Normoxic Trimix / Normoxic Trimix Plus Diver course: 4 days, 4 dives, to 75 m

Why take the Normoxic Trimix / Normoxic Trimix Plus Diver course?

Diving past 50 m (170 ft) demands polished skills, substantial experience and mental resilience for deep, helium-based dives. The Normoxic Trimix course prepares you for these dives. Mastering them unlocks access to unexplored wrecks, caves and other frontiers beyond Technical Diver or Advanced Recreational Trimix limits. So it is perfect for anyone drawn to true exploration. Proficiency at these depths opens the door to project diving, exploration and discovery. It is for anyone who wants to take on the challenge.

Who is it for?

The Normoxic Trimix course enhances deep-diving proficiency with helium breathing gases and oxygen-enriched decompression gases. It is for experienced technical divers who wish to refine their deep Trimix capabilities. The course prepares you to operate safely and confidently to 75 m (250 ft) while carrying up to three stage and deco cylinders.

What will I learn?

• Using multiple stages; Trimix with higher helium percentages
• Gas management and oxygen management
• Extended, accelerated, omitted and general decompression strategies
• Dive planning and managing multiple cylinders

Graduates receive an internationally recognized certification. It permits diving to depths of up to 75 m (250 ft) on oxygen and helium mixtures. The oxygen concentration runs from 16 to 100 percent.

How the Normoxic Trimix course runs

• 4 days, at least 4 dives including three Trimix dives, at least 300 minutes of in-water work. Classroom lectures, land drills and in-water work. The deep ocean dives of the course are from a private boat in Akumal. Transfer from Playa del Carmen included.
• Rate: $348 per training day in a group of two or more, $398 individually.

Included: professional Advanced Technical Dual CCR Cave Diving instructor, hotel pickup and drop-off in Playa del Carmen, doubles or sidemount tanks with EAN32, weights, and the final examination

Not included: Students must bring their own tech/cave level diving gear (requirements will be provided) or rent it, Additional sets of Doubles or Sidemount tanks with EAN32, Stages, Drysuit tanks, Sofnolime, Oxygen, Trimix or Argon fills for both students and Instructor / DPV rental for students and Instructor / Cenote entry fee / Any Rental equipment will be charged accordingly, Foto/Video service, Diving insurance, Camera fee (depend on Cenote policy), Fuel or boat surcharges for remote locations out of Playa del Carmen and Puerto Aventuras areas (as per student request), eLearning materials or/and printed manuals, Certification fee ($60 per card), Tips for instructor

• Boat: the deep ocean dives of the course are from a private boat in Akumal. $100 per dive on top of the course price, the same for one diver or four. A solo student pays the individual rate plus the boat.

Applicants must

• Be qualified in Advanced Nitrox or higher, or equivalent
• Be a minimum of 18 years of age
• Be physically and mentally fit and able to swim. Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for prescription drugs or any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving

Be experienced with technical diving configuration and related skills: Basic 5, V-Drill, S-Drill, 6 propulsion techniques including back kicks and helicopter turn, perfect buoyancy, trim no more than 20 degrees out of neutral (see Intro to Tech / Essentials + Nitrox, link /cave-diving/intro-to-tech-essentials-basic-nitrox-course/)

With the reference to the Technical / Advanced Nitrox / ART Diver course, link /cave-diving/technical-diver-advanced-nitrox-art-course/

• Have a minimum of 100 logged dives beyond an autonomous entry-level scuba diver. Have a minimum of 10 dives deeper than 36 m (120 ft)

Equipment

All equipment is the student’s responsibility: bring your own or rent what is missing from Cave Ha, charged on actual usage. Sidemount AL80 DIN cylinders with technical regulators or backmount doubles AL80 DIN with technical regulators; in addition each diver needs 3 stage cylinders: 2 AL80 and 1 AL40, each with its own stage regulator. Planned gases: bottom gas EAN32, bottom stage gas EAN32, deco gas O2 in AL40. Students cover the cost of all gases and/or scrubber used by the instructor (above EAN32), cenote entrance fees or boat fees, certification card fees at $60 per card.

Required personal equipment

• 1 well-fitted drysuit with front-entry zipper, 2 pockets and 1 P-valve, plus 1 undergarment (Thinsulate 100-150 or equivalent), or 1 well-fitted wetsuit thick enough for 3-4 hours in the 25 C water daily (5-7 mm preferred) plus tech shorts with 2 pockets
• 1 thin neoprene hood; 1 pair of neoprene gloves of at least 1 mm
• 1 backmount doubles wing or sidemount BCD suitable for carrying 5 tanks
• 1 technical regulator set for backgas (2 first stages, 2 second stages, long hose, SPG, inflator hoses)
• 3 stage regulator sets; 2 stage rigging sets for AL80; 1 stage rigging set for AL40; 1 sidemount rigging set if using sidemount
• 1 primary light, canister type; 2 backup lights
• 1 bottom timer or deco computer; 1 wrist-mounted compass
• 1 pair of Jet fins; 1 primary mask plus 1 backup mask
• 1 small cutting device (for webbing harness)
• 3 to 4 safety/jump spools per person
• 1 wetnotes with pencil

Doubles or sidemount tanks with EAN32 are included in the course price. Rental: Tech SCUBA set $50 per day, stage AL80 with EAN32 $9, AL40 with oxygen $24, stage regulator $10 per day. Rental.

Rental of the course gases and instruments: Trimix 18/45 in an AL80 $194, deco stage with EAN50 $19, AL40 with oxygen $24, deco computer with Trimix $10 per day.

Rules of the course

• Medical: every participant completes and signs the standard Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire before the activity. A YES answer to any question in its final section requires written approval from a physician before diving. Without it the guest does not dive.
• Liability: every participant signs the standard diving General Liability Release and Express Assumption of Risk before the activity. Without the signed form the guest does not dive.

Next step

• Trimix Diver, 4 days, to 100 m.