Technical Wreck Diving
Want to experience the apex of wreck diving? Dive some of the world’s best and deepest wrecks? Join the world’s elite deep decompression divers. Become an SSI Technical Wreck Diver! This exciting wreck diver certification provides all you need to conduct wreck penetration dives to a maximum depth of 80 meters.
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What Will You Learn?
The SSI Technical Wreck Diving course provides all you need to conduct decompression wreck penetration dives up to 80 meters deep. Using either an XR Sidemount, Twinset or Rebreather Total Diving System, you will learn high-level buoyancy control, finning techniques, line laying, the proper use of lights, plus lost line, lost light and lost diver procedures.
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The SSI Technical Wreck Diving Course consists of two main phases:
- One Pool / Confined Water Sessions
- Six Open Water Dives – Where its time to use the knowledge and skills you acquired, in the open ocean to complete the SSI Technical Wreck Diving Course.
Maximum Training Depth – 80 meters / 265 feet
What Will You Do?
- Complete all academic sessions and assessments as outlined in the instructor manual for Technical Wreck Diving.
- Complete the program’s final exam.
- Complete the XR Water Fitness Evaluation as outlined in the SSI Training Standards.
- Complete at least one (1) dry land skill development session as outlined in the instructor manual for Technical Wreck Diving.
- Complete at least one (1) pool/confined water skill development session lasting at least one (1) hour as outlined in the instructor manual for Technical Wreck Diving.
- Complete at least six (6) overhead training dives as outlined in the instructor manual for Technical Wreck Diving.
Course Schedule
Recommended hours for completion: 20. The number of classes, hours and sessions per day are set by the individual instructor, based on student needs, student ability and water conditions.
Course Price
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Student Learning Materials Price
INR 13,200
Course Prerequisites
Have logged at least:
- 75 total dives
Have at least one (1) of the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- Extended Range Wreck Diving
- Extended Range Cavern Diving
For students using a twinset configuration (in addition to the above):
Have the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- Extended Range
For students using a sidemount configuration (in addition to the above):
Have the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- Extended Range Sidemount
For students using a CCR unit (in addition to the above):
Have logged at least:
- 100 hours on the applicable unit
Have the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- CCR Extended Range
For students using an SCR unit (in addition to the above):
Have logged at least:
- 100 hours on the applicable unit
Have the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- SCR Extended Range
Equipment Requirements
During all in-water sidemount training, each student must be equipped with a properly-,tted Sidemount Total Diving System:
• Buoyancy compensator with sufficient lift capacity for the planned dive
• An industry-approved sidemount harness
• One delivery system that has a regulator with a 1.8- to 2.1-meter hose
• One delivery system that has a regulator with a 50- to 75-centimeter hose and neck retainer
• Two cylinders with independent valves
• Submersible pressure gauge with a 15–25 centimeter high-pressure hose (all cylinders must have an SPG attached)
• Integrated depth gauge and timing device or dive computer
And
• Mask
• Fins
• Exposure suit appropriate for the environment
• A cutting device
• One signaling device for deploying from depth (red surface marker buoy is recommended, but follow local guidelines)
• A reel or spool (appropriate for the maximum planned depth)
• One surface signaling device (whistle or similar)
• Logbook
*Equipment will be provided by your Dive Centre. We recommend that you should get your own gear once you become a certified diver.
Students with an SSI Recreational Sidemount Diving certification (or equivalent) may participate in SSI recreational scuba programs using a sidemount configuration if they have all the components of a Total Diving System.The SSI Professional conducting the program must have direct and recent knowledge of the student’s equipment configuration and skills.
Students participating in this program must use at least one of the following equipment configurations:
- A complete Twinset Total Diving System.
- A complete Extended Range Sidemount Total Diving System.
- A complete XR CCR Total Diving System.
- A complete XR SCR Total Diving System.
And
- A suitable primary light and a minimum of two back-up lights.
- Three (3) reels or spools per diver (one should be a safety spool with a minimum of 45 meters of line).
- Three (3) line arrows and three (3) non-directional cookies, or six (6) referencing exit markers (REM).
- One primary line reel per team.