Description: Are you a serious adventure seeker wishing to explore overhead environments? Sign up for the Full Cave Diver Course! This course is the third stage of overhead environment training in the series of Full Cave Diver Development Program. Advanced cave dive planning, practical execution of different types of cave systems, and scenarios divers encounter are presented. This cave diving course is not intended to prepare divers for evaluating all facets of cave diving. The objective of this course is to expand and critique previous skills accomplished in the Cavern and Introductory Cave Diving programs. Emphasis is placed upon dive planning and skill perfection through actual cave penetration.
Prerequisites:
Minimum age 18
Provide proof of Intro to Cave Diver certification or equivalent
Schedule:
4 full training days
Departure from Playa city center
Included:
Experienced Full Cave Instructor
Knowledge Review sessions
Maximum of 3 students per instructor
Digital material & certification card
Not included:
Cenote Entrance Fees (they may vary from 17 to 27 USD)
Lunch
Complete overhead environment gear (60usd for the course)
Who this course is for:
The certified Introductory Cave Diver (or equivalent), who has an interest in moving forward with overhead environment diving and expanding their diving techniques, capabilities, range, and more.
What you can expect to learn:
Standard cave diving policies
Gas management procedures and management to include dissimilar volumes
Psychological considerations of cave 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
Decompression theory and its application to cave diving
Cave environment
Conservation
Problem solving
Emergency procedures
Equipment failure
Silting conditions
Accident analysis
Cave diving etiquette
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:
Properly deploy a guideline
Properly use directional and non-directional line markers
Properly follow a guideline with eyes open and closed (simulating loss of visibility)
Air share with a buddy with eyes open, following a guideline
Air share with a buddy with lights off and eyes closed, using touch contact while following the guideline
Remove and replace mask while in contact with the guideline
Demonstrate conservation, awareness, and back referencing techniques
Demonstrate light/hand signals and touch contact
Demonstrate anti-silting techniques
Simulate a primary light failure and use backup light to exit the cave
Demonstrate lost line and lost diver drills
Demonstrate use of reels to perform jumps and gaps required in circuits and traverses to maintain a continuous guideline to open water
Demonstrate buoyancy control, proper trim, and propulsion techniques
Demonstrate proper stress analysis (detection and management)
Demonstrate specialized propulsion techniques in varying types of flow
Equipment check and matching
Demonstrate adequate predive planning
What is in it for you?
The diving activities approximate those of training
Planned dives do not exceed diver’s current certification level
Penetration is limited to the “rule of thirds,” to a maximum depth of 40 meters/130 feet
Diver must maintain a continuous guideline
Proper cave diving equipment must be used
Safety and decompression stop as appropriate or necessary (if trained as TDI Decompression Diver or equivalent)
Full Cave Diver Minimum Certification Requirements:
Satisfactorily complete the Cave Diver course written examination with an 80% passing grade, followed by 100% remediation by the Instructor
Perform all land drills and cave dive requirements efficiently
Demonstrate mature, sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution
Maintain an appropriate level of awareness and respect for the environment
Log all training dives
Questions about the pricing:
All prices are per person
All prices are in US Dollars and are subject to change without notice
Our prices include 16% sales tax
We know that things can happen before or when on vacations. We are 100% honest and transparent with our refund and cancellation policy. Please read our Terms & Conditions before you book