Tec 50
Certification for multiple main and decompression bottles up to 165 feet.
Class cost include shore dives. Boat dives are optional.
Includes e-learning materials, certification and custom scheduling.
PADI Tec 50 is the capstone of PADI's core technical diving track — the deepest and most advanced of the standard Tec certifications.
Prerequisites: PADI Tec 45 Diver and PADI Rescue Diver certification, a minimum of 100 logged dives (or 75 hours of dive time), and you must be 18 or older. You'll also need a Diver Medical Form signed by a physician within the past 12 months, and current CPR/First Aid training (within the past two years).
What it certifies you to do: extend your range to 165ft/50m, executing dives with multiple decompression stops using two separate decompression gases — a meaningful step up in planning complexity from Tec 45's single deco gas.
What sets it apart: by this level, divers are managing staged, multi-gas decompression profiles and more intricate contingency planning, on top of everything built in Tec 40 and Tec 45 — doubles or sidemount configuration, gas redundancy, and precise buoyancy/trim under load.
What it's for: Tec 50 opens the door to deeper wreck and reef expeditions, and it's the natural completion point of the Tec 40 → Tec 45 → Tec 50 progression — exactly the package deal you offer as a bundled track, since each course builds directly into the next.