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LEARN TO DIVE
From beginner to Pro, Techs-Mex Divers can help.
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**Courses with Certifications ** All Students READ THIS The following courses require course fee to be paid upon enrolment. Most courses require the additional purchase of a Student Kit which includes the textbook, an electronic certification fee, dive tables and charts, a medical statement and release of liability. Unless specified in the individual course description, all boat charters are paid by student where boat dives will be performed and include 2 single alum 80ft air tank dives. All dives requiring tanks different than described above will have the tanks furnished with the course fee, however the gasses and fill charges will be supplied by the student, including the instructor's gasses (1 student pays for all gas-2 or more students split the instructor's gas cost). Whenever the instructor is diving with a rebreather the students will also share in the cost of all consumable supplies such as CO2 absorbent. Transportation to and from the classroom, confined water dives, and departure pier are to be furnished by the student. Any additional equipment not specifically included in course fees and required to complete a course and not owned by student may be rented with advance notice (see our rental page) As stated in the IANTD Standards "Training is purchased upon enrollment in an IANTD course. Certification is earned by the student demonstrating adequate skill, knowledge, and attitude suitable for the qualification." At Techs-Mex Divers we strive to provide you with the most competent and rewarding instruction available in today's market |
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Intro to Scuba / Resort Course Not Sure ???? Not a certification, but a taste of what could be to come. You will have some classroom instruction, then a confined water skills session, and a shallow open water dive from the beach with the direct supervision of an instructor. All equipment and air tank is included. It is recommended that you furnish your own mask, fins, snorkel, and wetsuit if needed. If you wish to continue and get a full Open Water Certification, $55 of this course price will be included into your Open Water course fee, and you will be credited for time spent in the water. (Must start OW course within 24 hours of the Intro Course). You can continue diving with the direct supervision of your instructor on shallow boat dives, without certifying, for the length of your stay. No credit toward future certification for these will be issued and cannot be extended to future trips. If you are adventurous and want to begin with boat dives, the trip including gear and one 2 tank boat dive is $130, two or more divers price is $120 each. |
$95 | $75 |
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Open Water Diver This is where you learn the basic principles of scuba diving. Classroom lectures and theory usually in the mornings, with confined water sessions in the afternoon, in a shallow bay. After successfully learning and doing your skills, you will do a 2 tank boat dive for final evaluation. You get a certification card upon successful completion of all the skills and written exam. Length of course 3 1/2 to 5 days. Personal Gear required: mask/fins/snorkel & maybe a wetsuit. Purchase of required student kit prior to enrolling includes manual, table and certification fee. All other scuba gear rental and one 2 tank boat dive is provided and included in the course price. You must be 18 years of age, (or12/15 with parental consent) in good health and physical condition, be able to swim, snorkel, free dive, and be comfortable in water. Asthma and some other conditions may preclude you from diving. Please check with us for that info. |
$395 | $375 |
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Nitrox Resort Diver A non certification experience allowing an open water diver to experience what diving on a nitrox mixture is about. There is no text to purchase and no exam to pass, however there is a 2-4 hour lecture concerning the history, use, and benefits of nitrox as well as some theory with psysiological aspects of breathing a higher percentage of oxygen while diving. The experience includes a 2 tank boat dive with 1 of the tanks being normal air and 1 being on EAN32 or 36. |
$150 | $125 |
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Open Water/ Nitrox Diver Combo Students wishing to progress a little faster with their learning and certifications can combine the Open water and Nitrox courses into one 5 day session. The same skills will be combined and learned and both final exams must be completed. See the individual courses for content. Required purchase of a combo student kit includes 2 manuals, tables, certification fee, plus one additional 2 tank boat dive using EAN32 and EAN36 on last day is required at $110. |
$500 | $ |
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Advanced Open Water Diver More training and continued experience makes better divers. Kick it up another notch! Improve your buoyancy, your air consumption, become a better navigator, and a better dive partner. Course includes lectures and theory, more about decompression and survival skills and of course a final exam. This course also extends your depth range to 100ft (33 msw) over the span of 120 minutes of bottom time with 4 dives during 3 days . Required purchase of student kit prior to enrolling includes manual, table, and certification fee, plus two boat charters of 2 tank dives. |
