DECOMPRESSION PROCEDURES
Are you finding your no-decompression limits (NDLs) a limiting factor to dives? Do you have to ascend sooner than you would like? As sport divers, planned decompression is not something that we do or have been taught. The Decompression Procedures Course prepares you for planned staged decompression diving. With a maximum operating depth of 45 metres/150 feet, this course is your first step beyond the normal sport diving limits. The Decompression Procedures Course combined with the Advanced Nitrox course form the foundation of all other technical courses. After these two courses and some additional experience, the stage has been set for you to move on to additional technical levels.
Availability: Contact us for booking information
What You Learn
- Decompression dive planning including:
- Decompression gas choices
- Tables vs. personal dive computers
- Emergency and contingency planning (equipment failure, omitted decompression, etc.)
- Decompression diving procedure:
- Equipment selection
- Pre-dive checks and drills
- Stress analysis and mitigation
- Following a decompression schedule
- Gas switching
- Team awarness and communication
- SMB/Lift bag deployment
- Proper trim, buoyancy and finning techniques.
- Emergency procedures (equipment failures, catastrophic gas loss, omitted decompression, navigational errors, etc.).
- Equipment considerations, cylinder labeling, analysing nitrox mixtures, and gas blending procedures.
Prerequisites
You must be:
- A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
- Have a minimum of 25 logged dives, of which at least:
- At least 18 years old
- Have a medical statement signed by a physician
For more information about this or other Technical courses have a chat with one of the DV DIVING Team members.
