PADI Tec 40 Diver

Price: €399,00

If you’re interested in those deeper reefs and wrecks that are out of bounds to most recreational divers, then you’ll want to think about enrolling in the PADI Tec 40 course.

It’s the first of three sub-courses of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver course and consists of four dives.

You’ll then be able to credit your PADI Tec 40 course training towards the PADI Tec 45 and PADI Tec 50 courses.

Course Description

During the course, you will use basic tec diving equipment to help you start enhancing your ability to deal with tec diving challenges and conditions. You will use decompression software and dive computers to plan and make decompression dives with no more than ten minutes of total decompression and not deeper than 40 metres.

You will also use a single cylinder of decompression gas with up to 50 percent oxygen (EANx50) to add conservatism to the required decompression.

The dives for the Tec 40 Diver training will be made at some of the best sites the Costa del Sol has to offer while using either a DPV or boat.

Course Materials

You will use the Tec Deep Diver Crew Pack, which introduces you to tec diving terminology, emergency procedures, decompression and stage cylinder handling and gas planning.

The Crew Pack includes a manual, dive planning checklist and dive planning slate and will be required for the PADI Tec 45 and PADI Tec 50 courses.

Prerequisites

Be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organisation)
Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organisation)
Be a PADI Deep Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organisation)
Have a minimum of 30 logged dives, of which at least 10 dives were made with enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres / 60 feet.
Have a medical form signed by your doctor

Health & Fitness

Anyone with an average level of fitness can enjoy scuba diving. You don’t have to be an athlete!

But Tec diving IS quite demanding and some medical conditions such as heart or lung problems will prevent you from participating.

Before signing up for a PADI Tec course, you will be required to complete and sign the standard PADI Medical Questionnaire [PDF, 120KB], with signed clearance from a doctor.

We recommend taking the form to your doctor for completion before you travel to Spain.

Weather & Dive Conditions

The Costa del Sol has the perfect weather for taking a PADI course or just diving for fun, with over 300 days of sunshine per year. Hence its name!

Summer daytime temperatures average 30°C (86°F), with winter around 16°C (61°F).

Water temp May to September: 19 – 29°C (67 – 85°F)
Water temp October to April: 14 – 18°C (58 – 65°F).

Due to our variety and huge range of dive sites, Simply Diving is the only 5 Star PADI centre in the area that can take you diving 365 days a year.

Please note: All course prices include complete rental from our range of the latest and most modern Scubapro diving equipment; transportation to and from the dive sites in one of our air-conditioned mini-buses or by RIB boat; plus PADI certification on successful completion of your course.

Extras: Educational materials such as PADI Crewpacks and manuals (required reading for most courses) and diving equipment can be purchased from the Simply Diving shop. Please email dive@simplydiving.com to confirm prices.