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Interested in technical diving, but don't yet meet the prerequisites for Tec 40, or perhaps you want to try tec today without committing to a full course?

The PADI Tec Basics course bridges the leap from recreational to technical diving, providing divers with an opportunity to gain exposure to technical diving, use technical diving equipment, and to learn and practice entry level tec diving skills. It introduces recreational divers to tec diving without having to make the larger commitment (in terms of equipment, time and cost) necessary for the core PADI Tec courses.

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Tec 40 is the first program in the PADI tecrec program, and your first step into technical diving. It's the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Diver course, and bridges the gap between recreational, no stop diving and technical deep decompression diving. You'll begin to gain the skills, knowledge and experience you need to make decompression dives, and to continue your tech diver training.
At the end of the course you will be qualified to make limited decompression dives to 40m.

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PADI Open Water Diver is the beginning of your diving adventure. It's also the most popular learn to dive certification, and one of the most recognised in the world.

The Open Water course with Pure Dive in Brisbane introduces you to the aquatic world in safe, gradual manner, allowing you plenty of time to learn, and then practice the skills that you'll go on to use again in the course, and many skills which will become second nature as you use them throughout your future scuba diving life.

Our Open Water Referral allows you to complete knowledge deveopment and confined water with us, before going on to complete your Open Water Certification dives elsewhere. This is ideal if you're travelling and don't want to spend time in a classroom or pool on your trip. You can complete these with us before you go, and get straight in the ocean on your trip. 

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Knowing how and when to use emergency oxygen is a great skill to have and means you’re ready to help others should the need arise. Becoming a PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider lets you breathe easy knowing that you can recognize scuba diving illnesses treatable with emergency oxygen, and are prepared to offer aid. Learn More

The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is the most popular diver specialty course and the number of technical divers is on the rise, which means that lots of scuba divers want enriched air and gas blends. The Tec Gas Blender course teaches you to blend enriched air nitrox using one or more blending methods. Being the blender is a key job at a busy PADI Dive Center or Resort and your work allows other divers to do what they love to do: scuba dive. Learn More

It happens: People accidentally drop things from docks, off boats or even while scuba diving. If you’ve ever lost something in the water and wanted to go find it, then the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for you. There are effective ways to search for objects underwater that increase your chances of success. And there are good and better methods to bring up small, large or just awkward items. Search and recovery can be challenging, but a whole lot of fun. PADI (Junior) Advanced Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old can enroll in the Search and Recover Diver course. PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers with a PADI Underwater Navigator certification also qualify. Learn More

The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring. Although you’ve been scuba diving at a site many times before, at night you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light. The scene changes as day creatures retire and nocturnal organisms emerge. If you’ve wondered what happens underwater after the sun goes down, sign up for the PADI Night Diver Specialty course. PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers or higher, who are at least 12 years old, can enroll in the Night Diver specialty course. Learn More

Knowing how to effectively use a Surface Marker Buoy is a great skill to have when scuba diving. This course covers the knowledge and techniques required for the safe use of surface marker buoys (SMBs) and delayed surface marker buoys (DSMBs). Surface marker buoys serve a range of purposes that include marking boundaries for mapping or search and recovery, alerting boat traffic to the presence of divers, or providing a line as a visual reference for ascending divers. DSMBs are deployed just before ascent underwater as both an ascent reference and to mark the group/buddy team location. Learn More

Although most scuba dives are made with a buddy, an experienced diver may want or need to make dives without a partner. During the Self-Reliant Diver course, you learn about potential risks of diving alone and the value of equipment redundancy and necessary back-up gear. During three scuba dives, you develop skills for self-reliance and independence, while becoming a stronger partner in a dive pair or team. Learn More