Cavern Course

Intro to Cave

Full Cave

 

The first step

The cavern diver course is offered to advanced open water divers who wish to improve their diving techniques, skills and knowledge. It is also the first step towards becoming a full cave diver. It introduces divers to the world of overhead environments and is a great course to learn techniques to improve buoyancy, environment awareness and learning skills like working with reels and laying lines.


Diving in an overhead environment forces you to learn  many new skills and techniques.

Course Outline

  1. BulletRequirements:

  2. BulletAdvanced Open Water certified

  3. BulletAt least 18 years of age

  4. BulletHave a minimum of 25 logged dives


  1. BulletDuration:

  2. BulletMinimum 3 days which includes at least 8 hours of lectures, at least 1 confined water session and no less than 4 cavern dives.


  1. BulletCost:  $460-00 USD


  1. BulletCourse Content:

  2. BulletTheory

  3. BulletLand drills

  4. BulletConfined water session

  5. BulletCavern dives

  6. BulletFinal exam (to pass you must obtain at least 80%)


  1. BulletCourse Limits:

  2. BulletAlways staying within the daylight zone with an unobstructed exit clearly visible

  3. BulletMaximum depth of 130 ft (39 m)

  4. BulletNo decompression diving

  5. BulletMaximum of 4 student per instructor


  1. BulletIncludes: Gear rental, tanks, air (not Nitrox), transport to the dive sites (not Hotel pick-up) and entrance fees to the cenotes.