Cavern Diver
Your first step under a ceiling: diving the entrance zone of caves, always with daylight in sight and along fixed guidelines.
from CHF 1'000.–≈ € 1'0704 dives · 2–4 days
Prerequisite: Advanced Open Water Diver, age 15+
Laying and removing a guideline, frog kick, moving as a team along the line in good and poor visibility, gas sharing on the line, lost line, lost light and lost buddy drills, and a mask swap on the line. Theory: cave basics, planning, equipment, emergency procedures and the rule of quarters.
Prerequisites
Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies
- Minimum age 15
- IDF Advanced Open Water Diver
- Twinset: IDF Twinset Diver; sidemount: IDF Side Mount Diver
- With a single cylinder no additional certification is needed
- Dives (minimum)
- 4
- Duration
- 2–4 days at 1–2 dives per day
- Min. total dive time
- 100 min
- Depth
- All dives between 6 and 40 m, no deco
- Price
- from CHF 1'000.–≈ € 1'070including learning materials and certification fee, excluding gases
The number of dives is the minimum under the IDF standard. Depending on your progress, additional dives may be needed; their price is agreed individually.
Certification No-decompression cavern dives in a buddy team, in caves with a fixed guideline, within the daylight zone and without restrictions. Gas planned by the rule of quarters.
Equipment Two masks, a primary light and one backup light, a safety spool with at least 50 m of line, a primary reel (one per team), two cutting tools, one cookie and two arrows.