Technical
Diving
Go beyond recreational limits. PADI TecRec courses open up a world of deeper wrecks, complex decompression dives, and environments inaccessible to recreational divers.
Technical courses are priced on application — contact us for a personalised quote based on your experience and goals.
Technical Course Pathway
The PADI TecRec programme is a structured pathway from introductory technical diving through to advanced decompression diving. Each level builds on the last.
Tec 40
Your entry point into the world of technical diving. Tec 40 introduces you to limited decompression diving, twin-tank configuration, and the additional planning and discipline required beyond recreational limits.
What's Covered
- Introduction to decompression theory
- Twin-tank configuration and management
- Dive planning beyond recreational limits
- Emergency procedures for technical diving
- PADI Tec 40 certification
Course Details
Tec 45
Build on your Tec 40 skills with extended decompression diving to 45 metres. Tec 45 introduces multiple decompression gases, more complex dive planning, and advanced problem-solving underwater.
What's Covered
- Decompression diving to 45m
- Multiple decompression gas management
- Advanced dive planning and execution
- Stage cylinder procedures
- PADI Tec 45 certification
Course Details
Tec 50
The pinnacle of the PADI TecRec recreational technical diving programme. Tec 50 qualifies you to conduct complex decompression dives to 50 metres, opening up wrecks and dive sites inaccessible to recreational divers.
What's Covered
- Decompression diving to 50m
- Complex multi-gas decompression planning
- Advanced wreck and deep site exploration
- Full technical diving equipment configuration
- PADI Tec 50 certification
Course Details
Sidemount Diver
Learn to configure and dive with cylinders mounted at your sides rather than on your back. Sidemount offers improved streamlining, redundancy, and access to restricted environments such as caves and tight wreck sections.
What's Covered
- Sidemount equipment configuration
- Buoyancy and trim in sidemount
- Gas management and cylinder switching
- Restricted environment techniques
- PADI Sidemount Diver certification
Course Details
The Technical Pathway
Technical diving requires a solid recreational foundation. Here's the recommended route to Tec 50.
Logged dive requirements apply at each stage. Contact us to discuss your current certification level.
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Beyond the Limits?
Technical diving opens up a world of exploration. Contact us to discuss your experience level and which course is the right next step for you.