TEC 40 The first step of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver course

The Tec 40 Course with Blue Planet

If you're interested in technical diving, but haven't yet met the prerequisites for the PADI Tec 50 Diver course or PADI Tec 45 course, you can consider enrolling in the PADI Tec 40 course. It is the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver course and consists of the first four dives. Because you can do one of these dives in confined water, many divers start the Tec 40 courses in the winter months.

What You Learn

• Use decompression software and dive computers to plan and make decompression dives with no more than 10 minutes of total decompression and not deeper than 40 metres/130 feet
• Use a single cylinder of decompression gas with up to 50 percent oxygen (EANx50) to add conservatism to the required decompression

Since it's part of the course, your PADI Tec 40 course training credits toward the PADI Tec 45 and Tec 50 courses.

The Scuba Gear You'll Use

You’ll start with your basic scuba diving equipment and add technical equipment, which essentially means you’ll begin to double up on gear. Your PADI Tec Instructor may have you dive with EANx for additional conservatism

The Learning Materials You'll Need

You'll use the Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which introduces you to

• Tec diving lingo
• Emergency procedures
• Decompression and stage cylinder handling
• Gas planning

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Prerequisites

You must:

• Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be a PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Have a minimum of 30 logged dives, of which at least 10 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/ 60 feet
• Have a medical form signed by your physician

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