PADI TecRec - Tec 40
The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational scuba diving to technical diving. It's a great place to start because it's the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Diver course and bridges the gap between no stop diving and full technical deep decompression diving.
Course Fees From: £450.00
Availability: Contact us for booking information
About The PADI Tec 40 Course
The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational scuba diving to technical diving. It's a great place to start because it's the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Diver course and bridges the gap between no stop diving and full technical deep decompression diving. You gain experience and begin building the knowledge and skills you need to continue your tec diver training. You will qualify to make limited decompression dives to 40 metres/130 feet.
What Your Learn.
The Tec 40 course consists of three knowledge development sections, three practical application sessions and four training dives. You'll learn about:
Take This Course If You Want To
- Learn about technical diving's risks and responsibilities
- Go beyond recreational limits
- Learn special tecnical diving tecniques
Learn How To
- Assemble Tec Gear (Sidemount / Twinset)
- Safety Drills
- Gas planning, oxygen limits and decompression planning
Tec 40 Trimix (option)
Curious about the benefits of using Trimix gas, like decreased gas density and reduced narcosis? Tec 40 divers can also learn to use trimix with not less than 21 percent oxygen and not more than 35 percent helium.
Next Steps
Study
Step 1 - PADI eLearning
PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Complete the independent study part of your course whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
Work at your own pace, online or offline, using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor for inwater training, or whenever you have a question.
- eLearning time commitment: 1-2 hours
At The Diving Academy
Step 2 - With Your Instructor
During four dives with your instructor, you’ll survey and map a wreck, practice special finning techniques and may use penetration lines.
- Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water - PADI Rescue Diver is reccomended / PADI Enriched Air Diver
- Total time commitment: 1 day
- Minimum age: 15 years or older
More Information
PADI TEC 40 Course Prerequisites
To enroll in the Tec 40 course, you must meet these qualifications:
- A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
- A PADI Enriched Air Diver with at least 10 dives using enriched air deeper than 18 metres/60 feet
- A PADI Deep Diver or proof of at least 10 dives to 30 metres/100 feet
- At least 18 years old and have a minimum of 30 logged dives
Course Medical Requirements
Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
The Scuba Gear You Will Need During Your Course
- Primary mask and backup mask - Although any scuba mask is adequate, tec divers prefer compact masks for minimum resistance in the water. A backup mask is carried in a pocket in case of loss or damage to the primary mask.
- Fins - Tec divers often use dry suits, requiring large style, open-heel adjustable fins.
- Wing-typed BCD and harness - A high capacity BCD with a backup gas bladder mounts between the harness and cylinder. The backup bladder is required because a tec diver may be too heavy to swim to the surface if the main BCD fails. The harness is a shoulder, waist and crotch strap assembly that holds tanks to the tec diver’s back, with D-rings mounted on the shoulders and at the waist for clipping equipment.
- Primary and secondary regulator - The primary regulator has a two-metre/seven-foot hose for sharing gas with a teammate in an emergency. The secondary regulator is independent for use in case of malfunction in the primary regulator. The secondary is also used when sharing gas with a teammate via the primary regulator.
- Twin cylinders, decompression cylinders/stage bottles - High-capacity cylinders hold high-pressure compressed air, enriched air or trimix depending upon dive requirements. An independent decompression cylinder and regulator is clipped to a harness on the side. Extra tanks are used to extend dive time and/or to carry a gas for optimizing decompression. Often, two cylinders are carried.
- Multigas dive computers and submersible pressure gauge (SPG) - Dive computers, one primary and one backup, track and display decompression requirements, and allow tec divers to switch to different kinds of gas blends to optimize decompression. If not integrated into the dive computers, SPGs constantly display how much air remains in the cylinders.
- Dry suit - Provides insulation for a comfortable dive over a long duration.
- Other equipment - Compass, slate, delayed surface marker buoy (DSMB), emergency signaling devices, backup dive tables, Z-knife, shears, safety reel, and lift bag
What's Included
- £25 per day for dive site entry.
- Transport (we will do our best to arrange lifts if needed)
- Air fills on open water dives payable directly to site
Additional Costs
- Dive site entry from £15- £25 per day
- Transport ( we will try our best to arrange transport if needed )
- Subsequent air fills on open water dives payable directly to site
After This Course
The Tec Basic Specialty course will count toward your or Tec 40 certification - contact us today for finds out more about earning credit.