TDI Training

Now that you are already open water certified and your looking for a little more adventure, technical diving may be just the thing for you.

Question: What is technical diving?
Answer; All non commercial diving is categorized as recreational and within recreational diving there is sport and technical. Sport diving includes your open water certification, advanced scuba diver, and many other specialty course. Technical diving picks up where sport diving ends generally at nitrox (a breathing gas with oxygen levels greater than 21 percent).

Question: What is my first step into technical diving?
Answer; Nitrox is most divers first step into technical but it has also become very popular amongst sport divers so TDI Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures would be a great start. Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures form the foundation of technical diving all other course will build on the knowledge and skills learned during these courses.

Question: Do I have to go deep for technical diving?
Answer; No. Although technical diving is commonly thought of as deep, there are a lot of courses that stay within the sport diving limits (40 m) such as Advanced Nitrox, Semi Closed Circuit Rebreather (SCR) and Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) and Advanced Wreck to name a few. However, most people wanting to follow the technical path are generally doing so to dive deeper. So being comfortable at recreational deep diving depths is a recommend pre-requisite for any sort of technical training.

Question: Will technical diving allow me to go deeper?
Answer; Yes. TDI has course curriculums that take you as deep as 100 m  and do so in a manner that each course builds on the last and each course takes you a little deeper. By receiving training in this manner not only are your skills and knowledge increasing but so is your comfort level.

Advanced Nitrox

The TDI Advanced Nitrox Course qualifies divers to use enriched air nitrox from EAN 21 through EAN 100 to a depth of 40 metres/130 feet during dives hat do not require staged decompression. At IDC Scuba we usually teach this  in conjunction with the TDI Decompression Procedures course (see below), this can be considered the foundation of your technical diving career. Advanced Nitrox is also a great course for those wanting to extend their bottom times in shallower depths such as scientific diver, and a must for SCR or CCR divers. The course cover topics like
*Equipment requirements
*Dive planning
*Oxygen tracking
*Blending methods
You will use the TDI Advanced Nitrox Diving manual for your course, which explains in an easy to understand practical manner the complex information that Advanced Nitrox divers need to know.

PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum of Deep Diver Certification. (This is an IDC Scuba standard)
Have a minimum TDI Nitrox, PADI Enriched Air or Equivalent.
Show proof of 25 logged open water dives.

SCHEDULE:
Week #1
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives) (This day only required if combining with Deco Procedures Course)
 
COST: $499.00

Includes: Instruction, Air & Nitrox fills, Boat Dives, TDI Advanced Nitrox Manual, Certification, Certificate, Use of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.

All other equipment must be provided by student or can be hired at extra cost.

Please Note: The TDI Advanced Nitrox Course can be completed in conjunction with the TDI Decompression Procedures Course. When these two courses are combined there are 6 Open Water Dives and the course is completed over two weekends. Cost of courses combined is $799.00

Decompression Procedures

As sport divers planned decompression is not something that we do or have been taught. The TDI Decompression Procedures course prepares you for planned staged decompression diving. With a maximum operating depth of 45m/150 feet, this course is your first step beyond the normal sport diving limits. Your TDI Instructor will provide you with valuable information and skills, among the topics covered are:
*Kit set-up
*Equipment requirements
*Decompression techniques
*Decompression breathing gases
*Gas management
*Contingency planning
The TDI Decompressions Procedures course combined with the TDI Advanced Nitrox course form the foundation of all other technical courses. After these two courses and some additional experience, the stage has been set for you to move onto additional technical levels.

PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum of Deep Diver Certification. (This is an IDC Scuba standard)
Have a minimum TDI Nitrox, PADI Enriched Air or Equivalent.
Show proof of 25 logged open water dives.

SCHEDULE:
Week #1
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives) (This day only required if combining with Advanced Nitrox Course)

COST: $499.00

Includes: Instruction, Air & Nitrox fills, Boat Dives, TDI Decompression Procedures Manual, Certification, Certificate, Use of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.

