PADI Cavern Diver Specialty Course at Bonne Terre Mine
You can learn in two days, all you need to know to explore underwater caverns, in the most beautiful adventurous enviroment in the USA!
Cavern Class Schedule
2008
Cavern Class is held at Bonne Terre Mine
Cavern: Class/Open Water Dates
Must Sign Up for This Course at least 30 days in advance |
June 2008 Class Dates |
Sat & Sun June 21 & 22 |
September 2008 Class Dates |
Sat & Sun September 20 & 21 |
December 2008 Class Dates |
Sat & Sun December 13 &14 |
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Cavern diving is defined as diving within the light zone of a cave, the area near the cave entrance where natural light is always visible. If you want to explore secrets hidden in caverns around the world, you'll need your PADI Cavern Diver certification
Cavern diving is spectacular and rewarding. It challenges our ability to plan and execute dives in a controlled and environmentally sensitive way. Caverns often hold the secrets of our past. We can sometimes find fossils and rock formations which have laid undisturbed for millions of years. The PADI Cavern Diver Specialty Course will enable you to develop your practical knowledge of the cavern environment and organize exploration in safety.
During your first open water dive you will practice line handling, use of reels, and emergency procedures in an open water environment. Your final three dives are conducted in the cavern environment. Your cavern penetration training dives limited to within the light zone and 130 feet total distance of the surface.
The program covers the knowledge and techniques of cavern diving and describes the dangers involved with cavern diving. The following is included in your PADI Cavern Diver Course:
- The planning, organization procedures, techniques, problems, and hazards of cavern diving.
- Special equipment considerations including, but not limited to: lighting, guidelines, reel handling and redundant breathing systems.
- Proper body position and buoyancy control, air-consumption management and emergency procedures.
- Information that describes the specific hazards of cavern diving should include, but not be limited to: silting, line entanglement and breakage, disorientation from permanent lines and emergency situations unique to cavern diving.
EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR THIS CAVERN DIVING COURSE:
- Masks & Fins with straps taped
- Regulator with submersible pressure gauge, octopus second stage on 7' hose
- BCD with power inflator
- Exposure Suit (wet or dry)
- Dive Computer
- Slate with pencil & Weights (as needed)
- A minimum of at least two (2) submersible lights
- Knife, Watch, depth gauge & reel.
Mandatory Text : NSS/CDS Cavern Diving Manual. You must read the manual prior to attending class
Prerequisite : SSI or PADI Advanced Open Water (or other qualifying certification) and 18 years old
Price : $350.00 Course fee does not include rental equipment. (price subject to change without notice)
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