Description of Deep Diver Course
The lure of the deep. Something is exciting and mysterious about exploring deeper dive sites while diving. Sometimes it’s a wreck that attracts you below 18 meters/60 feet, and on wall dives, it may be a giant fan or sponge. Whatever it is, to scuba dive with confidence at depths down to 40 meters/130 feet, you should take the PADI Deep Diver Specialty course.
If you’ve earned the PADI Adventure Diver rating or higher, and you’re at least 15 years old, you can enrol in the Deep Diver course Aqaba.
Your training starts by reviewing reasons for deep diving and how important it is to know your limits.
Why do a speciality course in Deep Diving?
The deeper you go in Scuba Diving, the more careful a diver has to be to ensure correct procedures. Especially for decompression, safety stops and deep stops are performed to prevent decompression sickness. A lot more can go wrong the deeper you go as the pressure builds up, and equipment is under greater stress. Also, other things can affect a deep dive such as Nitrogen narcosis that divers need to be aware of to ensure a safe dive. This course helps divers become more aware of the planning and dangers of deep diving and allows you to dive at a depth safely.
The course introduces a whole new level of excitement as it can be exhilarating. Hence the ability to safely dive at deeper depths opens up a whole new variety of dive sites to a recreational scuba diver. Many shipwrecks or interesting dive sites are at the edges of recreational limits. Therefore, it can only be safely accessed by those divers who are knowledgeable and have experience diving at depths.
What does Deep Course cover?
The course is to include three open water training dives, which are usually conducted for at least two days. The minimum depth required for open water is between 18 to 30 meters/60 to 100 feet, with no dive exceeding 40 meters/130 feet. The instructor ensures that all dives are conducted within the no-decompression limits, with deeper dives being conducted first.
The deep diver course covers the following:
- planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of deep diving.
- risk factors and decompression-tables review.
- safety stops and emergency decompression procedures.
- special equipment, descent lines and buoyancy-control considerations.
- procedures for flying after diving and high-altitude diving.
- orientation to the recompression chamber.
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