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ANDI Cave & Cavern Courses

Level Two Cavern course -  A course designed with no decompression and allows you to dive into a cavern zone carrying only a single tank and RBS. You will do penetration and still stay in the daylight zone. Skills taught are based around your safety such as out of air drills, line laying. This can all be done in a period of just only three to four days. click here for detailed course information

Level Three Cave courseIF you thought going into that cavern was exciting, how about being able to do full penetration. Double tanks, line laying, decompression diving, where does all this training end??? Learn the proper procedures for lost buddy situations, if you get lost off the main line and how to get out of a entanglement situation. You are almost there. click here for detailed course information

Level Four Full Cave course - During the full cave course you will be using full technical equipment. While on the dive you will learn how to deal with smaller restrictions and also how to do Jumps and gaps. This course will take you to the ultimate level. click here for detailed course information

Level Five Cave Course - Taking things to the extreme. Learn to how to dive deep caves safely utilizing the Optimum mixes of oxygen and helium. The last thing you want to be is narked in a over head area. We will show you how to get rid of the narcosis problems and also the oxygen problems. A clear head is definitely needed in a cave. Topics such as how to set up a habitat, breathing 02 while in a habitat, staging multiple tanks in the cave.

Stage diving specialty course - If you are really into major penetration, we can teach you how to extend these limits. To date Divers have penetrated over 6000 meters into caves. We won't take you quite that far in but we can teach you the basic skills to get you heading in the right direction. After we show you the proper techniques the rest is left up to you.

Side Mount Diving - If you are not claustrophobic and tight spots do not bother you then you should try side mount diving. We will show you the proper equipment configurations used to mount your tanks on each side with out using tanks on your back. The tanks are easy to put on and to take off so you can squeeze threw the small passage ways.

(Cave courses can be taught on open circuit or Rebreather. Student has to be qualified with the unit and equivalent level)

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Bruce Konefe -Technical, Cave, Rebreather Instructor Trainer for ANDI


<TOP>TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED DURING ANDI CAVERN COURSE 

  • Cave Formation and Terminology

  • Cave Hazards

  • Equipment

  • Buoyancy Control and Propulsion Techniques

  • Use of Lines and Reels

  • Underwater Communications

  • Dive Planning

  • Psychological Aspects

  • Emergency Procedures

SKILLS

  • S drill

  • ANDI ascent and descent procedures

  • Proper procedures for using a reel

  • ANTI silt finning techniques

  • Buoyancy and Trim

  • Following the line with no mask

  • Touch contact on line

  • Touch contact out of air, no viz

EQUIPTMENT NEEDED (minimum)

  • Low profile mask + back up mask ( preferred with a velcro strap or taped strap ends)

  • Fins (preferable with spring straps to reduce entanglent)

  • 12 l tank + 3-4 liter RBS

  • 2 First stages ( One for 12 l tank + 1 for RBS) long hose

  • Exposure protection

  • Primary light + 2 back up lights

  • 2 Bottom times and depth gauges

  • 2 cutting devices

  • 3 Line arrows, clothe pins, non directional markers.

  • Primary and back up slates (wet notes work great)

  • Primary reel + back up reel or finger spool

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<TOP> TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED DUIING A ANDI LEVEL 3 CAVE COURSE

  • Dive planning for Cavern/Cave Diving

  • Basic equipment

  • Equipment configuration

  • Propulsion techniques

  • Reels and Guidelines

  • Communications

  • Introduction to Nitrox and mixed gas diving.

  • Psychological Aspects

  • Hypothermia

  • Emergency Prevention Procedures

  • Underwater Cave Fauna

  • Hydrogeology for cave divers.

SKILLS

  • Safety drill on all dives

  • Full equipment systems check on all dives

  • Proper display of fin kicks on all dives

  • Proper trim and buoyancy on all dives

  • Proper use of all reels and guidelines on all dives

  • Proper communication on all dives

  • Proper gas management techniques on all dives

  • Proper Pre-dive planning on all dives (bottom time, depth, turning pressure, NDL's, etc.)

