Mike Course Director — Tec & Rec Training
Technical diver with twinset and stage cylinders
Technical Diving

Beyond the
recreational limit.

Tec 40, 45, 50, Trimix and Sidemount training in Tenerife. Real Atlantic conditions. Equipment configured by instructors who dive it daily.

Premium expertise

Technical diving, taught with the same standards as our IDC.

Tec training isn't a longer recreational course — it's a different mindset. We teach gas planning, redundancy, decompression theory and equipment configuration the way it's used on real Tec dives. Small groups, slow progression, no compromise on standards.

Tec credentials

Elite-level expertise.

Trimix, deep, decompression — taught by an instructor who dives it weekly.

100+
Instructors trained
Graduates teaching worldwide
40+
Nationalities
International dive community
15+
Years as Pro
Career-long mentorship
1,200+
Certifications issued
Across every PADI level
Platinum
Course Director
Top 1% of PADI CDs
6
Per intake (max)
Always small groups
Programmes

Courses we run.

Tec 40

Entry-level decompression

First step into staged decompression diving. Plan and execute 10-min decompression dives to 40m.

Requirements
Advanced + Nitrox + 30 logged dives
Tec 45

Decompression specialist

Extend bottom time with twinsets, stage cylinders and accelerated decompression to 45m.

Requirements
Tec 40 + Deep Diver + 50 logged dives
Tec 50

Full Tec diver

Complete technical training to 50m with multiple deco stops and gas switches.

Requirements
Tec 45 + 100 logged dives
Tec Sidemount

Sidemount technical

Adapt your Tec setup to sidemount — overhead and confined entry capability.

Requirements
Tec 40 or equivalent
Tec Trimix 65

Helium-blended deeper diving

Add helium to your gas planning for dives to 65m with reduced narcosis.

Requirements
Tec 50 + 100 logged dives
Tec Gas Blender

Blender certification

Blend EAN and Trimix mixes safely. Required for serious self-sufficient Tec divers.

Requirements
Open Water + EFR

Physiological readiness

Tec dives expose you to higher partial pressures, longer ascents and complex decompression obligations. We screen medical fitness up-front.

Diving experience

Logged dives at depth, in varied conditions, with good buoyancy and gas management. We don't waive prerequisites.

Equipment competence

Comfort in a twinset, sidemount or backmount BCD setup. We help you build the right configuration before training starts.

Mindset

Technical diving rewards methodical, conservative, calm divers. We screen for attitude as much as skill.

Technical diving equipment configuration

Equipment, properly configured.

We work with high-end Tec equipment — Apeks, Halcyon, DiveSoft, Shearwater — and tune every student's setup individually before training begins. Bring your own or use ours.

  • Twinset / backplate & wing
  • Long-hose primary regulator
  • Backup regulator on bungee
  • Stage / deco cylinders + regs
  • Dive computer (capable of multi-gas / deco)
  • Reels, SMBs, lift bags, cutting tools
The Tec ladder

A clear, conservative progression.

Every step on the technical ladder is built on the one below it. We never skip stages — depth, gas planning and equipment complexity grow together.

  1. Level 01

    Tec 40

    40 m · Entry-level decompression

    First step into staged decompression. Single backmount or sidemount with one deco gas.

    Prerequisites
    Advanced + Nitrox + 30 logged dives
  2. Level 02

    Tec 45

    45 m · Decompression specialist

    Twinset and accelerated decompression. Bottom times extend, planning gets serious.

    Prerequisites
    Tec 40 + Deep Diver + 50 dives
  3. Level 03

    Tec 50

    50 m · Full Tec diver

    Multiple deco stops, multiple gases. The threshold of the technical world.

    Prerequisites
    Tec 45 + 100 dives
  4. Level 04

    Tec Trimix 65

    65 m · Helium-blended depth

    Add helium for reduced narcosis and crisp decision-making at depth.

    Prerequisites
    Tec 50 + 100 dives
  5. Level 05

    Tec Instructor

    Pro · Teach Tec 40 / 45 / 50

    Cross from diver to instructor. Run programmes, mentor candidates, build your Tec career.

    Prerequisites
    Tec 50 + Instructor + 100 dives

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