Stage Cave Diving is aimed at qualified Cave Divers that use Open Circuit Back Mounted Twins as their configuration of choice. In this course additional stage cylinders are used to extend the penetration into caves and or allowing longer bottom times.

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Stage Cave Diving is aimed at expedition level Diving.

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Course Structure 

Day 1 - Dive Planning, Gear Configuration 1 x Site Dive

Day 2 - Dive Planning, 2 x Site Dives

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Water skills include an elevated level of proficiency (beyond Full Cave) in all skills including hand, light and tactile communications, finning techniques, trim and buoyancy whist performing all skills including loss of gas scenarios, no mask / black out mask following a line, laying and retrieving line, managing / dropping / retrieving  Stage Cylinders during dives.

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Equipment:

All equipment detailed on the CAVE Course

2 x Stage Cylinders with a first stage, second stage and pressure gauge as well as a stage rigging kit for each cylinder

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Options:

Schedule can be tailored to suit a group

Site dives are done out on the Nullarbor Dive Sites and Nullarbor Expedition fees apply (POA)

Air fills and or blended fills are at the students expense