CAVERN DIVER
START YOUR JOURNEY INTO CAVE DIVING
As the first in a series of overhead courses, the TDI Cavern Course takes a serious look at the skills needed to conduct safe and enjoyable dives. Although this course is conducted in the light zone you will still be in an overhead environment.
DIVE COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
Who this course is for:
- The certified diver who has interest in moving forward with overhead environment diving and expanding their diving techniques, capabilities, and more!
Your TDI Instructor we cover topics and skills such as
• Equipment configuration and preparation
• Body posture and trim
• Propulsion techniques
• Cavern conservation
• Proper guideline procedures
If you are interested in this course you may also be interested with decompression diving
DIVE COURSE DETAILS & INCLUSIONS
What you can expect to learn:
The TDI Cavern Diver course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:
- Policy for cavern diving
- Gas management procedures and management to include dissimilar volumes
- Psychological considerations of cavern diving
- Equipment considerations including:
- Cylinder options
- Regulator options
- Buoyancy compensator/harness options
- Proper weighting
- Reel options
- Equipment configurations
- Communication (light and hand signals)
- Swimming techniques
- Body posture/trim
- Buoyancy control
- Line following
- Propulsion (finning) techniques
- Physiology
- Breathing techniques
- Stress management
- Cavern environment
- Cavern conservation
- Problem solving
- Emergency procedures
- Equipment failure
- Silting conditions
- Accident analysis
- Cavern diving etiquette
- Review of dive tables and decompression theory
DIVE COURSE ITINERARY
To find out about our schedules contact us. Alternatively, call us on 09 422 3599.
WHAT TO BRING
Check with New Zealand Diving about the gear you’ll use during this course. You can find most everything at our diving shop or our online shop.
CAVERN DIVER
