CCR courses
From nitrox diluent to hypoxic trimix. CCR courses are taught on the S7, T-Reb or Poseidon Se7en. Every course can be booked on its own; the certifications you need are listed with each course.
CCR course prices include learning materials, the certification fee and Sofnolime; gases are not included. No unit of your own? You can rent a rebreather for CHF 200.– per dive. Courses in German or English.
TryDive
CCR Try Dive
Experience a rebreather for yourself before you commit to a course: one supervised 40-minute dive on the S7, T-Reb or Poseidon Se7en.
No course, no certification
CHF 250.–DetailsClose
Quiet, bubble-free and with warm, moist breathing gas: on a try dive you find out for yourself what closed-circuit diving feels like. You dive together with me on one of my rebreathers.
- Dive
- 1 dive, 40 min
- Units
- S7, T-Reb, Poseidon Se7en
- Price
- CHF 250.–
What's next The try dive is a taster, not a course, and no certification is issued. If you're hooked, the next step is the CCR Nitrox 40m Diver.
40m
CCR Nitrox 40m Diver
Your entry into rebreather diving: assembly, checks, diving the loop with air or nitrox diluent and bailing out safely.
Prerequisite: Advanced Nitrox and 30 dives, age 18+
CHF 2'200.–8 dives · 4–8 daysDetailsClose
Assembly, calibration and checklist-based pre-dive checks, diving the loop with air or nitrox diluent and bailing out safely. Training dives include planned deco stops of up to 10 minutes.
Prerequisites
Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies
- Minimum age 18
- IDF Advanced Nitrox Diver plus at least 30 logged dives and 25 hours underwater, 5 of them deeper than 30 m
- or: a no-decompression CCR certification to 30 m plus 20 open water dives and 20 hours on a rebreather
- Drysuit: IDF Dry Suit Diver; sidemount: IDF Side Mount Diver
- Dives (minimum)
- 8, including 1 in confined water (min. 60 min)
- Duration
- 4–8 days at 1–2 dives per day
- Min. total dive time
- 480 min
- Depth
- 2 of them at 30–40 m
- Unit rental
- CHF 200.– per dive
- Price
- CHF 2'200.–including learning materials, certification fee and Sofnolime, excluding gases
The number of dives is the minimum under the IDF standard. Depending on your progress, additional dives may be needed and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.
Certification The certification is issued for the make of the course unit. The 10-minute deco limit applies to the training dives under the standard.
Equipment Bailout: at least 1 cylinder with regulator and pressure gauge, planned at 50 l/min, minimum 1400 l. Two dive computers with CC and bailout mode.
Crossover Unit crossover: IDF CCR Nitrox 40m Diver plus 12 CCR dives, the last within 45 days of the course start.
45m
CCR Helitrox 45m Diver
Helitrox diluent reduces narcosis and gas density, a good entry for slightly deeper rebreather dives.
Prerequisite: Advanced Nitrox or CCR Nitrox 40m, 30 dives
CHF 2'200.–8 dives · 4–8 daysDetailsClose
Helitrox diluent with at least 20 % O₂ and up to 35 % He. Training dives include planned deco stops of up to 10 minutes.
Prerequisites
Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies
- Minimum age 18
- IDF Advanced Nitrox Diver or IDF CCR Nitrox 40m Diver plus at least 30 logged dives and 25 hours underwater, 5 of them deeper than 30 m
- or: a no-decompression CCR certification to 30 m plus 20 open water dives and 20 hours on a rebreather
- Drysuit: IDF Dry Suit Diver; sidemount: IDF Side Mount Diver
- Dives (minimum)
- 8, including 1 in confined water (min. 60 min)
- Duration
- 4–8 days at 1–2 dives per day
- Min. total dive time
- 480 min
- Depth
- 2 of them at 35–45 m
- Unit rental
- CHF 200.– per dive
- Price
- CHF 2'200.–including learning materials, certification fee and Sofnolime, excluding gases
The number of dives is the minimum under the IDF standard. Depending on your progress, additional dives may be needed and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.
Certification Rebreather dives on helitrox diluent. The 10-minute deco limit applies to the training dives under the standard.
Equipment Bailout: at least 1 cylinder with regulator and pressure gauge, planned at 50 l/min, minimum 1400 l.
Crossover Unit crossover: IDF CCR Nitrox 40m Diver plus 12 CCR dives, the last within 45 days of the course start.
60m
CCR Trimix 60m Diver
Normoxic trimix on the rebreather, with two bailout cylinders and longer deco.
