CDAA – Advanced Cave

Course Content

Theory:  equipment, guideline procedures, communications, restrictions, access procedures, dive planning, decompression review, mapping, accident analysis, cave conservation.

Skills Sessions: equipment critique, S drills, jump reel use, lost line search, black out drill, gear removal / restriction exercise, mask and regulator change over, valve shutdowns, entanglement removal / line cutting, stress management exercise, air sharing through restrictions, stage tank use/remove/replace.

Supervised Dives: 7 dives in CDAA rated cavern and advanced cave sites, including two dives in Tank Cave.

Prerequisites

Before commencement of a CDAA Advanced Cave Diver training program the candidate must:

Be 18 years of age

Hold a CDAA Cave Diver award

Have logged a minimum of 25 cave dives (outside of course dives) totaling a minimum of 25 hours with no more than 3 dives to be logged per day

Have experience in at least 4 different dive sites preferably in two different areas eg Nullarbor, NSW, Mt Gambier, overseas

Cost Includes

CDAA Advanced Cave student notes and CDAA registration.

Please note: Accommodation, food, transport and air fills in Mt. Gambier are not included.

Requirements

• Equipment as required for CDAA Cave
• One primary and two back up lights, each capable of lasting the duration of the dive
• Pencil and slate, or wet notes
• Primary reel with minimum 100m of line
• 3 x jump reels/spools each with minimum of 15m of line
• 6 personal markers (cookies), 2 line arrows
• Stage tank minimum capacity of 1200 litres with suitable attachment clips (eg. bolt snaps) and a stage regulator with single regulator on a suggested hose length of 60cm, SPG on a short hose (12cm)

This course is subject to C Dragons’ normal Terms & Conditions. By enrolling in this course, you agree to accept all Terms & Conditions.