Cavern Diver

Limits:

• Daylight zone of cavern and within clear sight of the entrance.
• Penetration is limited to a gas volume of 1,150 L/40 ft3 or one-third the available starting volume, whichever is less.
• No passing through restrictions (areas too small for two divers to pass through side-by-side)
• Minimum starting gas volume of 1,150 L/40 ft3.
• Penetration distance of no more than 60 m/200 ft from the surface.
• Depth of no more than 30 m/100 ft.
• Minimum starting visibility of at least 12 m/40 ft.
• No planned decompression.

What will you learn?

Theory:

• The cavern environment. Accident analysis.
• Cavern formation and environmental hazards.
• Equipment.
• Dive planning.
• Cavern diving skills and procedures.
• Team work.
• Comunication.
• Bouyancy-breathing, trim, propulsion, awarnes.
• Preventing and dealing with problems and emergencies.

Land drills:

• Deploy and retrieve a primary reel, spool, tie-offs and placements.
• Assist a teammate who is deploying and retrieving a primary reel.
• Follow the line with no visibility.
• Follow the line with no visibility in touch-contact / bump-and-go.
• Practice deploying a safety reel or spool.
• Light Failure.
• Sharing Gas.

Water skills:

• Pre dive checks / Safety drills.
• Install and retrieve primary reel, spool, tie-offs and placements.
• Avoiding damage to the cavern environment.
• Effectively assist a teammate who is deploying and retrieving a primary reel.
• Simulate responding to a primary light failure by deploying a backup light and signaling buddies.
• Exit the cavern while simulating sharing gas with a teammate for a distance of at least 20 m/65 ft in good visibility with eyes open. Repeat as both donor and receiver.

Included throughout the course:

• Private instructor.
• Classroom sessions.
• Transport to the cenotes or boat from the shop.
• Sidemount and Doubles tanks.
• Weights.
• EAN 32 fills.
• Certification card.
• Water and snacks.

Not included:

• Cenote entrance fee.
• O2, Deco Gases and Trimix. (When applicable).
• Lunch.
• Manual or elearning.
• Basic diving gear
• Cave Equipment

Additional Services

• Equipment rental and/or sale
• Basic diving gear
• Rental US$ 5 each x day (Wetsuit, Mask, Boots, Fins)
• Cave Equipment
• • Sidemount Harness (Rental US$ 20 x day).
  • Sidemount Regulator Set (Rental US$ 25 x day).
  • Twinset Wing / Backplate (Rental US$ 20 x day).
  • Twinset Regulator Set (Rental US$ 25 x day).
  • Stage Regulator and Rig ( US$ 15 x day).
  • Cave Primary Light (US$ 20 x day).
  • Backup Light (US$ 5 usd x day).

Important Information:

Plan carfully your trip to minimize your enviromental impact, please avoid sunscreen / mosquito repellent or other skin products for all water activities. Whenever possible, choose rechargable batteries and aviod to carring things like disposable razors, plastic bags, plastic water bottels, etc. We are in a very fragil and pristine enviroment and is our responsability to keep it that way.

Cave diving is a highly demanding activity with a specific mindset and requeires very good trim, buoyancy, propulsion and awareness. We will do our best to improve your skills and knowledge, also we will set the best training plan according to the skills and experience of each diver to help them to succed in the course, but consider some times we need extra days to achive the goals with a classroom or water sessions and we apply extra rate if is necessary. We strongly recommend to the studens plan at least two extra days just in case.

Notes:

Please bring change of clothes & towels for cenote training days.

All courses are available in English or Spanish.