ADVANCED WRECK

Course prerequisites:

• Minimum age 18
• Minimum certification of SDI Advanced Adventure Diver or equivalent
• Certified SDI Wreck Diver or TDI Cavern Diver or equivalent
• Proof of 50 logged dives

What you can expect to learn:

• Use of advanced wreck diving equipment including:
  • Primary cylinder(s)-dual outlet single tank, independent doubles, or doubles with isolation manifold
  • Decompression/stage cylinders
  • Redundant primary regulators
  • Primary and back-up lighting systems
  • Penetration/safety reels
  • Lift bag/SMBs
• Wreck penetration procedures
  • Equipment selection
  • Pre-dive checks and drills
  • Stress analysis and mitigation
  • Guideline use, deployment, following, retrieval
  • Team awareness and communication
  • Emergency procedures (equipment failures, catastrophic gas loss, omitted decompression, navigational errors, entrapment/entanglement, loss of visibility, injured/unconscious diver, etc)
  • SMB/lift bag deployment
• Proper trim, buoyancy and propulsion techniques

What’s in it for you?

• Ability to conduct technical wreck diving activities without direct supervision provided:
  • The diving activities approximate those of training
  • The areas of activities approximate those of training
  • Environmental conditions approximate those of training

TDI Advanced Wreck minimum requirements:

• Satisfactorily complete the TDI Advanced Wreck course written examination
• Complete all open water requirements safely and efficiently
• Demonstrate mature, sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution