The cavern diver specialty course
is designed to introduce the diver to the daylight/free ascent zone of caves.
It will also include facts about the cavern environment, special procedures and
equipment, air management, buoyancy control, and line usage. OverviewThis
course is to provide the diver with the fundamental skills and knowledge for cavern
diving, and describes the dangers involved with cave diving. The course conforms
to the standards of the Cave Diving Section of the National Speleological Society
and the National Association for Cave Diving as well as other NAUI and PADI recognized
training standards. Program Description - Three scuba dives
at two different sites, plus shallow-water line drills.
- Penetration-training
dives limited to within direct sight of cavern exit and within 130 feet from the
surface.
- No out-of-air drills practiced in the overhead environment.
Program Steps - One seminar before leaving for Florida.
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Additional seminars before each dive.
- At
least four dives over two days.
- This course is taught
in northern Florida.
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