$295 | $275 |
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Nitrox Diver If you understood Nitrox you would be diving it too! One day course includes 4-6 hours lecture and theory introducing the use of higher percentage of oxygen mixes to EAN40 in our breathing gasses, physiological and psychological aspects and risks. Introduction to Oxygen toxicity, CNS%, and UPTD exposure tracking. Required purchase of student kit prior to enrolling includes manual, tables, and certification fee upon passing written exam and completion of course. On the following day a 2 tank boat dive using EAN32 and EAN36 ($110) |
$250 | $225 |
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Recreational Trimix Diver This course is designed for the diver who is taking as a combo or has previously taken the advanced diver and nitrox diver courses. It is designed to introduce the use of light trimixtures into the breathing gas to depths of 100ft making the equivalent air depth from 40-80ft reducing the effects of nitrogen narcosis. As a single course it can be completed in 2 days with lectures and written exam and one 2 tank boat dive using 30/25 trimix. Requires purchase of student kit which includes manual, tables, certification fee, plus one 2 tank boat dive and related gasses. |
$275 | $250 |
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Advanced Open Water/ Nitrox/ Recreational Trimix Diver Combo Combine the three courses above and save a few bucks, advance your diving career in great strides! In a 5 day duration you will advance from diving Air to Ean32/Ean36 to Recreational Trimix on dives that are boat/deep/drift/navigation/intro to decompression/possibly a wreck. Requires purchase of 3 student kits that include 3 manuals, tables and charts, certification fees, plus four 2 tank boat charters and related gasses. |
$750 | $ |
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Diver First Aid A comprehensive course teaching divers how to manage diving accidents and/or other injuries that may occur on a dive excursion. Requires purchase of textbook and certification fee prior to enrollment and a final exam. There are no dives associated with the course of 1 day duration |
$195 | $175 |
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Oxygen Provider/Dan A program designed to teach a diver how to utilise the DAN Oxygen Provider equipment and/or the DAN REMO in diving accident management. Requires purchase of the Dan Oxygen provider textbook and video and pass the final exam. |
$195 | $175 |
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Rescue Diver The best course you can take as a recreational diver, learn skills essential to safe diving, learn not only to help save another diver from life threatening conditions but yourself as well! Extensive skill performance over the course of 3 days in water depths from 33-60ft (10-18msw) ranging from missing diver to buddy and personal rescue skills. Course requires lectures and theory, purchase of textbook and certification fee, and final exam for certification. |
$395 | $375 |
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Prescision Bouyancy Control A SPECIALTY PROGRAM to assist you to achieve the ultimate control of buoyancy. Are you a diver with poor buoyancy skills, kicking, flailing in an uncoordinated effort with your hands and fins, going up/down by more than a few feet, out of control? Have you ever watched a diver with perfect buoyancy hover effortlessly over a site of interest and inch ever so close using only the breath and minimal fin effort? Wish you could do the same? You can! With video as an example of the technique, you practice the skills in the ocean with your instructor as demonstrated and explained. Then with a carefully constructive critique of your habits, trim, equipment use and configuration, you will learn to have precision buoyancy control. Your trim, body posture in the water and air consumption will improve. No textbook or special equipment to purchase or final exam to pass, only an open mind and the experience gained over the course of 10 dives in 5 days and you are well on your way to precision buoyancy. Requires five 2 tank boat charters, price not included. |
$250 | $ |
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Divemaster Your first step into the world of professional divers. Develop your leadership skills, and enhance your diving skills too. Prerequisites are that the candidate must be an advanced nitrox and resuce diver with diver first aid and oxygen provider certifications. Two other specialties are recommended. This course is an extensive comprehensive outline allowing a candidate to fully learn the aspects and responsibilities of being a professional in the field of diving. Generally the candidate will progressively perform under the supervision of an instrutor and be an assistant in teaching-demonstrating skills to lesser certifying students. The purchase of required textbooks and IANTD Standards prior to enrolling, boat dives, satisfactorily completing all assingments, and passing a final written exam and purchase of certification fee upon completion of the course is supplemental to course fees. Collectively the course can be completed in 1 week, the candidates generally set aside 1 month to fulfill their requirements. |
