NAUI TRIMIX DIVER I/TDI ENTRY LEVEL TRIMIX

COSTS:

$500 includes course and instructor fees
$30 for NAUI or TDI c-card
plus gas fills

PREREQUISITES:
1. Student numbers:  minimum 2, maximum 4
2. Minimum age:  21 years
3. Technical/Advanced Nitrox certification or equivalent
4. Decompression Techniques certification or equivalent level of training (i.e. GUE Tech I or Cave II)
5. Minimum logged dives:  200, 20 to or below 100’

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  18 hours of classroom study and 6 dives minimum
1. Educate student in equipment requirements, physics, physiology, hazards and problem solving/prevention for deeper diving
2. Detailed gas planning and management for the dive’s extended depths and staged decompressions
3. Basic training in the benefits, hazards and proper procedures of utilizing custom oxygen/helium/nitrogen mixtures as a breathing gas

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:
1. Bottom mix cylinders (minimum of 160 cu/ft) with dual outlet manifold and labeled in accordance with NAUI/TDI standards
2. Properly labeled travel cylinder(s) of appropriate volume for planned dive and student gas consumption rate with regulator system & SPG
3. Properly labeled decompression cylinder(s) with regulator system & SPG
4. Properly labeled drysuit inflation cylinder (required for trimix dives)
5. Back-mount BC of adequate lift for configuration with LP inflator
6. Primary regulator system with 7’ hose and redundant regulator system with SPG (DIN 1st stages recommended on all)
7. Redundant depth and timing devices
8. Ascent reel with lift bag/surface marker buoy (minimum 50 lbs of lift)
9. Knife/line cutter
10. Slate and pencil
11. Accessory equipment dictated by instructor and/or site conditions