Tech Diving
DSAT Apprentice Diver It's a challenging start to the TecRec series. You'll learn to make gas switch, extended no-decompression dives using air and enriched air to 40 meters (130 feet!). It's a great credit toward the Tec Deep Diver course.
Why DSAT Apprentice Tech Diver?

If you're interested in technical diving, but haven't yet met the prerequisites for the DSAT Tec Deep Diver course, you can consider enrolling in the DSAT Apprentice Tec Diver course. It is also a sub-course of the full DSAT Tec Deep Diver course.

What do I need to start?
  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent
  • PADI Enriched Air Diver or equivalent
  • PADI Deep Diver or equivalent
  • Have a minimum of 50 logged dives (10 enriched air dives, 12 deeper then 18 metres, 6 deeper then 30 metres)
  • Minimum age 18 years
What will I do?

You'll learn to make gas switch, extended no-decompression dives using air and enriched air to 40 metres. You'll also prepare for and respond to, foreseeable technical diving emergencies. Since it's part of the Tec Deep Diver course, your DSAT Apprentice Tec Dive course training credits towards the DSAT Tec Deep Diver course.


PADI courses offer the most comprehensive and modern diver training available in the world today. PADI courses are the only scuba courses to be recommended by the American Council on Education for college credit hours.

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