Tec 50 Deep Diver

The third section of the entire PADI Tec Deep Diver course. Gain proficiency and the ability to dive up to 50 meters (165 feet).

Program Specifics

An explanation

Tec 50 is the third component of the entire PADI Tec Deep Diver curriculum. You demonstrate your proficiency as a tec diver and your ability to dive up to 50 meters (165 feet) as a Tec 50 diver. You understand how to use up to two gases to produce prolonged, fast decompression stops. Reaching this level is difficult, and obtaining your Tec 50 certification allows you to go on deeper diving excursions.

Enrolling in the Tec 50 course requires that you:

• Be a diver with PADI Tec 45.
• At least 20 dives on enriched air nitrox deeper than 18 meters/60 feet and 15 dives deeper than 30 meters/100 feet should be included in your minimum of 100 logged dives.
• Be at least eighteen years old.
• possess a signed medical statement from a doctor within the previous 12 months.

Ask your Tec Deep Instructor about any applicable qualifying certificates from other diver training organizations.

Use PADI Tec 45 to become a diver.

Your minimum of 100 logged dives should include at least 20 enriched air nitrox dives deeper than 18 meters/60 feet and 15 dives deeper than 30 meters/100 feet.

Be eighteen years of age or older.

have a doctor’s signed medical statement from within the last 12 months.

Inquire about any relevant qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations with your Tec Deep Instructor.