• Wed, 1st Feb

    Last day of the MSDT prep. Digital Underwater Photography at Chumphon Pinnacle. Yesterday we had another great dive inside the HTMS Sattakut wreck.

  • Sat, 28th Jan

    After successfully passing the IE, our January candidates are now ready for the next step: MSDT prep. Kick off this afternoon in the pool with the Tec Boys. Yeeha!

  • Thu, 26th Jan

    Congratulations to all the new PADI Instructors on Koh Tao!

  • Tue, 24th Jan

    IE time! Orientation and written exams today at 1pm. Wishing all the best to every candidate on Koh Tao!

  • Mon, 23rd Jan

    The mock IE is over and evryone passed with flying colors. Now for the real thing tomorrow... Best of success to all.

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Tec 45

As the second subcourse in the full PADI Tec Diver Course, Tec 45 course picks up and takes your training as a tec diver further and deeper. During this course you will make the transition from modified standard recreation dive gear to the basic tech equipment. You will learn the skills and equipment and planning procedures needed to dive to a maximum of 45 metres/145 feet. You will also gain the knowledge to plan and execute single and repetitive decompression dives using a single stage cylinder of EANx or oxygen to accelerate or add conservatism to the decompression stops. There would be no time limit to amount of decompression. Prepare for and respond to foreseeable technical diving emergencies. Master the basic skills and procedures you’ll need as you move into deeper technical diving. (Depth is limited to 45m)
Prerequisites:

  • A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • A PADI Rescue Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • A PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • PADI Deep Diver (or hold aqualifying certification from another organization)
  • PADI Tec 40 (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
  • Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least:
       - 12 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
       - 6 (with or without EANx) dives were deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
  • At least 18 years old
  • Have a medical statement signed by a physician

Course Duration: 3 days
Price: 15000 Baht