Courses · PADI · Aqaba
PADI Tec 45
The next step on the ladder of technical dive training.
Starting point
Age 18+
Duration
2 to 3 days
Included
Instructor, materials and certification fees are confirmed when you book.
Prerequisites
- PADI Tec 40 Diver (or qualifying certification) – see PADI Tec 40.
- PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification, with CPR and first aid within the last 2 years) – see PADI Rescue Diver.
- 50 logged dives: 12 on Enriched Air below 18 m and at least 6 below 30 m.
- Age 18 or older. A current fit-to-dive medical signed by a physician.
What you will gain
- Gas-switch accelerated decompression dives using any mix of nitrox or oxygen.
- Motor skills for technical diving, risks and hazards.
- How to respond to foreseeable emergencies in technical diving.
How the course works
You use a full tec rig with wings, double tanks and a side-slung deco tank, or a sidemount configuration (PADI Tec Sidemount Diver). Next: PADI Tec 50.
Where you dive in Aqaba
Technical courses run from our boat, with twinsets and blended gases. For trimix courses helium is charged per litre, see the prices page.
What next? Your next steps
PADI Tec 50
Are you ready for it? Gas-switch decompression dives to 50 m on air and enriched air.
PADI Tec Sidemount Diver
Sidemount is a popular way to configure multiple cylinders for technical diving.
Why dive with Dive Aqaba
Aqaba’s original dive centre
Founded in 2002, Dive Aqaba is the mother of the diving industry in Aqaba. Many of our former students went on to build their own dive companies.
We dive every day of the year
Daily boat trips and shore diving all year round, holidays included.
Clean air, deep expertise
Top-quality air is the basis of our technical and deep diving, and our team has logged trimix dives beyond 100 m since 2007.
Our own boat and beach club
Laila 1 for daily trips, and a private beach club with dive sites that only Dive Aqaba can dive.
Ask about dates for this course
Call or message us on WhatsApp: +962 79 669 9008. Tell us what you want to dive and when.
Scope, prerequisites and length are confirmed at enrolment, because PADI standards can change.