Prerequisite: CCR Nitrox 40m or Helitrox 45m, 50 h on the rebreather
CHF 2'200.–6 dives · 3–6 daysDetailsClose
Training dives are planned with up to 60 minutes of deco, a gas density below 6.3 g/l and an END of no more than 30 m.
Prerequisites
Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies
- Minimum age 18
- IDF CCR Nitrox 40m Diver or IDF CCR Helitrox 45m Diver
- 50 open water dives and at least 50 hours on a rebreather, 25 dives and 25 hours of them on the course unit
- at least 10 CCR decompression dives deeper than 30 m
- Drysuit: IDF Dry Suit Diver; sidemount: IDF Side Mount Diver
- Dives (minimum)
- 6, including 1 in confined water (min. 60 min)
- Duration
- 3–6 days at 1–2 dives per day
- Min. total dive time
- 360 min
- Depth
- 3 of them at 45–55 m and 1 at 55–60 m
- Unit rental
- CHF 200.– per dive
- Price
- CHF 2'200.–including learning materials, certification fee and Sofnolime, excluding gases
The number of dives is the minimum under the IDF standard. Depending on your progress, additional dives may be needed and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.
Certification Rebreather dives on normoxic trimix. Minimum 15 % O₂ and up to 60 minutes of deco apply to the training dives under the standard.
Equipment Bailout: at least 2 cylinders with regulators and pressure gauges, minimum 2 × 1400 l; planned at 50 l/min, 25 l/min from the first deco stop.
Crossover Unit crossover: IDF CCR Trimix 60m Diver plus 12 CCR dives, the last within 45 days of the course start.
100m
CCR Full Trimix 100m Diver
Hypoxic trimix on the rebreather, with three bailout cylinders and up to 180 minutes of deco.
Prerequisite: CCR Trimix 60m, 100 h on the rebreather
CHF 2'200.–6 dives · 3–6 daysDetailsClose
Training dives are planned with up to 180 minutes of deco and three bailout cylinders.
Prerequisites
Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies
- Minimum age 18
- IDF CCR Trimix 60m Diver
- 100 open water dives and at least 100 hours on a rebreather, 50 dives and 50 hours of them on the course unit
- at least 30 CCR decompression dives deeper than 30 m, 10 of them deeper than 50 m on a helium mix
- Drysuit: IDF Dry Suit Diver; sidemount: IDF Side Mount Diver
- Dives (minimum)
- 6, including 1 in confined water (min. 60 min)
- Duration
- 3–6 days at 1–2 dives per day
- Min. total dive time
- 360 min, at least 300 in open water
- Depth
- 1 of them at 75–85 m and 1 at 85–100 m
- Unit rental
- CHF 200.– per dive
- Price
- CHF 2'200.–including learning materials, certification fee and Sofnolime, excluding gases
The number of dives is the minimum under the IDF standard. Depending on your progress, additional dives may be needed and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.
Certification Rebreather dives on hypoxic trimix. Minimum 5 % O₂ and up to 180 minutes of deco apply to the training dives under the standard.
Equipment Bailout: at least 3 cylinders with regulators and pressure gauges, minimum 2 × 2200 l; planned at 50 l/min to the first stop, 25 l/min after.
Crossover Unit crossover: IDF CCR Full Trimix 100m Diver plus 12 CCR dives, the last within 45 days of the course start.
UnitCrossover
CCR Unit Crossover
Already a CCR diver and want to learn another unit? The crossover gets you onto the S7, T-Reb or Poseidon Se7en.
Prerequisite: CCR certification and 12 CCR dives
CHF 1'200.–4 dives · 2–4 daysDetailsClose
For divers already trained on another rebreather. You learn assembly, pre-dive checks, handling and emergency procedures of the new unit.
Prerequisites
Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies
- Minimum age 18
- An IDF CCR certification on another unit, e.g. CCR Nitrox 40m, CCR Trimix 60m or CCR Full Trimix 100m
- 12 CCR dives, the last within 45 days of the course start
- Dives (minimum)
- 4
- Duration
- 2–4 days at 1–2 dives per day
- Units
- S7, T-Reb, Poseidon Se7en
- Depth
- depending on the level we agree beforehand
- Unit rental
- CHF 200.– per dive
- Price
- CHF 1'200.–including learning materials, certification fee and Sofnolime, excluding gases
Depending on your progress, additional dives may be needed and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.
Certification The certification is issued for the new unit. Which level depends on your current certification, your experience and the unit. We clarify this together before the course.