Tec 45
Take the Tec 45 course with The Dive Shop
The Dive Shop is Calgary’s most active technical diver training centre. We go above and beyond what’s outlined in the PADI program to give you the best training possible.
The PADI Tec 45 course builds upon the skills you learned in the Tec 40 program. The Tec 45 Diver Course is a full technical diving course using double cylinders, Sidemount or backmount, plus a deco cylinder. Tec 45 Diver is a prerequisite to Tec 50 Diver Training. You will extend your depth limit to 45 metres/150 feet by learning to plan and execute repetitive decompression dives using a single stage/decompression cylinder with up to 100 percent oxygen.
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Tec 45 and Tec 45 Trimix
To enroll in the Tec 45 course, you must meet these qualifications:
- 18 years old
- PADI Tec 40 Diver
- PADI Rescue Diver
- Minimum of 50 logged dives, with at least 10 dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
- PADI Drysuit Specialty (recommended and at least 25 dives in a drysuit)
- Have a Diver Medical Form signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
The Tec 45 program consist of seven knowledge development sections, two classroom sessions, four practical application sessions and 4-6 open water dives. Building on what you learned in the Tec 40 program, you will focus on additional techniques, procedures, and emergency skills. You will learn more advanced decompression, gas planning, decompression models, and fine-tune your thinking like a technical diver. Tec 45 students will also learn about Trimix diving.
Equipment Required:
At the technical level, divers should own all their own equipment; using the proper equipment for technical diving is crucial. Please speak with your Tec Instructor before making any purchases to ensure appropriate gear selection.
- Sidemount or Backmounted doubles configuration
- Regulators
- Primary mask & a back up mask
- Cold water fins with spring straps
- Drysuit
- Two multi-gas computers
- Primary torch with a “goodman” handle
- Backup torch
- Two Cutting Tool
- Wrist mounted slate
- Wetnotes (waterproof notebook)
- Two finger spools and two SMBs
- Deco Bottle (40 or 80 cuft) with DIN valve
- Dedicated regulator for deco bottle (DIN 1 st Stage, 40” LP hose, 6” HP hose & SPG)
BONUS! Included in the Tec 45 course is the DPV Adventure Dive free of charge!
Dive scooters, known officially as diver propulsion vehicles or DPVs, offer an exhilarating way for technical divers to extend their range and reduce air consumption by towing them through the water. If you love it enough to complete your DPV certification, and we know you will, you can finish the DPV specialty course at a special Tec student rate. Ask your instructor for more details!
Tec 45 Trimix (option)
Curious about the benefits of using Trimix gas, like decreased gas density and reduced narcosis? Tec 45 divers can also learn to use trimix with not less than 21 percent oxygen and not more than 35 percent helium. Ask your instructor what additional requirements you may need to complete for the Tec 45 Trimix option.
