Want to get Tec 45 certified?

Pura Vida Divers announces our next Tec 45 Class is starting this Thursday night at 6:30pm.  This course is the second step in Padi’s Technical diving certification flowchart.

You must be Tec 40 certified (or equivalent) to participate in the class.  For more information on this course please visit our website Tec 45 page.  Call or email us today for information on how to sign up for this class! Or for information on how to get started in technical diving, contact us now!

Rebreather Forum 3…who wants to go??

Day passes are now available for Rebreather Forum 3 (RF3) at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida, USA from 18-20 May 2012.  RF3 promises to be a landmark event that will help shape the use of rebreather technologies in several dive communities. This event contains three full days of presentations, workshops, demonstrations and even some fun sprinkled in.

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We regret to announce that do to unforeseen circumstances, we must postpone the scheduled tec night until a future date.  Stay tuned for the new date announcement soon!  In the meantime, visit our website or contact us to get started on your tec diving training!

Have you ever asked yourself, “what exactly is tec diving”?  Already know but don’t know how to get started? If you think you might be interested in learning about technical diving or if you’d like to know more about it, join us on March 30th  TBA at 6:00pm at our shop on Singer Island.  Pura Vida Divers will be hosting a presentation by our PADI Tec Rec instructor John Ozog. This presentation will address many of the questions you may have and possibly some questions you haven’t even thought of.  The presentation contains an explanation of modern tec gear and how tec training and gear can benefit you as a diver.  Plus, we’ll let you know how you can get started.

The evening of the presentation, Pura Vida Divers will raffle away prizes and offer amazing deals on technical courses and gear.  If you can’t attend in person, please view the evening via webinar from the comfort of your own home.  For the webinar registration please go to our webinar registration page.  If you’d like to attend the presentation in person please rsvp by March 26th TBA.

Pura Vida Divers proudly announces our new DSAT Tec Rec Center rating awarded by PADI.  After finishing our first DSAT Tec 40 class, we became PADI’s 1st Tec Rec Center in Palm Beach County FL.  Offering a full suit of DSAT technical courses and offering a full range of mixed gas fills, Pura Vida Divers can accommodate all of our technical diving friends with any gear needs, gas blends or continuing education.  Let us be your Technical Diving Center of choice.  Interested in doing a technical dive in Palm Beach?  Our dive vessel Sirena is available daily for technical diving charters.  Visit the Ande, the Hole in the Wall, a sunken plane or any other sight you’ve been itching to get out to.  Need some additional technical diving gear?  Stop by and let us custom design your new rig with new Hollis, Dive Rite and Highland Mills products.  Contact us now to schedule your first technical class, sign up for a technical charter, or get your trimix tanks filled.  Pura Vida Divers Tec Rec Center is ready to serve you!

Congratulations to our newest Tec 40 students on attaining their first Technical Diving certification.  After completing their final dive to a sunken plane off Palm Beach, these students were awarded the PADI Tec 40 Certification rating.  Since they had such an amazing class, they’ve all already signed up for the Tec 45 class starting this month!

If you’re interested in Technical Diving certifications, please contact us for information and class schedules.  We also have a Tec Night scheduled for March 30th at 6pm.  Come by the store for a presentation on the entire PADI Tec Program by our Instructor John Ozog.  We’ll be offering special deals that night for all who want to sign up.  Live too far away?  No problem!  We’ll be hosting a webinar so our out-of-towner’s can still participate.  Stay tuned for our monthly newsletter for information on how to sign up for the Tec Night & Webinar presentation on March 30th!  Information on Technical Diving Classes.

The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) today has launched the first of two exciting new sidemount programs for Technical Scuba Divers. The PADI Tec Sidemount Diver course is available now, while the PADI Recreational Diver Sidemount Specialty course will be available soon.

Originating in the cave diving community, sidemount diving configurations attract the attention of both open-circuit tec divers and recreational divers. Sidemount diving offers options for carrying equipment, helps reduce lower back strain and provides a backup gas supply.  Equipment manufacturers continue to meet the increased demand for sidemount by manufacturing dedicated buoyancy control devices, harnesses and regulator configurations.

The PADI Tec Sidemount Diver course covers the use of sidemount configuration for technical diving. It has been developed for recreational divers who want to use sidemount as they enter open-circuit tec diving, as well as experienced tec divers who want to transition to sidemount.

To qualify for the PADI Tec Sidemount Diver course divers need to be certified as at least PADI Advanced Open Water Divers (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization), have 30 or more logged dives and be at least 18 years old.  Being certified as a PADI Enriched Air Diver certification is also recommended.

For details, contact Pura Vida Divers today! For more information about PADI’s growing Technical Diving programs, including the upcoming international Tec Xplor events, visit the PADI TecRec blog at padi.com/tecrecblog.

PADI, DAN and the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) are hosting the Rebreather Forum 3 (RF3). RF3 will be hosted at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida, USA on 18-20 May and spots are limited so register today.

The three-day RF3 program will address major issues surrounding rebreather technology and its application in sport, military, research and scientific diving. Objective:  to provide a common base of knowledge on rebreather technology, identify the key safety, training, technology and risk management issues, then develop community guidelines to improve diver safety.

Stay up to date by following Rebreather Forum 3 on Twitter (#RebreatherF3) or on    Facebook (Rebreather Forum-Three).

Here is a reminder about an update to the PADI TecRec Trimix course first detailed in the First Quarter 2010 Training Bulletin.

Although the diver manual and exam remained unchanged, an additional certification level—Tec 65—was added. PADI Tec Trimix Instructors may continue using the Tec Trimix Instructor Guides for both Tec 65 and Tec Trimix with an addendum (product no. 10166) that details the course changes and provides an additional Knowledge Development segment. Additionally, the update also altered the depth limits for individual training dive depths, specifically dives 5 – 8. The depths for each level are as follows:

Tec 65

Tec Trimix