specialty diver courses
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Specialties give you a chance to pursue areas of interest in more detail, giving you greater knowledge and more diving experience. For some specialties you will need Advanced Open Water or Adventure diver certification, others you can begin straight after an Open Water course.

Select your Specialty Project Aware Deep Diver Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) Equipment Marine Resource Management Multilevel and Computer Naturalist Navigation Night Nitrox (EANx) Peak Performance Bouyancy Videography

Specialites can be packaged together for great savings, or a package of five specialties together with the Rescue Diver certification results in Master Scuba Diver certification, the highest non-professional ranking in PADI. You will receive discounted accommodation during your training and are entitled to the Buddha View Diver Privilege Card that gives you discounts on dive equipment and dive courses and tours around the world.

BUDDHA VIEW alone offers both TDI and DSAT technical dive courses.

TDI – Advanced Nitrox
Length: 3 days
Dives: 4
Max depth: 40m

Prerequisites:
25 dives
Open Water diver
Nitrox diver

Advanced Nitrox prepares the diver to properly use decompression nitrox mixes (up to 100% oxygen). This course also trains the diver to make gas-switch extended no decompression dives to 40m.

TDI – Decompression Procedures
Length: 3 days
Dives: 4
Max depth: 45m

Prerequisites:
25 dives
Advanced diver
Nitrox diver

Decompression Procedures examines the theory, methods and procedures of planned staged decompression diving. This course trains the diver to plan and conduct a stage decompression dive using nitrox or 100% oxygen for decompression.

TDI – Extended Range
Length: 4 days
Dives: 6
Max depth: 55m

Prerequisites:
100 dives
Advanced Nitrox diver
Decompression Procedures diver

Extended Range trains the diver in the proper techniques, equipment requirements, and hazards of deep air diving up to 55m. Extended Range divers will be able to make dives requiring long decompression stops and needing expedition quality contingency planning. They will also be able to make advanced gear selection and know how to configure and manage additional gear to function well on long dives in local conditions.

TDI – Trimix
Length: 4 days
Dives: 6
Max depth: 60m

Prerequisites:
100 dives
Advanced Nitrox diver
Decompression Procedures diver

TDI Trimix provides the training required to completely and safely utilize breathing gases containing helium for dives that require stages decompression using Nitrox and oxygen mixtures to a maximum depth of 60m. The objective of this course is to train divers is the benefits, hazards and proper procedures of using custom oxygen / helium / nitrogen mixtures as breathing gases

TDI Course Combinations:

Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures
Length: 4 days
Dives: 6
Max depth: 45m

Decompression Procedures and Extended Range
Length: 5-6 days
Dives: 8-10
Max depth: 55m

Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Extended Range
Length: 6-8 days
Dives: 10-12
Max depth: 55m

Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Trimix
Length: 6-8 days
Dives: 10-12
Max depth: 60m

COURSE PRICE

DSAT (PADI)
Tec Deep 50M 7 12 42,000
Tec Deep - last 2 dives on Unicorn Wreck 50M 7 12 46,000
Tec Deep + 3 day tech liveaboard to the HTMS Pagnan 50M 9 15 65,000

TDI – TECHNICAL DIVING INTERNATIONAL
Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures 45M 4 6 25,000
Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures - last 2 dives on Unicorn Wreck 45M 4 6 29,000
Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures & Trimix + 3 day tech liveaboard to the HTMS Pagnan 60M 9 15 65,000

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