Discover Technical Diving

About the Course

Curious about technical (tec) diving, but not sure about jumping into a certification course? Discover Tec is a short, confined water experience to try out technical diving. You get to wear all the extra tec diving gear and take it for a test dive. Your PADI Tec Instructor may introduce a few basic skills, such as primary to secondary regulator switch and gas shutdown procedures.

Take This Course If You Want to

  • Try technical diving

How to Discover Technical Diving

Overview

This short experience is designed to introduce divers to basic technical diving skills and procedures in a confined water setting. Discover Tec may credit toward the Tec Basics and Tec 40 Diver courses.

Prerequisites

  • Minimum age: 15
  • Open Water Diver (or equivalent certification)
  • 10 logged dives

PADI eLearning

No eLearning available.

With Your Instructor

Your PADIĀ® Tec 40 Instructor will review the dive equipment and how to use it. You'll get in the water, make dive gear adjustments, explore, and get a feel for how the dive equipment works.

Time commitment: 1 day

After This Course

Discover Tec may credit toward the Tec Basics or Tec 40 course if you successfully complete the Tec Basics Dive One, Part One required skills or Tec 40 Training Dive One, Part One. Ask your dive instructor about this option if you're interested.

Junior Divers