All other equipment must be provided by student or can be hired at extra cost.

Please Note: The TDI Decompression Procedures Course can be completed in conjunction with the TDI Advanced Nitrox Course. When these two courses are combined there are 6 Open Water Dives and the course is completed over two weekends. Cost of courses combined is $799.00

Extended Range

Certain areas of the world provide spectacular dives at depths deeper than 39m/130 feet but you will not have access (or very limited access) to helium. The TDI Extended Range course teaches you the proper techniques for utilizing compressed air as a breathing gas and with a maximum depth of 55m/180 feet you won’t have to miss those dives. The Extended Range course will cover topics and skills such as:
*Equipment requirements and configuration
*Decompression options
*Use of surface marker buoys
*Buddy rescue
*Narcosis checks and management
Materials for this course include the TDI Extended Range Diving Manual which you will reference and use throughout the course.

PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum TDI Advanced Nitrox & TDI Decompression Procedures or Equivalent.
Show proof of a minimum 100 logged open water dives (25 deeper than 30m).

SCHEDULE:
Week #1
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)

COST: $799.00

Includes: Instruction, Air & Nitrox fills, Boat Dives, TDI Extended Range/Trimix Manual, Certification, Certificate, Use of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.

All other equipment must be provided by student or can be hired at extra cost.

Trimix & Advanced Trimix

Trimix
As your motivation to explore progresses you will find that you may want to go deeper to dive that wreck that is part of history or that cave system that you have read so much about. One of the major limiting factors of going deeper is narcosis; TDI’s Trimix Diver course shows how to minimize the effects of narcosis by adding helium to offset the nitrogen in your breathing gas. While taking the Trimix Diver course your TDI Instructor will teach you how to plan and execute dives utilizing as little as 18 percent oxygen and diving to maximum depth of 60 m/200 feet with a blend of helium appropriate for the planned depth. The course covers topics and skills like:
*Dive team planning
*Gas matching
*Cylinder labeling
*Surface marker deployment
*Equipment configuration
*Thermal protection options

PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum TDI Extended Range or Equivalent.  (This is an IDC Scuba standard)
Show proof of a minimum 100 logged open water dives (25 deeper than 30m).

SCHEDULE:
Week #1
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 2:00pm (1 Dive)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 2:00pm (1 Dive)

COST: $799.00

Includes: Instruction, Air, Nitrox & Trimix fills, Boat Dives, TDI Extended Range/Trimix Manual, Certification, Certificate, Use of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.

All other equipment must be provided by student or can be hired at extra cost.

Advanced Trimix
The TDI Advanced Trimix Diver course is the top level of training for open circuit divers wishing to dive to depths as deep as 100 m / 330 feet utilizing hypoxic levels of oxygen (below 17 percent). This course is perhaps one of the most informative and challenging and upon completion you are among some of the most elite divers. Your TDI Instructor will teach you:
*Equipment management
*Multiple stage cylinder labeling and placement
*Complex decompression planning and contingency planning
*Dive team awareness and communication
*Gas monitoring and management
*Use of travel gasses
The TDI Advanced Trimix manual is one of the most up to date manuals and includes all the latest of technology and practices being used.

PRE-REQUISITES:
Have a minimum TDI Extended Range or Entry level Trimix Diver or Equivalent.
Show proof of a minimum 100 logged open water dives (25 deeper than 30m).

SCHEDULE:
Saturday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (Theory & Confined Water Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 5:00pm (2 Dives)
Week #2
Saturday- 9:00am to 2:00pm (1 Dive)
Sunday- 9:00am to 2:00pm (1 Dive)

COST: $999.00

Includes: Instruction, Air, Nitrox & Trimix fills, Boat Dives, TDI Advanced Trimix Manual, Certification, Certificate, Use of twin tanks & stage bottle if you do not own your own.

All other equipment must be provided by student or can be hired at extra cost.