The PADI Cavern Diver Course

Can you see the light?

If you dive within the light zone of a cave–the area near the cave entrance where natural light is always visible–you're in the cavern zone.

The Fun Part

The fun part is exploring secrets hidden in caverns around the world and having the knowledge and skills to do it correctly.

What You Learn

This is a challenging and very exciting course that includes four training dives over at least two days. During your first open water dive you'll practice line handling, reel use and emergency procedures without entering a cavern. But, for your next three dives, you're headed into the cavern, staying within the light zone and 40 metres/130 feet total distance from the surface. You learn about

• Cavern navigation and line protocols
• Planning, organization, techniques, problems and hazards of cavern diving
• Special equipment use, such as lights guidelines, reels and redundant breathing systems
• Air sharing, disorientation, silting, line problems and other emergency procedures specific to cavern diving
• Silt prevention,boyance control, air management and emergency procedures
• Depth and distant limits for cavern diving

Where do we dive/areas to explore?

We start the training on Koh Tao where we practice different cavern techniques. For the actual cavern diving we dive and explore caverns in The National Park Khao Sok (South of Surat Thani) Thailand. We might also dive caverns in River Kwai (North of Bangkok). Trips to other areas in Asia and beyond is in the planning. Please ask for next Cavern (and Cave) Expedition and extra travel cost related to the program.

Course Duration: 4 Days/3 Nights (Includes all-inclusive trip to Khao Sok National Park, 4 course dives, 4 exploration dives and PADI fees)