Discover Technical Diving

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.

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

What You'll Learn

Your PADI 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.

Equipment

You'll want to have your:

  • dive mask
  • scuba fins
  • wet suit or dry suit

Your PADI Tec 40 Instructor will have the technical diving equipment, including but not limited to:

  • two tanks
  • primary and backup regulators
  • technical diving BCD (wing BCD) suitable for back mount or sidemount diving