Why take the Advanced Cave Survey Course?
Cave survey and cartography are important aspects of cave exploration and useful for all advanced cave divers. In this IANTD/IDF Advanced Cave Survey class, divers will learn the skills needed to conduct a full cave survey, from in-water surveying to drafting a cave map.
During the class, divers learn team-based survey procedures and dive planning, along with additional tools and specialized equipment/software solutions.
Who is it for?
Many divers undertaking the Advanced Cave Survey class have been involved in exciting cave exploration projects worldwide. At a minimum, this course adds special skills and knowledge to the repertoire of any skilled cave diver.
What will I learn?
Course outcomes include, but are not limited to: competency in the basic principles of underwater cave survey, implementation of a defined team approach to underwater survey data collection, which prepares an experienced cave diver to assist in a coordinated cave project productively, using specific cave survey tools and software, and an introduction to cartography methods.
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Applicants must:
- Be qualified in IANTD/TDI Technical Cave Diver or equivalent;
- Be a minimum of 18 years of age;
- Be physically and mentally fit;
- Obtain a physician’s prior written authorization for the use of prescription drugs, except for birth control, or for any medical condition that may pose a risk while diving;
- Have a minimum of 25 logged cave dives.
The IANTD/TDI Advanced Cave Survey Course is usually conducted over two days. It requires a minimum of four cave dives, at least 240 minutes of in-water work, and instruction encompassing classroom lectures and land drills.
Transfer from Playa del Carmen is included.
Students must bring their own tech-level diving gear, including cave-survey equipment (requirements will be provided upon registration) or borrow/rent it, pay for their gases and tank rentals, cenote entree and agency certification fees is not included
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OK GUYS, I GONNA BE YOUR CAVE INSTRUCTOR
Alexander Vronsky
Founder, Cave Ha Diving Mexico
IANTD and IDF Instructor Trainer. IDF Course Director.
Cave and technical instructor trainer: Cavern to Technical Cave, Technical to Master Deep.
CCR instructor: Dual CCR and Dual CCR Cave, GBM CCR (Nitrox to Trimix 100), S7 CCR (Nitrox to Helitrox), CCR Cave, CCR Technical Cave, and CCR Expedition Cave on GBM, S7, SF2, JJ, and Fathom.
Authorized dealer for S7 and GBM rebreathers. TDI technical instructor.
GUE member. GUE Cave 2, Cave DPV, Cave CCR, CCR 2, Tec 3
Elected representative of CREER (Comité Regional de Espeleobuceo, Ecología y Regulación), the regional cave diving committee of Quintana Roo.
Alexander lives and teaches year-round in Playa del Carmen, in the Riviera Maya, home to nine of the ten largest underwater cave systems in the world. He trained every cave and technical instructor on the Cave Ha team.
Before dedicating himself to diving, Alexander spent many years running large-scale technical and broadcast operations, including for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. That background is why the logistics behind every course here simply work.
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