$800 | $ |
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Overhead Environment Diver For divers who want the basics of wreck and cavern diving within the limits of light penetration. ( Not Cave Diving). Teaches risk and management skills necessary to perform dives in an environment where it is physically impossible for a direct ascent to the surface possibly in blacked out conditions. The course can be taught using nitrox as a diving and/or decompression gas if the student is previously certified as a Nitrox or Advanced Nitrox Diver. This course is a great prerequisite to the Cave and/or wreck diver courses. Generally a 2 day course requiring 90 minutes of bottom time on 4 dives in either cavern or wreck conditions. Requires purchase of textbook prior to enrollment, final exam, and purchase of certification fee upon course completion. |
$400 | $ |
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Deep Air Diver The Deep Air Course is the initial building block to one's knowledge of tools, skills, and techniques combined with ample in-water time to prepare one to enter technical diving. Certification to depths of 130 ft (40 Msw), this course begins and ends with lectures/ slide presentation and final exam, and introduces the use of redundancy in equipment configuration using dual outlet tank valves, stage bottles, lift bags and reels. Lectures cover the physiological and psychological aspects of deeper diving involving decompression and overhead environments, detailed dive planning, and the use of dive computers. The course requires a confined water session learning skills and a minimum of 100 min ow bottom time with 4 dives between 100-130 ft repeating the same skills over the course of 3 days. A minimum assessment of water skills and final exam is required to pass. Purchase of required textbook and certification fee prior to enrollment. Course fee does include tank rental, student must furnish required backplate, harness, wing, 3 regulators (configured for the course), lift bag and reel/spool. We will email you an attachment detailing these requirements by request. Rental of this equipment can be arranged for with prior notice. Two boat charters of 2 tank dives are required by student. |
$400 | $350 |
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Advanced Nitrox Diver As a recreational diver the Advanced Nitrox course is the most comprehensive course prior to entering the technical level. Students develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the application and use of EANx in mixtures up to EAN50 for safety stops and required decompression stops. Theory and lectures cover equipment configuration, dive planning with the use of various EANx mixtures, physiological and psychological aspects, decompression, stress and injury management, tracking of CNS% exposure and the UPTD concept of pulmonary oxygen exposure. The course includes 1 confined water session learning new skills and a minimum of 120 min over 4 dives from 100-140ft repeating the same skills using EANx mixtures as decompression gasses during the course of 3 days. A minimum assessment of water skills and final exam is required to pass the course. Students must be certified at the basic nitrox and deep air level prior to enrolling or take them as a combo course. Tanks configured for the course are included, student must furnish gasses and necessary equipment to complete the course including backplate, harness, wing, 3 regulators, lift bag, reel/spool, and dive computer capable of 2 or more mixed gasses. Rental of the equipment can be arranged for with prior notification. Purchase of required textbook and certification fee prior to enrollment. Two boat charters are required by student. |
$400 | $350 |
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Advanced Receational Trimix Diver This course is designed to extend the diver's knowledge and use of EANx and light Trimixes in sport diving. It is a continuation of the deep air and advanced nitrox diver education progression to a maximum depth of 160ft using trimix to make the equivalent air depth of 80ft, reducing the effects of nitrogen narcosis, even on deeper dives. You will utilize single large capacity bottom gas cylinders with dual outlet valves and stage decompression cylinders with Ean50. Lectures, theory, and final exam, then four dives ranging from 100-160ft extend your knowledge and skills even further. Requires purchase of student kit which includes manual, tables and charts, certification fee, plus two 2 tank boat charters and related gasses. Tanks configured for the course are included, student must purchase required gasses and furnish equipment suitable for the course including backplate, harness, wing, 3 regulators, lift bag, reel/spool, dive computer capable of 2 or more mixed gasses. Rental of this equipment from us can be arranged for with prior notice. |
$400 | $350 |
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Deep Air/ Advanced Nitrox Diver Combo Serious divers combine these courses. Spend just 5 days, and save over the cost and time of the individual courses. These two courses combined will make a dramatic improvement in your diving skills and get you closer to your goals faster. Includes theory and more water skills in one confined water session, then at least 160 minutes of bottom time on 6 dives from 100-140ft. See individual courses for content and requirements. Requires purchase of the two student kits and just three boat charters with 2 tank dives and related gasses. |
