Guided Technical Dive – Samal Island

Technical Diving With Professional Guidance

Take your technical diving experience to the next level with a professionally guided technical dive around the waters of Samal Island.

Our Guided Technical Dive is designed for certified technical divers who want to explore deeper sites, extended-range profiles, decompression dives, wrecks, walls, and other technical diving objectives while being supported by an experienced technical dive professional.

Every dive is individually planned according to the diver's certification, experience, equipment configuration, gas requirements, dive site, environmental conditions, and planned decompression profile.

Guided Technical Dive Rate

₱4,500/person – Guided Technical Dive 

Base package includes:

• Professional Technical Dive Guide

• Technical dive briefing

• Dive site assessment and planning

• Boat transportation to and from the designated dive site

• Back gas

• Standard air/EANx cylinder configuration as applicable

• Weights and weight belt

• Surface support

• Pre-dive equipment and gas check

• Dive planning assistance

• Dive profile monitoring

• Post-dive debriefing

• Dive log assistance

Final pricing depends on depth, bottom time, number of cylinders, breathing gases, decompression gases, equipment requirements, and dive site.

Technical Configurations

We can accommodate guided technical dives using different configurations, subject to diver certification, guide availability, equipment availability, and dive-site conditions.

Open Circuit

• Twinset / Doubles

• Sidemount

• Stage/decompression cylinders

• Single or multiple deco gases

Closed Circuit Rebreather

• CCR guided dives

• Bailout planning

• Oxygen and diluent requirements

• Decompression gas requirements

• CCR support arrangements

CCR dives are subject to appropriate CCR certification and unit-specific experience.

Additional Charges

The following are not included in the base guided technical dive rate and may be charged separately:

• Helium / Trimix

• Additional deco gases

• Additional stage/deco cylinders

• Oxygen fills

• Nitrox fills beyond the included allocation

• CCR oxygen

• CCR diluent

• Sofnolime / sorb

• CCR consumables

• Technical diving equipment rental

• Twinset rental

• Sidemount system rental

• Stage cylinder rental

• Deco regulator rental

• DPV/Scooter rental

• Dive computer rental

• Specialized technical accessories

• Additional boat/fuel surcharge for remote or special dive sites

• Marine sanctuary, environmental, entrance, or local government fees, when applicable

Guided Technical Dive – Up to 45m

₱4,500/person

Suitable for qualified technical divers conducting planned decompression dives within their certification limits.

Includes:

• Technical guide

• Boat

• Back gas

• Basic weights

• Dive planning and briefing

• Surface support

Additional: Deco gas, stage cylinder, equipment rental, and other specialized gases/equipment.

Extended Range – 45m to 60m

Starting at ₱5,500/person

Designed for qualified technical divers conducting deeper decompression profiles.

Includes:

• Technical dive guide

• Boat support

• Appropriate back gas

• Dive planning

• Surface support

• Pre- and post-dive briefing

Additional: Helium/Trimix, deco gases, additional cylinders, equipment rental, and other technical consumables.

Technical CCR Dive

Starting at ₱5,500/person

For appropriately certified and experienced CCR divers.

CCR dives are individually quoted depending on:

• CCR unit

• Dive depth

• Bottom time

• Diluent

• Oxygen requirements

• Bailout configuration

• Decompression gases

• Sofnolime requirements

• Support requirements

Who Can Join?

Guided Technical Dives are available to appropriately certified technical divers.

Divers must provide valid certification and demonstrate appropriate experience for the planned dive.

The required certification will depend on the planned depth, gas mixture, decompression profile, equipment configuration, and dive objective.

Examples may include:

• Advanced Nitrox

• Decompression Procedures

• Extended Range

• Trimix

• Technical Sidemount

• Technical CCR

• Other recognized technical diving certifications appropriate to the planned dive

Certification requirements are determined based on the actual dive plan—not simply the diver's maximum certification depth.

Dive Planning

Technical dives require proper preparation and planning.

Before entering the water, the dive team will review:

• Maximum depth

• Bottom time

• Gas requirements

• Gas switches

• Decompression schedule

• Planned ascent

• Contingency procedures

• Bailout requirements

• Equipment configuration

• Current and expected sea conditions

• Entry and exit procedures

• Emergency and lost-diver procedures

The final dive plan may be modified or cancelled when environmental or operational conditions are not suitable.

Safety & Operational Limits

All guided technical dives are conducted within the diver's certification, training, experience, equipment limitations, and agreed dive plan.

The dive guide will not exceed the diver's certification or the operational limits established for the dive.

Weather, sea state, visibility, currents, boat conditions, gas availability, equipment condition, and other safety factors may affect the final dive plan.

We reserve the right to modify, postpone, or cancel a technical dive when conditions are considered unsafe.

What the Diver Must Provide

Technical divers are expected to arrive with properly serviced and configured equipment appropriate for the planned dive.

Depending on the dive, this may include:

• Technical BCD/wing and harness

• Twinset or sidemount system

• Primary regulators

• Stage/deco regulators

• Dive computer

• Backup timing/depth device

• DSMB and spool/reel

• Cutting devices

• Primary and backup lights

• Appropriate exposure protection

• Required bailout gas

• Personal technical accessories

Equipment rental may be arranged in advance, subject to availability.

Important Note

A Guided Technical Dive is not a training course.

The service is intended for already-qualified technical divers who want professional dive-site guidance and operational support.

If you are not yet certified for the planned technical dive, we can recommend an appropriate technical diving course or progression program.

Plan Your Technical Dive With Us

Whether you're diving twinset, sidemount, stage/deco, Trimix, or CCR, let our team help you plan and execute a safe and well-organized technical dive around Samal Island.

Technical diving demands preparation.
We provide the support to help you focus on the dive.

Book your Guided Technical Dive with Seantric Diving.