Courses

Cave Diving

Explore diving's ultimate frontier

For those who are already fascinated and addicted by diving in the caverns or know that this is your call, there is only one way to continue......
Become a Full Cave Diver with Pro Dive Mexico.

As a Cave Diver you will go beyond the cavern limits and the area of recreational diving. You will enter an underground world without any daylight. With specialized equipment and training you will be able to penetrate into theses unique cave systems.

If you wonder why you should do the Full Cave Course which takes around min. 8 days?, the answer is very simple.
As soon as you enter these breathtaking underground systems, you know it’s worth all the effort and you just know that you want to see more.

We offer following courses

Cavern Diver ( IANTD or PADI )
Introduction to Cave Diver ( IANTD)
Combination of Cavern & Introduction to Cave Diver (IANTD)
Full Cave Diver (IANTD)

Cavern Diver Course (3 days)

Minimum Prerequisites:
Advanced Open Water Certification or equivalent, competence in buoyancy control and a minimum of 50 to 100 logged open-water dives.

"Cavern diving" is defined as diving that takes place within sight of a natural light source (the sun) and within 200 linear feet of an open water surface. The Cavern Diver course is an entry-level program to the overhead environment. It is a comprehensive three-day program designed to develop the minimum skills and knowledge for cavern diving, and describes the dangers involved with cave diving. Conservation, dive planning, environment, procedures, techniques, problem solving, and other specialized needs of cavern diving are covered.

Cavern diving skill development includes body positioning (trim), buoyancy control, emergency procedures, line following, the use of reels, and propulsion techniques, silting, entanglement, disorientation, and equipment modifications.

The candidate's skill are developed during land drills and reinforced during an open water session in the cenote. Minimum four separate cavern dives are conducted in at least two completely different cavern systems. Upon completion, the student is required to complete a written exam. If you need additional training days, this will be organized with your instructor, you might have to take a break and work independently on skills and knowledge before being able to continue the course.

Certification is available from IANTD and PADI.

Introduction To Cave Diver Course (2-3 days)

Minimum Prerequisites:
Cavern Diver Certification

"Cave diving" is any taking place beyond natural light or beyond 200 linear feet from the open water surface.

The program covers the basic principles of cave diving. This 2-3day course will cover in particular: conservation, dive planning, cave environment, procedures, techniques, problem solving, and other specialized needs of cavern and cave diving

Skills training in the Intro to Cave course includes body positioning, buoyancy control, emergency procedures, line following, propulsion techniques, the use of reels and problem solving. A minimum of four full cave dives are performed in a minimum of two different cave systems. These dives are designed to further develop the skill level and extend the cavern diver’s competence from the cavern into the "cave zone". Limitations are placed on distance, depth, passage size and complexity at this level. Prior to the beginning of the course students will go through an open water evaluation and a cave diving orientation dive to evaluate their techniques. The student is required to complete a written exam. If you need additional training days, this will be organized with your instructor, you might have to take a break and work independently on skills and knowledge before being able to continue the course..

Cavern and Intro To Cave Diver Course (6 days)

Minimum Prerequisites:
Advanced Open Water Certification or equivalent, competence in buoyancy control and a minimum of 50 to 100 logged open-water dives.

One of the best courses combining the two courses above for divers with AOWD certification and the passion to get started with cave diving.

If you need additional training days, this will be organized with your instructor, you might have to take a break and work independently on skills and knowledge before being able to continue the course.

Full Cave Diver Course (8 days)

Minimum Prerequisites:
Advanced Open Water Certification or equivalent, competence in buoyancy control and a minimum of 50 to 100 logged open-water dives.

This 8-day program covers the course requirements. Full cave diving equipment (double tanks) is utilized from the start.
After completing an open-water evaluation dive to check the cave diving techniques, an orientation dive will also be included prior the beginning of the course, and a minimum of thirteen full cave dives will be performed in a minimum of six different cave systems over a period of no less than seven days. The duration of the course can be as long as eight days or more based on student progression and skills. If you need additional training days, this will be organized with your instructor, you might have to take a break and work independently on skills and knowledge before being able to continue the course.