Course Descriptions

Orange Grove sink

photo by Josh Gay

CAVERN DIVING COURSE (Overhead Environment) - A very POPULAR two-day weekend course involving diving in the "cave environment" within the sight of daylight! This course provides the diver an orientation to the specialized needs of the entrance areas to the underwater cave environment. Emphasis is placed on dive planning, gas management, buoyancy control, using a guide line, emergency procedures, good technique and team awareness. This is NOT a cave diving course in any sense, but allows the recreational diver to experience the overhead environment safely, improve general diving skills and may be used as preparation for a cave diving course. A must for every diver who wishes to better him or her self as a diver!

Gary Scott - Cave Adventurers

Photo by Nick Leone

INTRODUCTION TO CAVE - A two day introductory course beyond the natural light zone. This course is designed for further training in the cave environment with LIMITED penetrations. Upon successful completion, this course does not qualify you as a trained cave diver, but is one step closer to satisfying requirements necessary to become a safe and competent cave diver.

CAVE DIVING COURSE - A complete 8-9 days or modular weekends involving preparation of the diver for safe enjoyment of the underwater cave environment through a broad base of comprehensive training. One of the most challenging courses outside of the military. Graduates are of the finest technique oriented divers. During this course, the students are expected to demonstrate mastery of subjects and skills presented by the Instructor. If you are traveling from a long distance, this is your best approach.

Thomas Smith - Merritts Mill Pond

photo by Kelsey Wood

NITROX DIVER - A two day course which provides the recreational diver with a safer breathing medium for enjoying dives in the 40 to 130 fsw depth range. The diver may elect to dive the "mix" conservatively using their dive computer or air tables with an added diver safety margin. The EANx diver certification is adaptable by being taught as a single course or by combining it with a variety of advanced or specialty diver courses.

TECHNICAL DIVER - This program provides training to divers who carry out dives from 130 fsw to 160 fsw using custom blend mixes. It provides a greater understanding of custom blends per dive objective, a complete knowledge of the limits of any Nitrox mixture, the use of Nitrox decompression mixes and use of oxygen on decompression. This program develops a working relationship of tracking OTU/CNS values to allow for maximum dive safety, cleanliness levels, equipment maintenance, and field operational procedures. Technical Diver is a good base for the Trimix Diver program, as it helps develop essential equipment familiarization.

WRECK DIVER  - This program trains divers in safe wreck penetration diving. The EANx Wreck Diver version progresses one through the technical utilization of Nitrox for wreck exploration and the use of Nitrogen and oxygen for decompression

Indian Springs

photo by Jeff Bauer

TRIMIX DIVER - This program is dedicated to those individuals already involved in deeper diving activities. The Trimix course is not designed to be used as an enticement to divers who are content to remain in normal recreational or Nitrox diving limits. Trimix affords a safer method of deep-water exploration for divers who either must dive deep or want to perform with a clear head in intermediate depths. This program establishes the need to be self-sufficient.