Cave 1 – Intro to Cave – Apprentice Cave Diver

About the Course

The Apprentice Cave Diver course is designed to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed to gain experience and minimize risks while conducting limited-penetration, simple navigation cave dives that do not exceed 30m (100 ft) in depth. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are considered competent to plan and execute limited-penetration, simple cave dives without direct supervision, provided the diving environment, activities, areas dived, and equipment are approximate to those of training.

Certification is through NSS-CDS, NAUI, TDI, IANTD.

Prerequisites

Be at least 18 years old
Have 50 or more logged dives
Be certified to the Intro to Tech level or equivalent experience
Possess Nitrox Diver certification

Students will dive either backmounted doubles or sidemount and should have prior training and/or significant experience in the configuration of choice.

Time Frames

The Intro to Cave course generally takes five to six days and approximately eight dives.
With sufficient notice, we can usually accommodate requests for specific course dates.

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