At Sulawesi Dive Trek we offer all ranges of Cave Courses with our in-house technical diving instructors. We proudly are the ONLY dive center in South-East Sulawesi  to offer Technical Cave Training. You will have the opportunity to learn this challenging way of diving in a safe and optimal way in a warm and tropical place.Our small groups ( maximum 3 students per class ) will helps you to progress at your own pace and not be pressurized to reach your goal. Our instructors are highly trained  Technical diver and actually participate in proper exploration projects when they’re not teaching so you will get state of the art training with passionated instructors. With taking your course with us, be sure you will get the best training you can have and will go way beyond the minimum knowledge and performance required by agencies standards.

Every course can be taken in any technical diving configuration : Twinset or Sidemount  can be used for training depending on the goal you want to achieve and what kind of diving you want to do. If you never used any of these configurations before, we strongly advice you to take either a Sidemount or either an Essentials Diver course to get proficient on your chosen configuration as Technical diving requires equipment proficiency. We can of course offer combination of any courses to fit your needs. Let us know where you are now and where you want to be as a diver and we will discuss the best options for you keeping in mind that you should never rush into training and move forward step by step in your diving career.

As the course are performance based, the duration provided in course details is a minimum given. If you not reach what we expect from you to be a safe and confident cave diver, the course will be extended until you the performance requirements are met. We do not want to let you alone in the dark and will make sure you will leave the class being ready to venture deeper and longer. Therefore the price indicated is for the minimum required amound of time. Extra days of training will be charged if needed.

Ultimately, we do think that every Technical diver should have their own equipment.You need to be comfortable and familiar with your equipment, and the best and only way to do it is to have yours so you know how it works, where it is placed and that it is properly maintained. However we understand that not everybody can directly buy the whole full Technical diver equipment neither travel with a full set, that is why we do offer equipment rental in case you need something during the course.

Taking a course at Sulawesi Dive Trek is an amazing experience. Many reasons will convince you to come and train with us :

• Easy conditions : the deep wall are within minutes from the shore.
• Almost unlimited depth available in sheltered dive sites
• Crystal clear visibility with almost no current
• Tropical weather.
• Warm water : around 26°c all year long.
• Exclusive destination, you will be amongst the first to take training here.
• All range of accomodations available.
• Small groups with highly experienced instructors.
• Unspoiled coral reef, amongst the best in the world.
• Access to unexplored sites that you will be the first human being to dive.
• First and only technical diving center available in Sulawesi Tenggara.
• Fully Technical Diving Compliant boat.
• Hyperbaric chamber available in Wakatobi.
• Oxygen , UHP Helium and booster pumps available on site.

Taking a course at Sulawesi Dive Trek is an amazing experience. Many reasons will convince you to come and travel all the way to us to get a quality training. Please see down there for a brief abstract of the courses we provide. Note that the courses are always given for a minimum amount of time. If the performance are not met at the end of the course an extra day of training can be required. Please contact us in advance to be sure that you actually meet the experience and equipment requirements before travelling all the way to us. We want to make sure that everything will be in order before you arrive so you can get the best experience possible and focus on the core of the course.

The Technical course can be taught either in Twinset backmounted tanks or sidemount configuration.. You want to learn and grow with the configuration you will dive with in your future divecarreer. Contact us in advance to make sure your equipment is compatible with the course you plan to take. Due to remoteness of our sites, rental equipment availability is limited, discuss with your instructor beforewards to ensure you will have eveything you need to enjoy the course.

This mid-level Specialty Continuing Education Diver Program is designed to enable the certified diver to extend proficiency in the water and to review and put in practice the Essentials skills needed for Technical diving. It is a perfect introduction to Technical Diving mindset, procedures and equipment. This systematic learning and professional training is designed to enhance the student’s personal and team underwater skills : Development of buoyancy, trim, balance and propulsion and equipment Streamlining and configuration. For those who never had a Twinset on the back it is the perfect course before starting actual decompression diving.

This Program is designed to extend the diver’s knowledge in the use of Enriched Air Gas for diving. It further develops diving skills and provides a greater understanding of the EANx concept of diving.  You will learn the basics you need to perform small decompression dives (up to 15 minutes of deco stop) and how to use up to 100% Oxygen in your decompression mixes to accelerate deco. It is the perfect program to start your technical diving carreer. Once certified you will be able to dive up to 42 meters.

This Program is designed to extend the diver’s knowledge in the use of Enriched Air Gas and Helium for diving. It further develops diving skills and provides a greater understanding of the EANx and Helium concepts of diving.  You will learn the basics you need to perform small decompression dives (up to 15 minutes of deco stop) and how to use up to 100% Oxygen in your decompression mixes to accelerate deco. On top of that you will understand the basics of using Helium to reduce inert gas narcosis and make your breathing at depth easier.. This is your first level of technical diving if Advanced Nitrox is not enough for you.

This Program is designed to train divers to conduct dives to depths between 100 fsw (30 msw) and up to 170 fsw (51 msw) using custom blend breathing gas mixtures. This program does not have limitations on decompression time and is the ultimate level of technical diving before entering the trimix world. You will learn how to plan complex dives, deal with narcosis at depth, use of custom blend gases to accelerate deco and optimize your underwater experience. This is our most demanding program only for those for want to get deep inside technical diving.