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National Diving & Activity Centre
Tidenham
Chepstow
Gloucestershire
NP16 7LH
 
Shop: 01291 630046
Office: 01291 630850
 
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PADI Courses Available

Please click here for details of the PADI courses offered by the National Diving & Activity Centre.

For the latest course dates and further details on the PADI courses offered by The National Diving & Activity Centre please visit the course dates page or contact our instructors via info@ndac.co.uk or the online contact form.


TDI Training

Please telephone for course dates

TDI Nitrox Diver

This basic half day entry level course enables divers the use of EAN from 22% to 40% oxygen. Required for semi closed circuit rebreathers.

Includes:
TDI Nitrox manual & certification

Pre-requisites:
Open water diver or equivalent, minimum 15 years of age.
 £99.00

TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver

This two day course enables the divers in the use of EAN up to 100% oxygen, in dives not requiring staged decompression. Required for closed circuit rebreathers.

Includes:
TDI Advanced Nitrox manual & certification

Pre-requisites:
Nitrox diver or equivalent, 25 logged dives, minimum 15 years of age. £199.00

TDI Combined Basic & Advanced Nitrox Diver

This two day course includes both of the above courses in one go. It is more intensive, but more efficient. It includes 4 nitrox dives (100 minutes bottom time) and covers all the topics in Nitrox in great detail, all culminating in certification to use 22% - 100% (oxygen) as a breathing gas.

Includes:
TDI Basic & Advanced Nitrox manual & certification.

Pre-requisites:
Advanced diver or equivalent, 25 logged dives, minimum 15 years of age. £199.00

TDI Decompression Procedures Diver

This two day course trains the divers in the proper equipment, techniques and procedures required to perform staged decompression diving, including rigging and using “Lazy shots” and a shallow chamber dive.

Includes:
TDI Decompression Procedures manual & certification.

Pre-requisites:
Advanced diver or equivalent, 25 logged dives, minimum 18 years of age.  £205.00

TDI Extended Range Diver

This four day course covers the training of advanced nitrox divers in the necessary physiology, planning and procedures necessary for deep-air diving and decompression using hyperoxic mixes to 100% oxygen.

Includes:
TDI Extended Range manual & certification.

Pre-requisites:
Advanced Nitrox diver or equivalent, 100 logged dives, of which 25 must be deeper than 30 msw. Minimum 18 years of age.
£297.00

Advanced Wreck Diver

This two day course teaches divers in the proper equipment, techniques, skills and procedures required to perform advanced wreck diving including penetration and line reel use.

Cost £199

TDI Entry Level Trimix Diver

The pinnacle of your personal open circuit diving ability, this course, the duration of which is spread over 4 days (or two weekends), provides the training to competently and safely utilise any helium based bottom gases containing down to 18% oxygen that require staged decompression to a maximum depth of 60 metres.. The course covers all the theory and skills to give the diver the knowledge required to use custom mixes to keep a clear head and enjoy diving in the range outside the range of most divers.

Includes:
TDI Trimix manual & certification.

Pre-requisites:
Advanced Nitrox diver and decompression diver or equivalent, 100 logged dives, of which 25 must be deeper than 30 msw. Minimum 18 years of age.
£392.00

TDI Advanced Trimix Diver

This four day course, for which the prerequisites are extended range diver or Adv. Nitrox & Deco procedures, teaches you the benefits, hazards and proper procedures for using oxygen/helium/nitrogen mixes as a breathing gas. And perform staged decompression using EANx mixtures to 100% oxygen. For most divers this is the pinnacle of their training. Advanced Trimix at our instructor’s discretion..

Includes:
TDI Trimix manual & certification.

Pre-requisites:
Entry Level Trimix diver or equivalent, 200 logged dives, of which 25 must be deeper than 50 msw. Minimum 18 years of age. And, subject to our instructors approval.
£392.00

TDI Nitrox Gas Blender Course

This half - one day course teaches students the knowledge necessary for nitrox gas blending, a basic requirement if your looking for work in the diving industry.

Includes:
TDI Nitrox Blending manual & certification.

Pre-requisites:
Minimum 18 years of age.
£120.00

TDI Advanced Gas Blender Course

This one day course trains students both as a nitrox blender and an advanced gas blender which includes use of nitrox and trimix and Haskel pumps etc.

Includes:
TDI Advanced Gas Blending manual & certification.

Pre-requisites:
Minimum 18 years of age. Qualified Nitrox blender and Nitrox diver.
£120.00

Service Technician

This is a three day course that enables the students to look after their equipment and in the proper preparation of scuba equipment for the use with available diving gases. Includes one day on a factory course.
£265

Rebreather (Specific) 

This course introduces nitrox divers in the technology of rebreather diving and the skills appropriate for diving semi-closed and closed circuit systems.
£ p.o.a.

Cavern Diving 

This course is for advanced divers in developing the entry level skills and knowledge necessary for cavern and overhead environment diving within the limits of light penetration, as well as showing the students the specific hazards associated with cave diving
£ p.o.a.

Introductory Cave Diving 

This course is the next logical follow on from cavern divers, using single cylinders, in the basic principles of cave diving. The basis of this course is aimed at perfecting the skills taught in the cavern diving program as well as instruction in additional techniques and procedures required for elementary cave dives. This introduction to cave diving is not intended to train divers for all facets of cave diving.
£ p.o.a.

