Go Beyond with PADI TecRec

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Consists of two knowledge development segments, one practical application and two no stop dives. Designed for divers who want to get experience and develop skills with tec dive equipment configurations while focusing on their buoyancy and trim. 

This course is also useful for technical divers who may need a refresher or an orientation to a new dive equipment configuration.

Tec Basics is a multi-use course that focuses on orientation to new dive equipment, technical diving skills, and techniques. It is an optional level that can help divers explore new equipment configurations and refine their foundational skills before moving on to Tec 40 Diver.

To enroll in the Tec Basics course, you must meet these qualifications:

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and PADI Rescue Diver recommended
• PADI Enriched Air Diver
• 15 years old

The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational diving to technical diving. It's a natural progression from Tec Basics, or it can be your first tec diver course. It is the bridge between no stop diving and technical decompression diving. 

You will gain experience and begin building the knowledge and skills you need to continue your tec diver training. 

You will qualify to make limited decompression dives to 40 metres/130 feet and use up to 50 percent oxygen as a decompression gas.

To enroll in the Tec 40 course, you must meet these qualifications:

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, and PADI Rescue Diver recommended
• PADI Enriched Air Diver
• PADI Deep Diver or proof of 10 dives to 30 metres/100 feet or deeper
• 30 logged dives
• 18 years old

You also need to have a Diver Medical Form signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

Note that qualifying certifications from other diver training organisations may apply - ask your PADI Tec 40 Instructor.

This is a course where you rise to the challenge and commit to becoming a technical diver. The PADI Tec 45 course extends your depth limit to 45 metres/150 feet. 

You will learn to plan and execute single and repetitive decompression dives using a single decompression cylinder with up to 100 percent oxygen. You will use double cylinders, which can be either back mount or sidemount diving configuration. Tec 45 is a prerequisite to Tec 50. There is also an option for divers to earn a Tec 45 Trimix Diver certification.

To enroll in the Tec 45 course, you must meet these qualifications:

• PADI Tec 40 Diver
• PADI Rescue Diver (Proof of CPR/First Aid training within the previous two years required)
• Minimum of 50 logged dives, with at least 10 dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
• 18 years old

You also need to have a Download the Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

  As a Tec 50 diver, you’ll have the knowledge and skills to make extended range dives to a maximum of 50 metres/165 feet. You’ll know how to make dives with multiple decompression stops using two decompression gases. It's not easy to reach this level. 

Earning your Tec 50 certification opens the door to deeper diving expeditions. There is also an option for divers to earn a Tec 50 Trimix Diver certification.

To enroll in the Tec 50 course, you must meet these qualifications:

• PADI Tec 45 Diver
• PADI Rescue Diver*
• Minimum of 100 logged dives or 75 hours
• 18 years old

* If meeting this with a qualifying certification, provide proof of CPR/First Aid training within the previous two years.

You also need to have a Diver Medical Form signed by a physician within the last 12 months.