All you need to know about the PADI Deep Diving Course

All you need to know about the deep diver course:

Its a requirement to dive to 40m
The PADI deep diver course is :
1 day of theory (or 2-4 hours of elearning)
4 Open Water Dive Course

The dive course covers:
Descent / ascents
Buddy Contact
Bottom behaviour / bouyancy
Nitrogen Narcosis
Planning Dives
Dive Gear Information

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[Al]

NAUI diver here. AOW course goes to 130fsw, plus deploy smb at half stop and simulate deco stop at 15ft with hanging deco bottle. I suppose they could make all of those individual certs

[RyanPrice]

There is no “legal“ limit to how deep you can dive, generally speaking

[OceanPancake]

What fruit/veg do you think I surprise people with??

** Dive tables are vital parts of teaching diving as they allow students to understand the relationships between depth and time visually. A great way to strengthen understanding of why following a dive computer is so crucial.

Going to 40m isnt *illegal* as I said, i more meant most dive operators will not take you below 30m without the certification to ensure insurances etc cover you 🤿 💦

[ivoryjohnson]

I like the book I can go back and read and have reference

[chrisphilhower]

I did AOW over last weekend. Instructor only took us to 65 Ft. I wanted to go to 100. Water Temp at 60 Feet was 47F.

[DavidMaruca_]

“Illegal” is some strong wording there.

1. No such thing as the scuba police.

2. While not “illegal” it is NOT recommended to dive deeper than your certification. Whether or not insurance will cover your injury can sometimes be contingent on your adherence to your certification limits.

3. Never understood why deep diver and AOW are separately offered when a diver certed to 40m should be comfortable and competent doing the maths for that profile. Maybe someone can shed some light on the reasoning.

[MAGAisacult]

Had the opportunity to participate in a research study on narcosis at Shands Hospital hyperbaric chamber in Gainesville, Florida. The group took simple math and common sense tests at 10' increments in the chamber from 100 ft to 170. We were timed and graded on the quizzes. The results were astonishing. Our performance declined substantially at every 10 ft intervals, yet none of us said we felt substantially narced or impaired.

[KevinStewart-uvgd]

I just got my PADI Deep Diver Certification in the Bahamas and I have to say not only is it worth it but the Shearwater Peregrine Tx Dive Computer was indispensable in helping solve these tasks!!!! And @Ocean Pancake, can you do a videos on Dry Suit Diving and possibly Tec Diving?

[micarr]

I teach Technical Diving across multiple agencies and I teach a deep diver specialty a bit different while within the ciurse standards and objectives. Instead of wasting time doing narcosis test why not teach the what-ifs on what can happen diving deep.
-What if the diver accidentally exceeds the NDL
-What if the diver accidentally dropped more than the prescribed debth
-What if the diver had equipment failure and loose gas at that dept.
ETC. These are just to name a few.
Sometimes thinking out of the box and creating a more meaningful course and not just sticking to traditional methods such as color grading, narcosis test, empty water bottle sample at depth, these are already explained during the OWD course, why it needs to be repeated.
IMHO

[Dj.jordanlove]

have you got a video on selecting special skill courses for the advanced? the company has given a list but what do you recommed?

[ABCDiver]

I was with you right up until dive tables. I challenge anyone to calculate their pressure group or NDL based on their actual dive profile more accurately than a computer.
also, it's never a mandarin, it never was.

[DarthMuffin]

Most all dive shops simply require AOW. I have never in my 5000+ dives been asked to show a Deep Diver certification. Not even the Spiegel, Duane, Vandenberg dives require this money grabbing “specialty” course. Don’t waste your money. The only real certs you need to have fun diving are OW, Nitrox (done at the same time as your OW) and AOW. The only other would be rescue diver to learn how to administer O2. Please don’t fall for these agency tricks to get you to waste money. Spend your money on quality gear and diving.

[evolvedmonkey]

Ocean do you have any informations about PADI TEC 40? that certification give us the basics for diving with 2 cylinders, and gives the basics for a limited decompression? I'm asking cause I would really want to follow the tec tree and have the basics of decompression. What certifications, in your opinion, are more important to follow the Tec Tree at Padi or SSI? I already have deep, nitrox, navigation, stress and rescue and react right, thank you!

[winniexred]

Just completed my AOW course today. Deep threw me off so much. Found out that I get narcosis around 24m with the anxiety / paranoia type.

[MAGAisacult]

Lol...but true story...one day during a deep tech/cave dive I had a deco stop at 130ft, as I looked at my computer I remembered my open water instructor telling me the limit for recreational diving was 130', and here I was doing a deco stop at 130!

[Officer_Oath]

You should talk about the PADI wreck diver course.

[xineissm]

I understand advertising the course being an instructor and all, but it is no different diving to 30m and 40m. At best, a "deep diver course" should have what my instructor does: teaching actual techniques to go safely down to 40m on trim (not upright as shown) and using a stage bottle for spare air and increased safety. The egg, fruit etc. is useless...

[karstenlutter]

PADI AOW used to certify recreational diving beyond 18m until around 2009. so deep dive was only useful for OW divers without AOW certification. So they changed the wording making AOW to 30m and Deep Diver to 40m. So far nobody ever has asked me for a deep diver certification. Not for USS Vandenberg, not for Thistlegorm and not for Yongala.

Besides that in the diversesten course you are supposed to follow along specialty courses like Deep Diver, but deep diver is not a prerequisite for the divemaster course.

What matters more than a piece of plastic is the skill to dive to such depth like air consumption and coping with nitrogen narcosis. I have seen AOWs close to killing themselves and going to USS Vandenberg by selling them an extra personal guide.

[obobiiu]

When do I know if I’m ready to take the deep diver course?

[genghisgalahad]

Wow! So 65 feet for a few minutes is cutting it close but okay since I'm okay? Now i really wanna live under the sea!! 🌊 🤿🫧🏝🍊🪸🎉