At Oceano Dive Centre, the NAUI technical Decompression diver course consists of two main phases:

• Theory. The academic training will help you understand the extra skills involved in this course, in our classroom with your instructor.
• Water Skill Dives. You will learn all the skills required to safely plan and execute planned decompression dives up to 46m. You will achieve your certification by completing the necessary training successfully over a minimum of 6 open water dives.

You can enrol in a Sidemount specialty course with this course for a discounted price, ask staff how.

This course is to provide the diver with a working knowledge of the theory, methods, and procedures of planned staged decompression diving while using optimal breathing gas mixtures. As a part of the course students will plan and conduct standard staged decompression dives not exceeding a maximum depth of 46m (150 ft.) while using air, nitrox or helitrox if combined with that course. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are considered competent to plan and execute dives that require staged decompression to a maximum depth of 46m (150 ft.) utilising an optimal breathing gas as bottom gas and up to 100% oxygen for decompression without direct supervision provided the diving environment, activities, areas dived, and equipment approximate those of training.

Prerequisites

To enrol in the NAUI technical Decompression diver course you must:

• Pay the course fee in full
• Be at least 18 years-old
• Have a NAUI Master Diver certification or equivalent
• Have a NAUI Intro to tech certification or equivalent
• Have 50 + logged dives 15 dives with EANx
• Have done 5 open water dives in the last 3 months with one of our instructors
• Have full tech SCUBA gear and proper quality and fitted open heel fins, 2 masks, wetsuit plus a tech dive computer, redundant timer/depth gauge or second computer, tech slate and 2 torches.

What's Included in the NAUI technical Decompression dive Course Fee

Our course fee includes the following materials:

• NAUI technical Decompression diver course materials
• NAUI app including all dive tools and logbook
• NAUI e-certification in your NAUI app
• Use of dive tanks and deco bottles rigged with a regulator and the required gas mixes
• Small class size 2 people max
• Oceano Training guaranty

Items Not Included

We do not include basic Tech dive gear (full tech SCUBA gear and proper quality and fitted open heel fins, 2 masks, wetsuit plus a tech dive computer, redundant timer/depth gauge or second computer, tech slate and 2 torches.) as you will need these items once you are certified. There is a student discount on purchasing these items when you buy from Oceano Dive Centre.

• Transportation to and from the dive sites/pool
• Meals

Schedule:

Saturday:
Meet your fellow students and Instructor at the shop
Knowledge review and the classroom work

Sunday:
Meet your fellow students and Instructor at the dive site
Classroom work in the morning
Practical skill review with 2 dives
Equipment care and debrief

Saturday:
Meet your fellow students and Instructor at the shop
Deco simulation day confined water skills and 2 dives
Equipment care and debrief

Sunday:
Meet your fellow students and Instructor at the dive site
Practical skills day with 2 dives deco dives
Equipment care and debrief

Note Regarding Certification Dives

Dive is an outdoor activity completely out of our control, if weather is not safe to dive we will reschedule your dives, we will do our best to inform ASAP at the latest within 24 hours from the scheduled dive dates.