[ TEC40 | TEC45 | TEC50 | TEC Sidemount | TEC65 | TEC Trimix ]
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Tec 40-course
The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational scuba diving to technical diving. It’s a great place to start because it’s the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Diver course and bridges the gap between no stop diving and full technical deep decompression diving. You gain experience and begin building the knowledge and skills you need to continue your tec diver training. You will qualify to make limited decompression dives to 40 metres/130 feet.
To enroll in the Tec 40 course, you must be:
- A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
- A PADI Enriched Air Diver with at least 10 dives using enriched air deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
- A PADI Deep Diver or proof of at least 10 dives to 30 metres/100 feet
- At least 18 years old and have a minimum of 30 logged dives
You also need to have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply.
Tec 45-course
The PADI Tec 45 course is the second part of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver program. You’ll extend your depth limit to 45 metres/145 feet and learn to plan and execute repetitive decompression dives using a single stage/decompression cylinder. It puts you in a complete tec diving rig, which can be either backmount or sidemount. You’ll also make accelerated decompression dives using EANx or pure oxygen. This is a course where you’ll rise to the challenge and make the commitment to become a technical diver.
To enroll in the Tec 45 course, you must:
- Be a PADI Tec 40 diver
- Be a PADI Rescue Diver
- Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, with at least 12 dives on enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/60 feet and 6 dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
- Be at least 18 years old
- Have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
Tec 50-cursus
The third part of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver program is Tec 50. As a Tec 50 diver, you show that you’ve developed competency as a tec diver and have the skills to dive to a maximum of 50 metres/165 feet. You know how to make extended, accelerated decompression stops using up to two gases. It’s not easy to reach this level and earning your Tec 50 certification opens the door to deeper diving expeditions.
To enroll in the Tec 50 course, you must:
- Be a PADI Tec 45 diver
- Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, with at least 20 dives on enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/60 feet and 15 dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
- Be at least 18 years old
- Have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
Tec Sidemount Diver cursus
If you’ve looked into technical diving, you realize that tec divers always wear more than one tank. Sidemount is an increasingly popular way to configure multiple cylinders for technical diving. You can enter the world of tec diving with the Tec Sidemount Diver course and apply what you learn to other TecRec courses. You can integrate this course with the Tec40/45/50/65/Trimix courses.
If you’re a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, at least 18 years old and have a minimum of 30 logged dives, you qualify to enroll in a Tec Sidemount Diver course. It’s recommended that you also have a PADI Enriched Air Diver certification.
Tec Trimix Diver-cursus
Ready for the outer edge of technical diving? The Tec Trimix Diver course takes experienced tec divers and turns them into extreme divers who go deeper and visit pristine sites where few others will ever go. During the course, you’ll make dives as deep as 90 metres/300 feet, but once you earn this tough certification, there are few limits. Your training teaches you to build experience gradually and you do it because you’ve made it this far and have more exploring to do.
To enroll in the Tec Trimix Diver course, you must:
- be a PADI Tec 50 diver or Tec Trimix 65 diver
- have a minimum of 150 logged dives
- be at least 18 years old
- have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months
The dives
| Min | Max | Backgas | ||
| Tec65 | Dive 1 | 10m | air/EAN | |
| Dive 2 | 27m | 50m | air/EAN | |
| Dive 3 | 30m | 50m | O2 ≥ 21%, He ≤ 20% | |
| Dive 4 | 40m | 55m | O2 ≥ 21%, He ≤ 20% | |
| Dive 5 | 45m | 65m | trimix, O2 > 16% | |
| Tec90 | Dive 6 | 55m | 70m | trimix, O2 > 10% |
| Dive 7 | 65m | 80m | trimix, O2 > 10% | |
| Dive 8 | 75m | 90m | trimix, O2 > 10% |
Prices
For the Tec 40, 45 & 50 you use the same course materials, so you buy this once for all three courses. This price also includes certification after successful completion of each course module.
€200
- Tec Sidemount course book
- certification
€75
- Tec Trimix course book
- TEC65 certification
- TEC90 certification
€200
Training
- TEC40
- TEC45
- TEC50
- TEC Sidemount
€40 / hr
- TEC65
- TEC90
- Trimix analyzer €300,-
(combined with trimix course)
€400 / module
Additional costs
Not included:
- air fills
- nitrox / deco gas
- trimix
- tank rental
- transport & accommodation