Prerequisites for course:
PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
What the course will cover:
1. Planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of altitude diving.
2. Special Recreational Dive Planner procedures that must be followed when diving at altitudes above
300 meters/1000 feet.
3. Safety stops and emergency decompression procedures.
4. Special equipment, descent lines and buoyancy control considerations.
5. Limited visibility diving and underwater navigation techniques.
6. Overview of the physical aspects of the fresh water, altitude aquatic environment.
7. Cause, signs, symptoms, and prevention of hypoxia and hypothermia while altitude diving
