Technical Diving Courses & Cave Diving Courses Overview
When it comes to Technical Diving Courses & Cave Diving training, Dan’s Dive Shop is the best choice.
Dan’s has been involved in technical diving training and equipment since it all began in the 80’s. In 1986 we helped introduce Dive Rite to the Canadian dive market, selling more advanced gear on our path down the technical diving rabbit hole long before it became as popular as it is today.
Back in the early days of tech diving, higher level skills and training were inconceivable to the majority of recreational scuba divers, and the only real way in those days to obtain those skills was to learn cave diving with a small group of Florida cave divers.
Usher in the early 1990’s when technical diving started to gain some momentum, we became the first Canadian Nitrox divers and one of the first blending and training facilities through IANTD and then TDI.
Since 1996 our technical diving course graduates have graced the water with more finesse, ability and experience than the vast majority of Technical Divers worldwide regardless of agency or instructor.
Our Divers are the most well rounded Divers you’ll find above and below the water, possessing higher skill and abilities, a great sense of team diving values, pride, compassion and a willingness to help mentor newer divers.
Train with the most modern, progressive and experienced team in country.
Dive Smarter
DDS is here to provide our students with the Highest level of quality, safety and excellence in technical dive training, equipment, education, and service.
Our courses are the highest quality technical classes taught to the highest technical diving course standards, offering some of the most challenging and rewarding technical diving educational courses available.
Who We Are
We are a team of active Cave & Technical Diving Explorers. We’ve put more time in underwater than anyone else and we’ve taken the best training from a range of different agencies and instructors over the decades to be able to better provide you with the best diving education possible.
We offer all the best tech diving programs from foundational skills classes in doubles or sidemount to technical, mixed gas diving, closed circuit rebreather courses and the finest cave diving courses in the industry.
DPV Training for Recreational and Technical Divers
Our Technical Diving Courses embrace 3 main areas:
- Diving with a standardized, simplistic DIR/Hogarthian/NTEC equipment configuration (clean, simple, streamlined) and embracing the most current equipment and philosophies in technical diving.
- Gaining a Solid Foundation of Practical and Academic Knowledge started in your Basic Nitrox Course and through a series of academic lessons build on that foundation with each lesson.
- Building on Rudimentary skills while introducing and mastering mandatory skill sets introduced through dry-land drills, confined water training and open water training in a positive, constructive manner, where students can review video footage of the dives with their instructor.
Complete Flexibility in Scheduling & Location
We offer set dates for courses, but with enough notice we can also offer private or custom formatted courses for you or your group regardless of your location. We can come to you if you’re too far away.
We’ve taught all over the globe offering our brand of technical diving training to people from all over Canada, most US States, Germany, Italy, Curacao, Cayman, Australia, and many more places.
Anytime, Anywhere
While we are based out of Niagara, we are not just a Niagara based store, as a matter of fact, over 35% of our Classes are taught within the GTA and Surrounding Areas. With many of the best dive sites being spread across the country, we teach wherever you want us to be. Group and Private training locally or abroad are the norm, as we’ve taught technical diving students from all over the world.
Training in Backmount and Sidemount is available
If you don’t see what you’re looking for, contact us for more info, we are the best choice you’ll find with the most competitive rates for high end technical diving.
There is no shop or instructor
in Canada with more experience and ability to teach you an entire range of life changing technical courses than our team.
We offer Progressive Technical Diving Courses through TDI (one of the original Technical Diving agencies), NAUI Tec (the most respected training agency in diving and the first “Doing it Right” Tech diving agency) PADI Tec Rec, IANTD and IDREO (A New International Exploration and Research Organization offering some cutting edge explorer programs and Rebreather courses). Training from other tech agencies are also available upon request.
