PADI TEC Diving
Explore Deeper and Go Beyond the Recreational Diving Limits
Go beyond recreational scuba diving
The thrill of going deeper and longer with safety
Explore more dive sites with comfort and ease
PADI Tec diving course
- Discover the depths
- Learn comprehensive skills beyond those of ‘normal’ divers
- Start from Discover Tec to Tec 50
General requirements
- For Discover Tec: 18 years old, be Open Water Diver (or above) with min. 10 logged dives
- Be in good physical condition
- Check divers medical form HERE
Specific requirements
PADI Tec 40 Course
• Be an Advanced Open Water Diver
(or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be an Enriched Air Diver
(or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be Deep Diver certified (or have experience of at least 10 dives to 30 meters)
• Have a minimum of 30 logged dives, of which at least 10 dives must be on enriched air deeper than 18 meters
• Have a medical form signed by your doctor
• Be at least 18 years old
PADI Tec 45 Course
- • Be a Rescue Diver
(or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be a PADI Tec 40 diver
(or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Have a minimum of 50 logged dives, of which at least 12 dives must be on enriched air deeper than 18 meters and min. 6 dives must be deeper than 30 meters
• Have a medical form signed by your doctor
•Be at least 18 years old
PADI Tec 50 Course
• Be a Rescue Diver
(or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be a PADI Tec 45 diver
(or hold a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, of which at least 20 dives must be on enriched air deeper than 18 meters and min. 15 dives must be deeper than 30 meters
• Have a medical form signed by your doctor
• Be at least 18 years old
Prices & inclusions
- Discover Tec: IDR 2,600,000
- Tec 40 – Tec45 – Tec 50: IDR 7,000,000 for each course + IDR 1,200,000 for the PADI Deep Tec manual (covers all three courses)
- Inclusions: All class sessions, pool dives & ocean dives, double tanks & deco tanks, all gas needed for the course, PADI certification fee, daily lunch & drinks, fresh towel, hotel transfers (Sanur, Kuta, Seminyak, Nusa Dua areas)
- Excluded: Equipment rental
What is Tec diving?
Technical diving is way of diving that goes beyond recreational scuba diving limits. Tec diving is not for everyone, but it allows experienced divers to challenge and explore places that no one else has ever seen.
Technical diving includes diving beyond 40metres/130 feet, stage decompression and accelerated decompression and/or the use of variable gas mixtures during the dive and use of extensive equipment and technologies.
From Discover Tec to Tec 50, the courses follow a progressive, logical, step-by-step path that will bring you from recreational diver to a fully certified technical diver who will be craving for your next extreme adventure. Your skill training will start in our 4 metre deep purpose-built pool and then our house-reef in Sanur. You’ll go deep at the USAT Liberty Shipwreck in Tulamben where you will get the chance to explore an amazing World War II Shipwreck at depth.
Why should I take this course with Bali Scuba?
- Bali Scuba has been training Tec diving for 20 years – come and learn from the best
- Multiple Award-Winning PADI-Star Career Development Centre with an unbeatable safety record
- Knowledgeable local and international Instructors – they know the best secret places and the best standards for technical diving
- Be part of a company that is environmentally conscious and responsible
- Join an awesome team and have a great time
PADI Discover Tec
This is a one-day introductory program where you’ll have a chance to try out the gear and double tanks in our 4m-deep pool. You’ll see how it feels, practice buoyancy skills and learn about the planning and organisation that is so important for technical diving. At the end of your program your Instructor will counsel you about the best route for you if you feel you’re ready to take the next step into your technical diving journey.
With full tec gear you’ll do proper weight checks, practice neutral buoyancy skills, learn how to deal with a free-flowing regulator and manifold leak, and practice sharing air with the tec long hose. You’ll get your first hands-on practice with a deco tank, practice gas switch and gas shut-down, deploy a lift bag, and work out your SAC (surface air consumption used to calculate your air usage). We’ll provide all the technical diving equipment and you’ll be amazed how different it feels to basic lightweight scuba gear.
PADI Tec 40 Course
This course takes 3 days, providing you have fully completed the self study prior. It’s your first step into the exciting world of technical diving. You’ll learn to use software and dive computers to plan and make decompression dives to 40 metres with up to 10 minutes of decompression time. You’ll use double tanks plus a single cylinder of decompression gas with up to 50 percent oxygen (EANx50) to add conservatism to the required decompression.
You will have 4 dives during this Tec 40 training:
- Dive One: Training pool (4m)
- Dive Two: Ocean (max. 18m), decompression: No stop only. Air or EANx up to EANx50
- Dive Three: Ocean (max. 27m), decompression: No stop only. Air or EANx up to EANx50
- Dive Four: Ocean (max. 40m), decompression: up to 10 minute decompression, with gas switch for conservatism. Air or EANx up to EANx50
PADI Tec 45 Course
This course takes 3 days, providing you have fully completed the self study prior. It follows on from PADI Tec 40 (or you can join if you have the equivilant technical diving certification from another agency).
You’ll learn to make single and repetitive dives to 45 metres while using a single decompression gas of EANx or oxygen to accelerate decompression. You’ll learn how to prepare for and respond to foreseeable technical diving emergencies and master the basic skills and procedures you’ll need as you move into deeper technical diving.
You will have 4 dives during this Tec 45 training:
- Dive One: training pool (4m)
- Dive Two: ocean (max. 18m), decompression: No stop only. Air or EANx up to EANx50
- Dive Three: ocean (max. 30m), decompression: No stop only. Air, EANx up to 100% oxygen
- Dive Four: ocean (max. 45m), decompression: accelerated decompression dive with one decompression gas
PADI Tec 50 Course
This course takes 3 days, providing you have fully completed the self study prior. It follows on from PADI Tec 45 (or you can join if you have the equivilant technical diving certification from another agency).
The Tec 50 course completes your training as an entry-level tec diver, taking you past the limits of recreational diving. You’ll go all the way to 50 metres using Nitrox and/or oxygen for decompression. You’ll use decompression software to create custom tables and plan your dives, and will qualify to independently make technical decompression dives.
You will have 4 dives during this Tec 50 training:
- Dive One: training pool (4m)
- Dive Two: ocean (max. 24m), decompression: No stop only, 30 minutes simulated decompression. Air or EANx up to EANx50
- Dive Three: ocean (max. 50m), decompression: Accelerated decompression dive with two decompression gases. Air, EANx up to 100% oxygen
- Dive Four: ocean (max. 50m), decompression: Accelerated decompression dive with two decompression gases. Air, EANx up to 100% oxygen
Who will be my Instructor?
Knut Hoff (CD # 502282 ) has been living in Bali for 20 years and has been a PADI Course Director & Technical Instructor since 2007.
With years of experience behind him teaching IDCs at Bali Scuba, Knut is now focusing on technical diving instructor training. He is an Instructor-Trainer for PADI Tec Deep and teaches many technical diving and Sidemount Instructor courses at Bali Scuba each year.
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Become a TEC Instructor
Bali is blessed with ideal conditions for technical dive training. The dive sites are just perfect and our Instructors are some of the most experienced technical dive trainers in Indonesia. Take your PADI TecDeep Instructor course here in Bali and you’ll discover an incredible underwater marine environment at world-class dive sites.
