This is a course where you rise to the challenge and commit to becoming a technical diver. The PADI Tec 45 course extends your depth limit to 45 metres/150 feet. You will learn to plan and execute single and repetitive decompression dives using a single decompression cylinder with up to 100 percent oxygen. You will use double cylinders, which can be either back mount or sidemount diving configuration. Tec 45 is a prerequisite to Tec 50. There is also an option for divers to earn a Tec 45 Trimix Diver certification.

To enroll in the Tec 45 course, you must meet these qualifications:

• PADI Tec 40 Diver
• PADI Rescue Diver (Proof of CPR/First Aid training within the previous two years required)
• Minimum of 50 logged dives, with at least 10 dives deeper than 30 metres/100 feet
• 18 years old

You also need to have a Download the Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

Note that some qualifying certifications from other diver training organizations may apply - ask your Tec 45 Instructor.

Contact your PADI Dive Center or Resort, and if you don't already have one, pick up a Tec 45 Diver Crew-Pak that includes PADI Tec 45 Diver eLearning which you'll study independently before meeting with your PADI Tec 45 Instructor.

You may be able to get college credit for the PADI Tec 45 course.