$700 | $ |
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Deep Air/ Advanced Nitrox/ Advanced Recreational Trimix Diver Combo Save even more time by combining these three courses. Extend your knowledge and skill level with lectures and theory, 3 final exams, then a confined water session, followed by 8 dives over the course of 6 days with a minimum of 200 minutes bottom time and dives from 100-160ft. See individual courses for requirements. Also requires purchase of 3 student kits which include manuals, tables and charts, certification fees, plus related gasses and four 2 tank boat charters. |
$1050 | $ |
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Decompression Specialist A program designed to give the diver a better and deeper understanding of the models used for generating dive tables and dive computer profiles. This program trains students to better use dive tables, dive computers, and decompression software programs. Requires the purchase of the Decompression Specialist Diver student kit. Course includes lectures and slide presentation and a final exam. There are no dives associated with the course. |
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**Technical Level Courses ** All Students READ THIS Once you make the descision to further your diving credentials and enter the technical field, there are a number of points you should consider. The prerequisite courses you took allowing you to continue into technical diving are designed in a progressive format causing you to learn a new set of skills and knowledge. IANTD standards set a minimum performance level in order to successfully pass a course. Upon course completion you are to continue practicing those newly learned skills untill they are imprinted into reflexive and muscle memory. This is intended not only for your diving skills, but also for your dive planning, equipment configuration, gas management, and calculation skills as well. Would you be satisfied to barley survive each dive with minimum performance skill level? I would hope not! Each step forward should bring a better ability to handle increasingly more stressfull situations with little or no change in buoyancy, trim, swim rate, breathing rate, and mental presence of your surroundings. Prior to enrollment into a course I expect you to purchase then read and complete all the written questions in the related course. Upon enrollment of the technical diver course and forward in subsequent courses, I will evaluate your skill level in all the categories during your first confined water session. With the exception of a few minor adjustments I do not expect to have to reteach you buoyancy control or any of the skills you should be proficient at, including all of the above. I will continue to evaluate your skill performance throughout all the dives and do a non-sugar coated debriefing after each dive. I will never berate or embarrass you. Remember this, "poorly learned skills are the first to be tossed aside in situations when they are needed the most". Poorly learned skills are a bad reflection on the instructor who taught them. With this in mind I am continually intrested in your ability and performance. I would expect that any one of my students enrolling in another instructor's course to be fully prepared and ready to procede, not to spend time relearning necessary skills. Each of the courses I teach require a confined water session plus a minimum number of bottom time minutes over a minimum number of dives completed over a set number of days, in addition to covering all the lectures and slide presentations. The final written exam at the end of each course takes considerable time. Come to my classes prepared to earn your certification. If it becomes apparent to me early in a course I am teaching you that your skills, both diving and other, are lacking, I reserve the right to increase the amount of time and/or dives to bring your skills to an acceptable level at additional cost to you. I will not pass a student who can not or will not perform at or above the IANTD minimum standards just because he/she has paid the course fees. |
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Technical Diver A course designed to train divers to conduct dives to depths between 100fsw(30msw) and, at the instructors option, up to 170fsw(51msw) using custom blend breathing gas mixtures. Double cylinders and single stage decompression cylinders are incorporated into the training regimine of the course. This program will provide a greater understanding of custom blend gas mixtures through a complete presentation of the limits and risks involved with any EANx mix while diving and decompressing. Course includes lectures and slide presentation, a confined water session increasing previously learned skills, and 220 minutes of bottom time on 4 dives over the course of 4 days. Requires purchase of IANTD technical diver student kit which includes textbook and electronic registration. Also requires purchase of a Technical Divers Encyclopedia. Tanks configured for the dives are furnished with course fee, student puchases all gasses and boat charters (2-3). Requires equipment necessary and configured for the course including backplate, harness, wing, dual primary regulators (1 w/7ft 2nd stage hose), 1 decompression reg O2 compatible, all regs should be DIN fitted, Lift bag and reel. |
