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TDI Cavern

$700.00
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TDI Cavern

Course Information:

Are you an adventure enthusiast ready to explore overhead environments? Take the plunge with the TDI Cavern Diver course! This program equips you with essential skills and knowledge for cavern diving within light penetration limits, focusing on the unique challenges and hazards of overhead environments. Please note, this course does not train divers for full cave diving. However, it serves as a prerequisite for future overhead certifications. The primary goal is to prepare you for safe and effective planning, procedures, and techniques specific to cavern diving.

Course Prerequisites:

  • Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
  • Provide proof of an SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent
  • Proof of 25 logged dives

What is included:

  • Semi-Private Class
  • e-Learning Material
  • Same Instructor throughout course
  • Certification Processing
  • Digital Certification Card
  • Gear Discounts
  • Dive Club Entry

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED:

  • Tips: (Boat crew, Instructor, Dive Master)
  • In- Water Training: This is a non diving speciality unless grouped with another in water course.
  • Personal Gear: Scuba Quality Mask, Fins, Snorkel, Boots, Surface Marker Buoy (SMB), Dive Slate. (Take Advantage of your NEW STUDENT DISCOUNT in store)
  • Gear: (BCD, Regulator Set, Wetsuit) Full Equipment list and requirements provided prior to class start 
  • Entry Fees: All Entry fees to dive locations.
  • Transportation to Training Locations or Dive Sites

Required Equipment:

The following equipment is required for each student

  • Primary cylinder, volume appropriate for planned dive and student gas consumption. Students are permitted to use double cylinders but would be limited to the 1/6 air rule.
  • Regulator with pressure gauge and alternate air source; although not required, it is suggested one regulator be mounted on a hose approximately 2 Metres/7 Feet in length.
  • Buoyancy compensator device (BCD).
  • Exposure suit adequate for diving environment.
  • Mask and fins.
  • Line cutting device.
  • Safety reel with a minimum of 37 Metres/125 Feet of guideline
  • One primary reel with length appropriate for intended dive.
  • Two battery powered lights, each with burn time suitable for the planned dive time.
  • Computer or watch (bottom timer) and depth gauge.
  • Slate or wet notes and pencil.
  • Submersible dive tables or backup dive computer (recommended).
  • Three directional line arrows.
  • Gear Discounts available for students at Florida Dive Company.

Cost:

$700.00 Semi-Private class per diver

Private Class per diver (Call for Pricing and Availability) 

Typical Class Schedule 
Day 1: Orientation, Gear Review, Classroom

Day 2:  In-Water

Day 3:  In-Water