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DSAT Tec Basics

The DSAT Tec Basics course is designed to be a bridge from PADI courses to DSAT courses providing recreational divers an opportunity to gain exposure to tec diving and learn and practice entry level tec diving skills. It introduces recreational divers to tec diving without them having to make the larger commitment (in terms of equipment, time and cost) of the DSAT Tec Deep course. PADI Tec Basics dive scope is within recreational limits, using segments from DSAT Tec Diver one. Likewise, this specialty course may be credited toward DSAT Tec Level One.

Prerequisites

To qualify for the DSAT Tec Deep Course, you must be:

  • 18 years of age or older. 

  • A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization with experience deep diving and with underwater navigation)

  • PADI Enriched Air Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization where the instruction includes planning dives for mixtures other than EAN32 and EAN36)

  • A PADI Rescue Diver certification is Highly Recommended

Course Overview

This program is intended for those divers with  the prerequisite experience and training needed to move into technical deep diving beyond the limits of recreational diving. Its goals are:

  • To qualify the diver to make gas-switch extended no-stop dives; decompression stop dives and accelerated decompression dives using air, enriched air and pure oxygen, to 165 feet using technical diving equipment and procedures required to manage the risks involved.

  • To train the diver in the motor skills required for technical diving

  • To assure the diver understands and acknowledges the hazards and risks involved with technical diving, as well as the limits of the training received in this course.

  • To train the diver to prepare for and respond to the reasonably foreseeable emergencies that may occur in this type of diving.

  • To provide the foundational skills and knowledge for further training in technical diving.

Equipment Requirements

Since the equipment is such an integral part of the success of a Tec Rec Diver, it is important that  you discuss the equipment with your instructor prior to purchasing it.  Opinions vary, philosophies vary, and some of the equipment you already have may be able to be upgraded for Tec Rec use.  If you have any questions regarding the equipment that you have or may need, please feel free to contact an instructor at Divers Incorporated.

  • High capacity single cylinder with Y or H valve. Twins with dual manifold and isolator valve are recommended.

  • Primary and secondary regulators – primary regulator must have seven foot / two meter hose for air sharing.

  • SPG

  • Harness with shoulder and rigid hip D-rings.

  • BCD – wings (redundant buoyancy is not required for this course, however, students should be made aware that redundant buoyancy device is required for Tec Diver 1

  • Dive Computer

  • Appropriate Exposure Suit

  • Weight System

  • Reel

  • Knife / cutting device

  • Slate

  • Compass

  • Lift Bag

All of the required equipment is available for purchase from Divers Incorporated and some of the required equipment is available for rental.  Call (734) 971 7770 for more details.

Course Costs

The DSAT Tec Basics course offered at Divers Incorporated includes:

  • 8 hours classroom lecture

  • DSAT Tec Deep Crew Pack and course materials

  • Two Confined water dives as needed

  • Two Open Water training Dives

  • All Nitrox and air fills for the course

This program Costs $350 per person.  Continue on with the Tech Diver One and the entire tuition is credited towards that course.

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