Cave Explorer level 2

What does that contain?

Prerequisites

  • Must be at least a minimum 20 years of age.
  • Must be ISE Exploration Diver Level 1 and Cave 1 qualified.
  • Must have a minimum of 50 logged cave dives.
  • Must be able to perform the following:
600 meters swimming in less than 15 min. & free dive a distance of 20 meters or alternatively
Snorkel 800 meters (with fins) in less than 16 min. & free dive a distance of 30 meters or alternatively
Run 1000 Meters in less than 4 min.
additionally
10 pushups & 6 pull-ups & 30 sit-ups in 40 sec

Purpose

The ISE Cave Diver Level 2 course is structured to prepare divers for the rigors of exploration diving, and to familiarize them with the use of different breathing and decompression mixtures. The training focuses on expanding the basic skills learnt in the ISE Cave Diver Level I, and is designed to build the necessary and essential skills required for safe and successful extended exploration diving.

This will include problem identification and resolution, and also building the capacity for progressively more challenging diving. In this class, students will be trained in:

  • the use of multiple stages and the potential failure problems associated with them.
  • the use of Trimix. The applications of multiple decompression stage diving with respect to decompression procedures.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE CLASS CAN BE CONDUCTED IN:
opencircuit backmount or any rebreather that you are certified on.

Duration

This class will be conducted over a duration of 6 days, and involves at least 10 dives.

Limits

  • Student to instructor ratio will not exceed 3:1 in all in-water and surface sessions.
  • Trimix 18/45 and 15/60 with Nitrox 50 and Oxygen
  • Maximum training depth is depending on the open water Expedition level the diver has with a max of 75 meters.
  • Certification expires after 3 years. Students have to re-qualify. (An evaluation dive)

Topics

  • Limits of training
  • Course completion requirements
  • Review of decompression, diving physiology, gas utilization and risk
  • Accelerated, omitted, and general decompression strategies
  • Dive logistics and planning
  • Survey techniques

Drills

  • Spools, reels and guideline use
  • Dive team order and protocols
  • Gas switching procedures and protocols
  • Bottom stage and decompression cylinder use
  • Survey and measurements

Equipment

  • Can be done in OC or any rebreather the diver is certified on.
  • All equipment described in Level 1 and Cave 1 with additional stages, reels, spools & markers.

Classes

Location city Start date Instructor Details

Instructors

Name Country City Details
Alain Dobbelaere Belgium Waarschoot Details
Senne Strobbe België Laarne Details
Achim Schlöffel Germany München Details
Jochen Grau DE Nürnberg Details
Juan Naval Philippines Muntinlupa City Details