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Introduction
to Cave Diving Course
Requirements and Limits
- Cavern diver certification
- Course duration
approximately two days
- Texts - NSS-CDS
Cavern manual and Basic Cave Diving-
Blueprint for Survival
- Course includes
lectures, land drills and four limited penetration
cave dives
- Limits - Penetrations
are simple, linear swims limited to 1/3 of a single
tank. 100 ft. maximum depth, 30 ft minimum visibility,
no decompression diving
- Equipment - dual
orifice (Y or H) valve tank (71.2 CF minimum).
- Two (2) single hose
regulators, one with a 7ft. hose, SPG, octopus second
stage and power inflator for BC
- Three (3) battery
powered dive lights, one with at least 30 watt power
- Safety reel with
minimum of 75 ft. line
- Watch, depth gauge,
slate, pencil, submersible dive tables and three
(3) line markers
- One primary cave diving reel with
approximately 400 ft. of guideline per team
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