Tec 50
The Tec 50 course completes your training as an tec diver, taking you past the limits of recreational diving.
What You’ll Learn
During the Tec 50 course, you
• Use decompression software to plan your dives and create custom dive tables
• Make actual decompression dives as deep as 165 feet
• Use enriched air nitrox and/or oxygen for decompression
• Qualify to make technical decompression dives independently
The Scuba Gear You’ll Use
You’ll use a standard technical diving rig
The Course Materials You’ll Need
The Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak, which includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate. The optional Equipment Set-up and Key Skills DVD is a great tool to help you practice at home in between your tec diving adventures.
Prerequisites
You must have the following certifications:
- PADI Advanced Open Water*
- PADI Rescue Diver*
- PADI Enriched Air Diver*
- PADI Tec 45 Diver*
- Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, of which
20 dives must be enriched air dives
25 dives must be deeper than 60 feet
20 dives must be deeper than 100 feet - Be at least 18 years old
- Have a medical statement signed by your physician
*or hold a qualifying certification from another organization covering the same skills











