Technical Diving Courses: Twinset, Sidemount to Full Trimix

2×cylinders on your back

Twinset Diver

Configure and master a twinset: trim and weighting, emergency procedures and fin techniques such as back kick and helicopter turn. Prerequisite: Open Water Diver, age 15+ CHF 800.–4 dives · 2–4 daysDetailsClose

Cylinders, manifold, wing and regulator configuration, weight distribution, S-drill and V-drill, frog kick, back kick and helicopter turn, plus recovering and towing an unconscious diver.

Prerequisites

Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies

Minimum age 15
IDF Open Water Diver

Dives (minimum): 4 in open water
Duration: 2–4 days at 1–2 dives per day
Min. total dive time: 100 min
Depth: no-decompression
Price: CHF 800.–including 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 and are charged at CHF 200.– per dive.

Certification IDF Twinset Diver. Required for Master Fundamentals, Advanced Nitrox and Cave Diver in twinset configuration.

2×cylinders at your sides

Side Mount Diver

Two cylinders at your sides: harness and cylinder set-up, clipping and unclipping in mid-water, trim, gas management and emergency procedures. Prerequisite: Open Water Diver, age 15+ CHF 800.–4 dives · 2–4 daysDetailsClose

Harness and cylinder set-up, clipping and unclipping cylinders at the surface and in mid-water, trim and gas management, S-drill and V-drill, failure of the upper or lower cylinder attachment.

Prerequisites

Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies

Minimum age 15
IDF Open Water Diver

Dives (minimum): 4 in open water
Duration: 2–4 days at 1–2 dives per day
Min. total dive time: 100 min
Depth: no-decompression
Price: CHF 800.–including 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 and are charged at CHF 200.– per dive.

Certification IDF Side Mount Diver. Required for Multistage Side Mount and Cave Diver in sidemount configuration.

Basetrim & buoyancy

Master Fundamentals

The foundation for technical, cave and professional training: precise buoyancy and trim, clean fin technique and solid theory. Prerequisite: Deep Diver and Rescue Diver, age 18+ CHF 800.–4 dives · 2–4 daysDetailsClose

Precise static and dynamic buoyancy, a flat horizontal trim, frog kick, back kick, helicopter turn, mask swaps, deploying a DSMB without a mask and ascending with deco stops. Theory: gas physics, diving physiology and decompression theory.

Prerequisites

Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies

Minimum age 18
IDF Deep Diver
IDF Rescue Diver
Twinset: IDF Twinset Diver; sidemount: IDF Side Mount Diver

Dives (minimum): 4 in open water
Duration: 2–4 days at 1–2 dives per day
Min. total dive time: 160 min
Depth: no-decompression
Price: CHF 800.–including 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 and are charged at CHF 200.– per dive.

Certification IDF Master Fundamentals. Required for Advanced Nitrox, Multistage Side Mount and Cave Diver.

Multistageextra stages in sidemount

Multistage Side Mount Diver

Sidemount with additional stage cylinders. Your ticket to continue into technical diving in sidemount. Prerequisite: Side Mount Diver and Master Fundamentals CHF 800.–4 dives · 2–4 daysDetailsClose

Configuration and rules for additional cylinders, depositing and handing over cylinders, clipping and unclipping up to four sidemount cylinders in mid-water.

Prerequisites

Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies

Minimum age 18
IDF Master Fundamentals or IDF Master Deep Diver
IDF Side Mount Diver
Drysuit: IDF Dry Suit Diver

Dives (minimum): 4 in open water
Duration: 2–4 days at 1–2 dives per day
Min. total dive time: 160 min
Depth: no-decompression
Price: CHF 800.–including 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 and are charged at CHF 200.– per dive.

Certification IDF Multistage Side Mount Diver. Required for Advanced Nitrox, Extended Range, Helitrox and Trimix in sidemount configuration.

50m

Advanced Nitrox Diver

Your first step into decompression diving: planned deco stops with one deco gas of up to 100 % O₂. Prerequisite: Master Fundamentals and Twinset (or Multistage Side Mount) CHF 1'400.–6 dives · 3–6 daysDetailsClose

Accelerated decompression with one stage, gas switches using the NOTOX procedure, depositing and handing over the stage, and dealing with free-flowing regulators, stage or wing failures.

