PADI Tec Trimix 50 course

PADI Distinctive Specialty. Develop competency & have the skills to dive to a max of 50 metres/165 ft. Learn how to extend & accelerate decompression stops using up to 2 decompression gases and Trimix 20/20 for bottom mix.

 

Description

PADI Distinctive Specialty. As a Tec Trimix 50 diver, you show that you’ve developed competency as a tec diver and have the skills to dive to a maximum of 50 metres/165 feet. You know how to make extended, accelerated decompression stops using up to two gases. It’s not easy to reach this level and earning your Tec Trimix 50 certification opens the door to deeper diving expeditions.

 

Program

The Tec Trimix 50 course includes two knowledge development sections, three practical application sessions and four open water training dives. A primary focus of this course is mission planning and execution. You also learn more about handling emergencies and how to think like a technical diver.

Pre-requesites

To enroll in the PADI Tec Trimix 50 course, you must:

  • Be a PADI Tec 45 diver

  • Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, with at least 20 dives on enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 metres/60 feet and 15 dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet

  • Be at least 18 years old

  • Have a Medical Statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months

Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply – ask your Tec Deep Instructor.

 

Equipment

You’ll use full technical equipment and you may use a technical sidemount configuration, plus two stage/decompression cylinders. You to using trimix 20/20 on the last 2 open water dives.

 
 

Getting started

Contact us using the “+ info” button bellow, and if you don’t already have one, pick up a PADI Tec Deep Diver Crew-Pak that includes a PADI Tec Deep Diver Manual, which you’ll use for self-study before meeting with your PADI Tec Deep Instructor. The Equipment Set-up and Key Skills video is an optional tool to help you practice skills between your tec diving adventures.

You may be able to get college credit for the PADI Tec 50 course.