XR Extended Range (45m with 2 charter trips)
- Duration: 2 Days (approx.)
- Location: Whangarei, NZ
- Product code: Tec45
The course focuses on giving you the skills needed to safely conduct an open circuit technical decompression dive to 45m using a single decompression gas of upto 100% O2 for accelerated decompression with your team.
Successful candidates will not only be qualified to conduct decompression dives to a max depth of 45m, but more importantly, the course builds on skills learnt on the XR Foundation and SSI Extended Range Nitrox courses, so you will be comfortable using twins with different gas mixes in your stage cylinders.
What you will learn on the course:- Physics
- Physiology
- Hyperoxic gas mixes for decompression
- Nitrogen absorption and elimination
- Psychological aspects
- Decompression Options
- Technical Equipment - twins
- Stage cylinder rigging and labelling
- Dive Tables v Computers
- Dive planning
- Surface support
In water skills include:
- Buoyancy control
- Finning techniques
- Gas switching as part of a team
- Problem solving
- Rescue skills
Cost: $999 | From 4 days | Excludes the cost of any trip to the Poor Knights Islands
Cost includes all PADI training, certification and study materials. Any specialist equipment will be provided by the student for the duration of the course.