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Extended Range Diver

EXTENDED RANGE DIVER

TAKING AIR TO IT'S LIMIT

Certain areas of the world provide spectacular dives at depths deeper than 39 metres/130 feet but you may not have access (or very limited access) to helium. The TDI Extended Range course teaches you the proper techniques for utilizing compressed air as a breathing gas, and with a maximum depth of 55 metres/180 feet, so you don’t have to miss those dives! The TDI Extended Range Diver Course provides the training and experience necessary including proper techniques, equipment requirements, and hazards of deep air diving, to competently utilize air for dives up to 55 metres/180 feet that require staged decompression, using nitrox mixtures or oxygen during decompression.

The TDI Extended Range Diver course teaches you the proper techniques for utilizing compressed air as a breathing gas and with a maximum depth of 55m/180 feet. Certain areas of the world provide spectacular dives at depths deeper than 39m/130 feet but you will not have access (or very limited access) to helium.
The Extended Range course will cover topics and skills such as

Equipment requirements and configuration

– Decompression options
– Use of surface marker buoys
– Buddy rescue
– Narcosis checks and management

Who this course is for:

The certified TDI Advanced Nitrox/Decompression Procedures diver looking for the next step in technical dive training. Whether you’re looking to expand upon your skills, experience, or just go a little deeper to see an area of interest, this course is for you!
Materials for this course include the TDI Extended Range Diving Manual and the US Navy or Buhlmann Air Decompression Tables (made of vinyl for easy in-water use and storage)

Extended range diver will give you the opportunity to dive wrecks normally outside the range of sports diving. Check out our Advanced wreck course and see what you can achieve.

What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in diving activities without direct supervision so long as the following limits are adhered to

  • The diving activities approximate those of training
  • The areas of activities approximate those of training
  • Environmental conditions approximate those of training
  • Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are qualified to enroll in the TDI Advanced Wreck ,TDI Trimix, and TDI Advanced Trimix courses
EXTENDED RANGE DIVER
AT A GLANCE

Extended Range takes your air diving to it’s limit as a decompression course. This is a pre-requisite course on your way to Trimix.

  • Warkworth, North Island, New Zealand
  • TDI Extended Range
  • 3 Days
  • $1200

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