$1000 | $ |
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Normoxic Trimix Diver A continuation of the technical diver program. To enroll into this course you must be certified as a technical diver or take the Tech Diver/ Normoxic Trimix Diver combo course. This course introduces the use of higher mixes of Helium making the equivalent air depth equal to 120ft to reduce the narcotic effects of Nitrogen, while maintaining the Oxygen content in the breathing gas at Normal Oxygen Percentage at surface pressures. Depth limits are increased to 200fsw (60msw) with 100 min bottom time on 2 dives over 2 days. Dives will be Trimix dives with 1 decompression gas of EAN80 or O2. Student must have possession of technical diver student manual and technical diver encyclopedia from previous course. Purchase of certification fee and all gasses is required and 1 boat charter. Tanks are furnished with course fee. All other equipment supplied by student. |
$600 | $ |
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Technical Diver/Normoxic Trimix Diver Combo Combine both courses, save a day and some bucks. Course can be completed with 220 minutes bottom time on 4 dives over the course of 5 days. Two air dives to 130fsw with Ean80 or O2 as deco gas and two trimix dives to 200fsw with deco gas. See individual courses for descriptions. |
$1400 | $ |
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Technical Dive Supervisor Already a Divemaster? Already a Technical or Normoxic Trimix Diver? Then become a Technical Dive Supervisor! Stay tuned |
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Trimix Diver OC If you are content to remain in the Recreational level or Tech Lite level, read no further. If you are already involved in deeper diving activities and wish to do it safer with the qualification issued, this course affords clear headed, safe, quality dive activities. The student must be at the Technical diver/ Normoxic Trimix diver level with at least 200 dives, 25 of which must be between 140-200ft, to enroll into this course. The certification will allow divers to dive to depths of 333ft using Hypoxic mixes of Trimix on double cylinder configurations and two decompression stage cylinders of Ean36 and Ean80 or O2. Includes lectures and theory, final exam, one confined water session in full gear, then a minimum of 240 minutes bottom time over the course of 4 dives progressing incrementally from 130-333ft. The skills learned are a continuation and progression of skills learned from the Technical diver/ Normoxic Trimix diver courses. If necessary 2 or more additional dives at added expense may need to be added to be more comfortable at this level of diving (333ft is no piece of cake!!). Requires purchase of student kit which includes manual, technical diver encyclopedia,charts and tables, certification fee, plus 3-5 boat charters (dives to 300ft are 1 dive/ day), plus all required gasses. Student must also furnish all equipment suitable for the course including backplate, harness, wings, 4 regulators, lift bag and reel/spool, dive light, computer capable of 3 or more mixed gasses. Rental of this equipment can be arranged for with prior notice. |
$1200 | $ |
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Trimix Dive Supervisor Already a Divemaster? Already a Trimix Diver? Then become a Trimix Dive Supervisor! Stay Tuned |
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Rebreather Resort Course Already an open water diver? Intrested in Rebreathers but not ready to purchase one yet? Want to experience what it's like to dive an Inspiration Closed Circuit Rebeather? Take the resort course to help with your descision. There is no text or equipment to purchase and no exam to pass and no certification is issued. Course includes lectures and slide presentation on 2 mornings, unit setup and familiarity session on dryland, a confined water session learning some basic skills on first day afternoon, then when ready an open water beach dive to a max 50ft depth on second afternoon and participate in breakdown and cleanup when finished. You need to furnish your own personal mask, fins, snorkel, wetsuit, we furnish the rest for the 2 day duration. An alternate boat dive can be scheduled for the 2nd day for an additional $90, 2 dives max depth 50 ft |
$400 | $ |
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Rebreather Open Water Diver Not certified as a Diver yet? Want to go straight to rebreather diving? Oliver is Instructor for Inspiration, Evolution,and Titan Rebreathers. Call us for pricing |
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Rebreather Diver Already certified in open circuit to the level of advanced nitrox diver? Ready to take the jump over to semi-closed or fully closed circuit rebreather diver? Stay tuned! |
$1200 | $ |
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Normoxic-Trimix Rebreather Diver Ready to take your rebreather experience to the next level? Stay tuned! |
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Trimix Rebreather Diver Coming in 2008! |
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Rebreather Diver Supervisor Already a Dive Master? Already a Rebreather Diver? Then become a Rebreather Dive Supervisor to your current highest certified level! Stay tuned. |
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