BSAC Accelerated Decompression Procedures Course Malta - Technical Diving

The BSAC Accelerated Decompression Procedures (ADP) course is a great way to extend your nitrox diving skills, by learning to use oxygen-rich decompression mixes to improve the efficiency of your decompression and safely extend your dive times. It is a technical diving course, and a stand-alone qualification that also complements the Twin-set Diver course. We can book you in to start on any day, subject to pre-booking.

Prerequisites

• BSAC Sports Diver with a 35 metre depth certification and nitrox training, or equivalent certification from another recognised agency
• Buoyancy and trim demonstrated to Gold standard
• 20 or more logged dives, including depth experience to 30 metres
• A current "fit to dive" medical certificate

What the course covers

You will learn to plan and conduct dives using nitrox mixes with up to 80% oxygen as a decompression gas, using a stage cylinder, and practise the skills needed to become a more self-reliant diver. The course develops your knowledge of accelerated decompression diving, including diving physics and physiology, kit configuration for redundancy and self-reliance, using decompression tables, practical stage-cylinder techniques including regulator switching and run-time management, and dive planning for more adventurous diving.

Course structure

The course includes four theory sessions, a dry practical session and a dive-planning session, followed by a sheltered water lesson and open water dives, giving you plenty of in-water time to practise the skills and discipline of accelerated decompression diving. It is continually assessed, and you will need to reach the required performance standards throughout.

What's included in the price

• Cylinder and stage cylinder hire
• Decompression regulator
• Gases
• Road transport to the dive sites

Extras

• Manuals and certification fees