Are you a serious adventure seeker wishing to explore overhead environments? Sign up for a Cavern Diver course, Intro to Cave or for the Full Cave !
CAVERN DIVER
This course is designed to develop the minimum skills and knowledge for cavern and overhead environment diving within the limits of light penetration, and outline specific hazards associated with cave diving. The cavern diver course in not intended to provide instruction for cave diving environments. The objective of this course is to train divers in the proper planning, procedures, techniques and hazards of cavern diving.
Who this course is for:
The certified diver who has interest in moving forward with overhead environment diving and expanding their diving techniques, capabilities, and more!
Course prerequisites
(these requirements must be met prior to commencement of training):
- Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
- Provide proof of a PADI or SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalen
- Proof of 25 logged dives
What you can expect to learn:
The TDI Cavern Diver course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:
Policy for cavern diving
Gas management procedures and management to include dissimilar volumes
Psychological considerations of cavern diving
Equipment considerations including:
Cylinder options
Regulator options
Buoyancy compensator/harness options
Proper weighting
Reel options
Equipment configurations
Communication (light and hand signals)
Swimming techniques
Body posture/trim
Buoyancy control
Line following
Propulsion (finning) techniques
Physiology
Breathing techniques
Stress management
Cavern environment
Cavern conservation
Problem solving
Emergency procedures
Equipment failure
Silting conditions
Accident analysis
Cavern diving etiquette
Review of dive tables and decompression theory
TDI INTRO TO CAVE DIVER
Are you ready to pick up where you left off in the TDI Cavern Diver Course? Are you looking to expand upon the skills developed in your previous overhead environment training? Sign up for the TDI Intro to Cave Diver Course!
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of cave diving utilizing a single primary guide line. Introductory cave diving is the second level in the development of proper techniques for cave diving, directly building upon the cavern diver course. This introduction to cave diving is not intended to train divers for all facets of cave diving. The objective of this course is the perfection of skills taught in the cavern diving program, in addition to the adoption of additional techniques and procedures required for elementary cave dives.
Who this course is for:
The certified TDI Cavern Diver or equivalent who has interest in moving forward with overhead environment diving and expanding their diving techniques, capabilities, and more!
Course prerequisites
(these requirements must be met prior to commencement of training):
Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
Provide proof of TDI Cavern Diver certification or equivalent
What you can expect to learn:
The TDI Intro to Cave Diver Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:
Policy for cave diving
Gas management procedures and management to include dissimilar volumes
Psychological considerations of cave diving
Equipment considerations including:
Cylinder options
Regulator options
Buoyancy compensator/harness options
Proper weighting
Reel options
Equipment configurations
Communication (light and hand signals)
Swimming techniques
Body posture/trim
Buoyancy control
Line following
Propulsion (finning) techniques
Physiology
Breathing techniques
Stress management
Cave environment
Cave conservation
Problem solving
Emergency procedures
Equipment failure
Silting conditions
Accident analysis
Cave diving etiquette
Review of dive tables and decompression theory
TDI FULL CAVE DIVER
Are you a serious adventure seeker wishing to explore overhead environments? Sign up for the TDI Full Cave Diver Course!This course is the third stage of overhead environment training in the series of TDI’s Full Cave Diver Development Program. Advanced cave dive planning, practical execution of different types of cave systems and scenarios divers encounter are presented. This cave diving course is not intended to prepare divers for evaluating all facets of cave diving. The objective of this course is to expand and critique previous skills accomplished in the TDI Cavern and Introductory Cave Diving programs. Emphasis is placed upon dive planning and skill perfection through actual cave penetration.
Who this course is for:
The certified TDI Introductory Cave Diver (or equivalent), who has interest in moving forward with overhead environment diving and expanding their diving techniques, capabilities, range, and more!
Course prerequisites:
Minimum age 18
Minimum certification of TDI Introductory Cave Diver, or equivalent
If decompression dives are to be conducted in training, the student must be TDI Decompression Procedures certified or equivalent, or this training may be conducted concurrently. If courses are taught concurrently, ALL requirements for both courses must be met and registrations processed upon completion.
What you can expect to learn:
The TDI Full Cave Diver Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more.
Standard cave diving policies
Gas management procedures and management to include dissimilar volumes
Psychological considerations of cave diving
Equipment considerations including:
Cylinder options
Regulator options
Buoyancy compensator/harness options
Proper weighting
Reel options
Equipment configurations
Communication (light and hand signals)
Swimming techniques
Body posture/trim
Buoyancy control
Line following
Propulsion (finning) techniques
Physiology
Breathing techniques
Stress management
Decompression theory and its application to cave diving
Cave environment
Conservation
Problem solving
Emergency procedures
Equipment failure
Silting conditions
Accident analysis
Cave diving etiquette
