SDI Altitude Diver
The purpose of the SDI Altitude Diver Course is to acquaint a diver with the necessary procedures and knowledge to dive safely at altitudes at least 300 metres/1000 feet above sea level.
Who this course is for:
- The certified diver looking to experience scuba diving in high mountain lakes safely by applying what they learn during this course
Course Duration:
Courses should not be treated as a race or something that can be skipped through quickly. Please remember training does not guarantee certification, we need to ensure you fully understand the training and will be a safe diver on certification. We follow a loved one clause that when certified we would be happy you could safely dive with one of our loved ones.
- The e-learning and academic portion of this course should be completed before starting in water training and exercises. The duration of this piece is dependant on your availability. During this time our instructors are on hand to assist with questions or any element you may struggle with.
- For many courses the swimming pool or confined water sessions give us time to practice and carry out skills in a controlled environment. We do not fix specific number of pool sessions as it is dependant on your comfort level with skills before moving to open water.
- The open water element is again determined more by time in water rather than number of dives. We prefer longer dives building experience rather than quick short 20 minute 'dips'.
Course prerequisites & forms:
- SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, SDI Junior Open Water Diver, or equivalent or current enrollment in one of those courses
- Minimum age 18, 10 with parental consent
Forms:
What you can expect to learn:
The SDI Altitude Diver Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:
- Why we do this type of diving?
- Dive tables as they relate to altitude diving
- DCIEM tables
- Bühlmann tables
- Cross corrections to United States Navy (USN) tables
- Computers
- Computer’s capability and usage
- Calculations based on cross corrections to USN tables
- Usage
- Examples of problems
- Last dive and travel at higher altitudes
- Correction of depth gauges and computers
- Gauges designed for 1 atmosphere (ATM)
- Capillary depth gauge will reflect the actual depth
- If there is any doubt use measured down line
- Hypoxia during altitude diving
- Levels of altitude:
- 300 metres/1000 feet SDI Instructor Manual
- 1200 metres/4000 feet, etc
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:
- Plan a dive at altitude using appropriate tables
- Compute their no-decompression information
- Test and check all equipment, i.e. depth gauges and bottom timers/watches and computers
- Enter water and descend
- Monitor depth and no-decompression time on slates
- Ascend
- Log dives
What’s in it for you?
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in diving activities without direct supervision of the SDI Instructor* so long as the following limits are adhered to:
- The diving activities approximate those of training
- The areas of activities approximate those of training
- Environmental conditions approximate those of training
*Note: Junior divers (ages 10-14) must participate in Altitude diving activities with a parent, guardian, or dive professional.
Also, the SDI Altitude Diver certification counts towards a single specialty rating to achieve the Advanced Diver Program.
How to take this course?
- Availability to start every week.
- Get in touch with us by phone, whatsapp, facebook or e-mail
- You can also add to shopping cart and pay online using ideal, credit card or paypal.
Price & Value:
SDI Altitude Diver- €195,00
*Fully inclusive of all e-learning, equipment required for the course, training and certification on successful completion.
We focus on and are proud of the skill level, knowledge, decision making, experience and readiness of divers to dive at levels which they have been trained. We want to invest in you, your safety and ability to dive, then come home with amazing stories.
Our courses are priced as such and we do not hide additional costs. We are are very flexible for training, especially in terms of dates or location as we know we all have busy lives and work commitments. However if for reasons outside of weather, illness or other such emergencies a course/training can not be completed in the standard training schedule we will charge for extra days at €150,00 per day.
