Courses · PADI · Aqaba
PADI Tec 50
Are you ready for it? Gas-switch decompression dives to 50 m on air and enriched air.
Starting point
Age 18+
Duration
3 to 4 days
Included
Instructor, materials and certification fees are confirmed when you book.
Prerequisites
- PADI Tec 45 Diver (or qualifying certification) – see PADI Tec 45.
- PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent, with CPR and first aid within the last 2 years) – see PADI Rescue Diver.
- 100 logged dives: 20 on Enriched Air, 25 below 18 m and at least 15 below 30 m.
- Age 18 or older. A current fit-to-dive medical signed by a physician.
What you will gain
- Gas-switch extended no-decompression, decompression and accelerated decompression dives to 50 m (165 ft).
- The hazards and risks of technical diving.
- How to prepare for and handle foreseeable technical emergencies.
How the course works
If you meet all the prerequisites you can complete PADI Tec 40, PADI Tec 45 and PADI Tec 50 in one 10-day course known as Tec Deep Diver. Continue with PADI Tec Trimix 65 or the wreck specialty Taiyong Diver (technical wreck specialty).
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 Trimix 65
The starting point for mixed-gas diving: dive to 65 m on trimix.
Taiyong Diver (technical wreck specialty)
The first PADI TecRec specialty in the world, built around a deep Aqaba wreck.
PADI Tec 40
The entry point to the technical range: your transition from recreational to 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.