What is Cave Diver Training?

If you want to be a cave diver, here are some course structure and progression tips.
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Scuba diving has significant risks. The information provided in this video is supplemental educational material and does not offer a complete educational experience for any dive activity. Scuba diving requires in-person training. Specialty and advanced areas of diving require specialty dive training, equipment, and experience. Always check with manufacturer recommendations before using or customizing equipment. Talk to a certified and qualified dive instructor for more information.

[@travlnchaz239]

Great information thank you

[@jeffdobbertien5264]

Training is purchased, certification is EARNED

[@zenasterling]

How many comfort dives would I need to find Hill 400?

[@BarefootBentley]

Exploration level diving is outside the scope of this conversation and isn't a realistic goal for most divers - especially exploration for something like "god's chalice of scuba" aka Hill 400. I suggest you stick to hobbyist depths and distances.

[@davidb5195]

do you want students to do oc cave class then do the ccr crossover full cave?

[@BarefootBentley]

That depends. Ideally the seesaw of experience weighs heavy on one side. For example - 500 hours of great lakes deco CCR diving - let's do cave CCR to start with no OC cave. If you have hundreds of cave dives over many years and then start CCR diving - a cave CCR crossover sounds swell. Where people get into trouble is a low amount of tech diving experience and/or low CCR hours trying to get into cave ASAP. The seesaw of experience needs to weigh heavy in some way. If the student doesn't have much OC tech experience or CCR experience and is really interested in ccr cave (this is what I see most commonly) then I'd suggest OC cave, go on a few dozen cave dives and then think about cave CCR crossover assuming they have the requisite CCR hours. When it comes to CCR diving - cave diving in particular - diving experience is of greater value than certifications. That's a... pseudo short answer. Feel free to ping me direct for more long winded opinions!

[@davidb5195]

@@BarefootBentley for cave diving I am all about being slow