Certification, health and recent experience all matter.
Requirements depend on the dive, your certification and current conditions. BPDC makes the final operational decision for each departure and may adjust a plan when safety requires it.
Bring proof of a recognized certification.
Guests joining certified dives should be at least Open Water certified and able to present a physical or digital certification from a recognized training agency. The depth and type of dive must remain within your training, experience and comfort.
- Bring your certification card or a verifiable digital record
- Tell BPDC your certification level and approximate number of logged dives
- Share the date and depth of your most recent dive
- Ask about a refresher when it has been six months or more since your last dive
Do not dive when you are unwell or unable to equalize safely.
Dive students complete the current training-agency medical questionnaire. Certain answers require written approval from a physician before in-water training. Certified divers should also disclose relevant health changes and follow medical advice.
Follow the briefing, your computer and your guide.
- Arrive at the confirmed check-in time with any requested documents
- Do not dive while impaired by alcohol, drugs, illness or severe fatigue
- Use a functioning dive computer and stay within the most conservative applicable limit
- Tell your guide immediately if you are uncomfortable or have an equipment concern
- Never exceed your training merely because another diver plans to go deeper
Leave a suitable surface interval before your flight.
DAN's published minimum guidance is 12 hours after a single no-decompression dive, 18 hours after multiple dives in a day or diving over multiple days, and 24 hours after a dive requiring mandatory decompression. A longer interval reduces risk, and your dive computer or medical advice may require more time.
Read DAN's current flying-after-diving guidance →