The Fun Part

Dive more challenging dive sites while you satisfy your curiosity for “I wonder what’s down there?” The fun part about altitude diving is that you can explore places many people have never seen.

What You Learn

You’ll learn the effects of pressure at higher altitudes and how to adjust your dive plan accordingly. Whether you use a recreational dive planner table (RDPTM), an electronic eRDPTM or a dive computer, you’ll learn how plan and make a dive at high altitudes. You’ll learn :

• Altitude dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards
• Recreational Dive PlannerTM procedures for diving at altitude
• Safety stops and emergency decompression procedures at altitude

For all your learning materials and equipment, contact THE DIVE SHOP.

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be:

• A PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• 15 years old (12 for Junior Open Water Diver)
• A completed Medical Statement and the Continuing Education. Please note any "Yes" on the medical form requires a doctor sign off prior to you entering the course.

Your Next Adventure

Chances are if you’re scuba diving up high in the mountains you may also want to be prepared with the Dry Suit Diver course.

For more information about this or other PADI courses have a chat with one of the THE DIVE SHOP Team members.

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