
Put Your Tec 45 Skills into Practice
The PADI Tec 45 course builds on Tec 40 and challenges you to bring planning, teamwork and decision-making together underwater. Across four open water dives, you’ll work through progressively demanding scenarios with instructor supervision.
Practice sequence:
- Prepare and review a team plan for each dive.
- Apply gas and decompression planning during dive execution.
- Practice procedures for single and repetitive decompression dives.
- Work through simulated problems, then debrief and refine your approach.
Training can progress to 45 metres / 150 feet within Tec 45 standards. Your instructor will assess your performance and readiness throughout the course.
BEFORE YOU APPLY
Check Your Tec 45 Prerequisites
- Hold a PADI Tec 40 Diver certification or qualifying equivalent.
- Hold a PADI Rescue Diver certification or qualifying equivalent.
- Have at least 50 logged dives, including at least 10 deeper than 30 metres / 100 feet.
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Provide a medical statement signed by a physician within the previous 12 months.
Still Building Your Experience?
If you’re not quite ready for Tec 45, we can review your certifications and logged dives and map out the steps toward qualifying.