What is NOTOX? A fixed check routine for gas switches. Before switching to your deco gas you check depth, cylinder and regulator step by step, and your buddy confirms the switch. That way you never breathe the wrong gas by mistake.

Prerequisites

Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies

Minimum age 18
IDF Master Fundamentals or IDF Master Deep Diver
Twinset: IDF Twinset Diver; multistage sidemount: IDF Multistage Side Mount Diver

Dives (minimum): 6
Duration: 3–6 days at 1–2 dives per day
Min. total dive time: 240 min
Depth: 2 of them at 40–50 m
Price: CHF 1'400.–including 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 and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.

Certification Buddy-team decompression dives to 50 m with one deco gas of up to 100 % O₂. Can be combined with Wreck, Technical Wreck, Technical Cave and Helitrox.

55m

Extended Range Diver

To the limit of air diving, with a second deco gas and different decompression strategies. Prerequisite: Advanced Nitrox Diver CHF 1'500.–6 dives · 3–6 daysDetailsClose

Accelerated decompression with two stages and two deco gases. You learn different decompression strategies and how to solve problems and failures, even when several happen at once.

Prerequisites

Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies

Minimum age 18
IDF Advanced Nitrox Diver
Twinset: IDF Twinset Diver; multistage sidemount: IDF Multistage Side Mount Diver

Dives (minimum): 6
Duration: 3–6 days at 1–2 dives per day
Min. total dive time: 240 min
Depth: 2 of them at 50–55 m
Price: CHF 1'500.–including 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 and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.

Certification Buddy-team decompression dives with two deco gases of up to 100 % O₂. Can be combined with Wreck, Technical Wreck and Technical Cave.

50m

Helitrox Diver

Helium in your breathing gas for a clearer head: less narcosis and lower gas density, with one deco gas. Prerequisite: Advanced Nitrox Diver (can be combined) CHF 1'600.–6 dives · 3–6 daysDetailsClose

Trimix with at least 21 % O₂ and up to 35 % helium. The course can be combined with Advanced Nitrox.

Prerequisites

Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies

Minimum age 18
IDF Advanced Nitrox Diver (not needed when combined with Advanced Nitrox)
Twinset: IDF Twinset Diver; multistage sidemount: IDF Multistage Side Mount Diver

Dives (minimum): 6
Duration: 3–6 days at 1–2 dives per day
Min. total dive time: 360 min
Depth: 3 of them on helitrox at 40–50 m
Price: CHF 1'600.–including 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 and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.

Certification Decompression dives on helitrox with one deco gas of up to 100 % O₂.

65m

Trimix Diver

Normoxic trimix: more depth with less narcosis, using two deco gases. Prerequisite: Advanced Nitrox Diver CHF 1'600.–6 dives · 3–6 daysDetailsClose

You learn to plan dives on normoxic helium mixes and to choose a mix that keeps oxygen partial pressure and narcosis in a safe range. In the water you handle two stages with deco gases.

Prerequisites

Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies

Minimum age 18
IDF Advanced Nitrox Diver
Twinset: IDF Twinset Diver; multistage sidemount: IDF Multistage Side Mount Diver

Dives (minimum): 6
Duration: 3–6 days at 1–2 dives per day
Min. total dive time: 360 min
Depth: 3 of them at 55–65 m
Price: CHF 1'600.–including 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 and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.

Certification Decompression dives on trimix (min. 18 % O₂) with two deco gases of up to 100 % O₂.

100m

Full Trimix Diver

Hypoxic trimix with a travel gas and two deco gases, including planning long decompressions. Prerequisite: Trimix Diver CHF 1'800.–6 dives · 3–6 daysDetailsClose

Planning from gas reserves and the ideal mix to strategies for long decompression. In the water you handle three stages with travel and deco gases.

Prerequisites

Listed IDF certifications or equivalent certifications from other agencies

Minimum age 18
IDF Trimix Diver
Twinset: IDF Twinset Diver; multistage sidemount: IDF Multistage Side Mount Diver

Dives (minimum): 6
Duration: 3–6 days at 1–2 dives per day
Min. total dive time: 360 min
Depth: 3 of them at 65–100 m
Price: CHF 1'800.–including 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 and are charged at CHF 300.– per dive.

Certification Decompression dives on hypoxic trimix (below 18 % O₂) with a travel gas and two deco gases of up to 100 % O₂.