TDI CAVERN 

The TDI CAVERN COURSE available in Phuket Thailand and conducted in Song Hong in Nakhon Provence, is designed to develop the minimum skills and knowledge for cavern and overhead environment diving within the limits of light penetration; in addition outlines specific hazards associated with cave diving.

The TDI Cavern Diver course offers the certified diver a first glimpse into the truly amazing and beautiful world of underwater caves. As the first of four three toward the Full Cave Diver certification, this course allows the diver to explore that part of the cave system within the daylight zone.

The TDI Cavern Diver Course in not intended to provide instruction for cave diving environments. The aim of this course is to train divers in the proper planning, procedures, techniques and hazards of cavern diving.

Blue Label Diving, due to logistics and distance to the lake, does not teach the cavern course on its own. The cavern course is conducted over 2 days and with the drive down to the location we need a minimum of 4 days / 3 nights. You could for example do the Cavern course and the TDI advanced nitrox course at the lake. This would be a total of 5 days. Or you do the cavern and intro together in 4 days. 

Although not a requirement of the agency, if you do not have experience on a twinset or as a sidemount diver, Blue Label requires you to do the intro to tec course or sidemount course beforehand. All of our cave courses are taught on a min of 2 scuba cylinders. 

Student Prerequisites TDI Cavern Course:

CAVERN COURSE 
Minimum age:Be a minimum age of eighteen (18) or fifteen (15) with parental consent
Min certification/diver level:Open Water Diver
Min amount of dives:25 logged Open Water Dives
Course Duration:2 days including 6 cavern dives – 80 min bottom time at 2 different sites
System:Open Circuit twin set, Sidemount and Rebreather (see CCR Cavern Course)
Prerogatives:After completing the Cavern course, the successful candidate can engage in cavern penetration about the 60m linear rule and staying within the limits of light penetration.
Certification available through:TDI
Combination of courses:Cavern + Intro to Cave + Full Cave
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS ALL COURSES
Primary and secondary regulators (for back gas or Sidemount set-up)Two stage/decompression regulators
Mask + Back-up maskBCD (wing) and harness or Sidemount Wing (with a min lift of 40 pounds)
Depth gauge/computer Timing device and backup timing device
Appropriate exposure suit 3mm or 5mm Knife/cutting device and backup
Two inflatable signal tubesReel and spool
Slate and backup slateCompass
Torch and Back-up torches (Trimix Diving, Wreck diving and cave diving courses)Hood - for Cave, Deep and Wreck Diving

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