TDI Intro to Tech Diving
The TDI Intro to Tech course introduces students to the world of technical diving.
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with technical gear configurations, to enhance open water diving skills (including buoyancy, trim, propulsion techniques, and situational awareness), and to introduce students to advanced gas planning techniques within a no-decompression context. Subject areas covered in this course includes, physics, physiology, equipment considerations and configurations, dive planning, and dive procedures.
This course is strictly a no-decompression course. Students are permitted to use Enriched Air Nitrox mixes, provided the gas mix is within their current level of certification. This course is a useful stand-alone course for the diver who wants to become a more skilled, more proficient diver regardless of whether or not the diver intends to move on to technical diving.
Duration:
A minimum of 2 days, which includes:
A minimum of 6 hours of classroom academics and dive briefings
Confined water skills session
Three (3) open water check out dives
Prerequisites:
The student must be a minimum age of eighteen (18).
Have a minimum certification of SDI Advanced Diver, Advanced Adventure Diver or equivalent.
Show proof of twenty-five (25) logged open water dives.
Required Materials:
TDI Intro to Tech Diving Student Kit (contains TDI Intro to Tech Diving Textbook and Workbook)
Required Equipment:
Primary cylinder(s) cylinder volume appropriate for diving conditions and diver gas consumption
Primary regulators:
- Primary and alternate second stage required on all primary cylinder(s)
- Submersible pressure gauges are required on all primary cylinder(s)
Depth gauge and automatic bottom timer and/or dive computer
Buoyancy compensator appropriate for equipment configuration
Ascent reel with lift bag/surface marker buoy
- Appropriate for maximum planned depth
- Lift bag with at least 11 kg / 25 lbs of lift
Basic Scuba Diving Equipment
Exposure protection appropriate for local diving condition
Slate / wetnotes
Cutting Device