Cave Diving

 This course enables the diver to progress from introductory cave diver, on the techniques learned through the earlier cavern and cave courses. Exposure to different cave-diving scenarios is the foundation of this training with an emphasis on more advanced cave dive planning and execution. The cave program is not intended to prepare divers for all facets of cave diving, but to expose students to basic surveying, as well as, more advanced cave dive planning and execution.
£ p.o.a.

PLEASE NOTE ALL COSTS EXCLUDE GASES AND ENTRY FEES
THESE ARE AT REDUCED RATES

 

IANTD TRAINING

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IANTD Advanced Nitrox

Introduction to decompression diving with nitrox. The goal of the IANTD Advanced Nitrox course is to introduce the experienced diver to slightly longer in-water exposures with resultant decompression profiles. Using nitrox as your bottom gas and up to 50% nitrox as a decompression gas you will accelerate your decompression stops as well as increasing your available bottom time. This course is ideal for those of you who wish you could stay on that favourite dive just that little bit longer. The course covers equipment considerations, oxygen tracking, and decompression dive planning.
Includes:
IANTD Advanced Nitrox Manual & certification.
Pre-requistites:
IANTD Basic Nitrox Diver or equivalent, minimum 15 years of age.
£201.60

IANTD Technical Nitrox Diver

The IANTD Technical Nitrox Diver course is the pinnacle of IANTD nitrox diving education. You will further expand on the IANTD Advanced Nitrox course to plan dives safely to depths of 50-55 metres with extended bottom times. You will learn to plan your nitrox breathing medium to suit the depth of your dive and use up to 80% oxygen as a decompression gas to greatly reduce your decompression times. The course is equipment intensive and much time is devoted to equipment configurations and redundancy planning. Oxygen is discussed in greater detail, as to is carbon dioxide. A pool session to practice skills is included followed by three dives up to a depth of 55 metres practising dive planning and gas management, shut-downs and switches.
Includes:
IANTD Technical Nitrox Manual & certification.
Pre-requisites:
IANTD Advanced Nitrox Diver, minimum of 18 years of age, 30 logged dives deeper than 30 metres.
£291.20

IANTD Normoxic Trimix Diver

The IANTD Normoxic Trimix Diver course is the next stage in your technical diving education after Technical Nitrox. You will further expand on the IANTD Advanced Nitrox or Technical Nitrox course to plan dives safely to depths between 39 - 60 metres with extended bottom times. You will learn to plan your breathing medium, now containing helium to suit the depth of your dive and use up to 80% oxygen as a decompression gas to greatly reduce your decompression times. Trimix affords a means of reducing narcosis on dives at greater depths. At this level of training the oxygen content in your bottom mix will not be less than 21% thus the term Normoxic. The course is equipment intensive and much time is devoted to equipment configurations and redundancy planning. Oxygen is discussed in greater detail, as to is carbon dioxide. A pool session to practice skill is included followed by four dives up to a depth of 60 metres practising dive planning and gas management, shut-downs and switches.

Includes:
IANTD Normoxic Trimix Manual & certification.

Pre-requisites:
IANTD Advanced Nitrox Diver or Technical Nitrox Diver, minimum of 18 years of age. 150 logged dives with 50 deeper than 37 metres
£392.00

IANTD Trimix Diver

The IANTD Trimix Diver Course is designed for those individuals already involved in deep diving activities, but not intended to be used as an enticement to divers who are content to remain in normal sport or basic EANx diving limits. Trimix affords a safer means for deep-water exploration for divers who must dive deep or perform tasks with a clear head at intermediate depths. The program establishes the need to be self-sufficient / reliant. The IANTD Trimix Diver Course qualifies the diver to use any mix of trimix as a breathing medium to a maximum depth of 79 metres. The program consists of 240 minutes in water time with one confined water session and four trimix dives to assess stamina, reaction to stress, equipment familiarity and buoyancy skills. A most fulfilling course at the extreme end of the recreational scuba market.

Includes: IANTD Trimix manual & certification.

Pre-requisites: IANTD Technical Nitrox Diver / Normoxic Trimix Diver or equivalent. 200 logged dives with at least 25 between 39m – 51 metres depth. Minimum 18 years of age.
£448.00

IANTD Gas Blender Courses Available

The IANTD Encyclopedia of Technical Diving is the recommended text to accompany all IANTD courses. The book is crammed with in depth articles and discussions covering all aspects of technical and nitrox diving. Physics, physiology and equipment considerations are discussed in detail. The Encyclopaedia is available from the National Diving Centre with a 10% discount for all those enrolled on IANTD courses.
£35.00

Diver Propulsion Vehicle Course

The use of a Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) offers two main advantages to divers. Firstly the diver can cover significantly more area on a dive – a must to all you wreck divers, and secondly, using a DPV dramatically reduces exertion and therefore air consumption. The DPV course can be completed in one day with two dives.

Includes: Farallon Mk2 and Mk7 Diver Propulsion Vehicle use & certification.

Pre-requisites: Open water diver or equivalent. Minimum of 12 years of age.
£134.00

 
Farallon UK in association with the National Diving & Activity Centre are the sole appointed distributor for the full range of Farallon DPVs within the UK. Farallon DPVs are the only commercially available diver propulsion vehicles approved for US Navy use.

 

 

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Entry fee, per person £15.00 or £10.00 for members
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Snorkellers / Freedivers pay a reduced entry fee of £7.50
Instructors go FREE if accompanied by 4 paying students.

Classroom £25.00 per half day / £50.00 per full day (hourly rate can be agreed).

Night Dives
NDAC Members night dive £10.00
Non Members night dive £15
Non Divers Free entry