Course overview

Extend your limits to 40 metres with the PADI Deep Diver specialty on Grand Cayman, where the island's vertical walls drop straight from shallow reef into deep water. Across four dives on the West and North Walls you learn deep-dive planning, gas management and how to manage narcosis in the clearest water in the Caribbean. You finish certified to dive to the recreational limit of 40 metres.

What you’ll learn

• Plan deep dives and manage no-decompression limits
• Recognise and respond to nitrogen narcosis
• Monitor gas supply and plan safe ascents
• Use specialised deep-diving equipment
• Manage colour loss and reduced light at depth
• Make safety stops and contingency-plan deep dives

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 15
• PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver certification
• At least 15 logged dives recommended
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory and first deep dives

   Cover deep-diving theory and complete the first two dives building depth along the West Wall.
2. Day2
   Deep wall dives and certification

   Make the final dives toward 40 metres on the North Wall, practise narcosis tasks and certify.

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