  • Cave awareness on all dives

  • Dissimilar turn pressures if needed, lecture if students cylinders are the same

  • Surface Air Consumption (CF) Calculations

  • Proper display of the “Pull and Glide” technique

  • Valve manipulation in the open water (10 sec. To turn on, 10 sec. To turn off)

  • Valve manipulation in overhead environment

  • Proper use of a Primary reel (reel deployment, primary and secondary and main line tie off, lineplacement, reel retrieval)

  • Lost buddy drill

  • Cut line drill

  • Entanglement drill

  • Exit cave on smallest backup (10 sec minimum deployment)

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<TOP> TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED IN A ANDI LEVEL 4 CAVE COURSE

  • Equipment for the Cave Explorer

  • Physiology for the Cave Explorer

  • Breathing Gas Selection Chapter

  • Advanced Decompression Procedures in cave

  • Psychological Aspects

  • Hypothermia

  • Emergency Prevention Procedures

  • Mission Planning

  • Underwater Cave Fauna

  • Hydrogeology for cave divers.

SKILLS

  • Safety drill on all dives

  • Full equipment systems check on all dives

  • Proper display of fin kicks on all dives

  • Proper trim and buoyancy on all dives

  • Proper use of all reels and guidelines on all dives

  • Proper communication on all dives

  • Proper gas management techniques on all dives

  • Proper Pre-dive planning on all dives (bottom time, depth, turning pressure, NDL's, deco, etc.)

  • Cave awareness on all dives

  • Dissimilar turn pressures if needed, lecture if students are using the same size cylinders

  • Surface Air Consumption (CF) Calculations

  • Proper display of the “Pull and Glide” technique

  • Valve manipulation in the open water (10 sec. To turn on, 10 sec. To turn off)

  • Valve manipulation in the open water (10 sec. To turn on, 10 sec. To turn off)

  • Proper use of decompression cylinder on dives #2-#8

  • Proper use of one stage bottle on dives #4-#6

  • Proper use of two stage bottles on dives #7-#8

  • Exiting the cave on the line

  • Touch contact eyes shut/lights off air sharing through major restriction

  • Touch contact air sharing exiting the cave on the line (200ft minimum distance)

  • Touch contact air sharing exiting the cave on the line (200ft minimum distance)

  • Touch contact eyes shut/lights off exiting the cave on line (200ft minimum distance)

  • Touch contact eyes shut/lights off air sharing exiting the cave on line (200ft minimum distance)

  • Exiting while on smallest backup (10 second minimum deployment time)

  • Exiting with eyes shut/lights off no line no touch contact (one diver at a time

  • Proper completion of a jump/gap (reel deployment, line placement and reel retrieval)

  • Proper use of a Primary reel (reel deployment, primary and secondary and main line tie off, line placement, reel retrieval)

  • Lost buddy drill

  • Lost line drill

  • 40 foot breath hold to show the ability to get to a stage cylinder

  • Cut line drill/Line entanglement drill

MINIMUM REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
 

  • 1 Mask + back up mask

  • Fins sufficient to the task

  • 4 Submersible Pressure Gauges

  • 5 quality regulator first stages

  • 5 regulator second stages, review hose length with your instructor.

  • Wings-style buoyancy compensating device with a minimum lifting capacity of 36 Kg (80 lbs.)

  • 1 inflater hose (plus a dry-suit inflation hose)

  • Exposure protection adequate for the conditions

  • 2 depth gauges with adequate depth range parameters

  • 2 time pieces which may be combined with the depth gauges

  • 1 small knives

  • Integrated weight system if needed

  • 1 line reel with a minimum of 90 meters (300 ft.) of #24 nylon line

  • 2 safety spool with a minimum of 30 meters (100 ft.) of #18 nylon line

  • Sufficient amount of gap/jump reels for training environment

  • 1 wrist slate of 1 book of wet notes

  • A primary canister light with an appropriate burn time

  • 2 back-up lights

  • 3 directional markers (line arrows)

  • 3 non-directional markers (cookies or clothespins)

  • 10 regulator contents tags and 10 cylinder contents tags or labels

  • 25ft of cave line for use when attaching clips to lights/regs

  • Stainless steel clips (one for each light, SPG, console, deco and stage cylinders, and 2nd Stages)

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