Deep Diving

This program generally takes one day. With sufficient notice, we can usually offer this course when it’s most convenient for you.

• Be at least 10 years old. Students ages 10-14 may qualify for special Junior certification but are limited in depth to 70 feet. Learn more.
• Be certified to at least the Open Water Diver level.
• Be able to answer No to all the questions on the medical questionnaire or obtain a physician’s approval for diving.

$459.95/person includes:

• All instruction
• eLearning
• Certification processing when earned

Boat fees are additional and will depend on the boat we use, the number of dives and other factors.

You supply:

• Mask and snorkel
• Adjustable scuba fins and wetsuit boots
• Adequate exposure protection
• Cylinder (one per dive)
• Regulator system with alternate air source
• BC with integrated weight system or weight belt
• Weights
• Dive computer
• Underwater compass
• Dive knife/cutting tool
• Dive light
• SMB

Items you don’t already own are generally available for rent. Students are also responsible for gas fills and boat fees or dive site admission.

Once depths exceed 60 feet, things change.

• Gas consumption increases.
• Available no-decompression time decreases.
• Ambient light decreases.
• Colors fade.
• Narcosis becomes a real issue.

Nothing you learned in your entry-level scuba course can prepare you for this. The Deep Diver course can.

When diving deep, dive planning takes on even greater importance. You will have less time to make decisions and less time to deal with problems. Having a solid dive plan and following it can help.

These are among the many topics and skills covered in the Deep Diver course.

In this course, the skills we cover include:

Dive 1

• Prepare a detailed deep diving plan
• Claculate minimum gas reserve (MGR)
• Calculate usable gas
• Demonstrate situational awarenes
• Dive plan (do not exceed 100 feet)
• Ascent with deep stop at 50 feet for one minute
• Simulate emergency decompression for five minutes
• Debrief dive according to dive plan

Dive 2

• Prepare a detailed deep diving plan
• Claculate minimum gas reserve (MGR)
• Calculate usable gas
• Dive plan and do not exceed 135 feet
• Nitrogen narcoss check and procedures
• Ascent with deep stop at 50 feet for one minute
• Simulate emergency decompression for ten minutes
• Deploy surface marker buoy (SMB)
• Debrief dive according to dive plan

Most importantly, we don’t practice these skills until you finally get them right. We have you repeat them until you can’t do them wrong.