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Specialty
Course: Deep Diver
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PADI’s Deep Diver
program offers you the adventure of a lifetime – going deep to see
things others only dream about. To join the deep diving crowd, you’ll
need at least your Adventures In Diving and be at least 15 years old.
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| The program
includes four open water dives, which are conducted over at least
two days. The minimum depth for the deep dives is between 18 to 30
metres/60 to 100 feet, with no dive exceeding 40 metres/130 feet.
All your dives will be conducted within the no-decompression limits,
with deeper dives conducted first. |
During
your program, you’ll cover the knowledge, skills and techniques needed
to dive deep. The following is included in the PADI Deep Diver program:
- Planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of deep diving.
- Risk factors and
decompression-tables review.
- Safety stops and
emergency decompression procedures.
- Special equipment,
descent lines and buoyancy-control considerations.
- Procedures for
flying after diving and high-altitude diving.
- Orientation to
recompression chambers.
The core
Deep Dive conducted during the Adventures In Diving or Advanced Plus
program may be counted toward this specialty at the discretion of the
instructor.
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