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Technical diving in the Americas: 273 instructors on TecDiveTools, with the agencies and courses each teaches, and a summary of what students say.
TecDiveTools lists 273 instructors teaching technical diving in the Americas.
Listings are ordered by how much evidence exists about their technical diving, not by a star rating, with any paid Featured listing shown first and marked as such (how rankings work). 126 of these 273 carry reviews we have read and classified as being about technical or overhead training. The count excludes recreational certifications by name, so a busy resort does not outrank a one-instructor cave operation on the volume of its reef trips. Separately, 108 have a written synthesis of what reviewers say about them. How we read and count reviews.
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TecDiveTools lists 273 technical diving instructors in the Americas: Mexico (153) and United States (120). The directory is not a census — it lists the instructors we have been able to verify, and grows as more are added.
TDI (193), IANTD (76), NSS-CDS (16), GUE (15), RAID (3) and PSAI (2), counted by how many of the 273 instructors listed in the Americas teach each. 29 teach more than one agency. The agency sets the standards and issues the card; the instructor sets the price and schedule.
Published whole-course prices at dive centres in the Americas, by training tier — Technical Sidemount: roughly US$440 to US$1,650 (9 centres, converted from local prices); Cavern: roughly US$500 to US$1,350 (9 centres, converted from local prices); Full Cave: roughly US$1,000 to US$1,800 (8 centres, converted from local prices); Advanced Nitrox / Decompression Procedures: roughly US$600 to US$1,800 (8 centres, converted from local prices); Intro to Cave: roughly US$500 to US$1,500 (8 centres, converted from local prices). Each figure is a centre's own published price; they differ mainly in what they include (gas, equipment, dives), so compare inclusions before numbers. Every course page lists the individual prices.
Yes — 229 of the 273 instructors listed in the Americas teach cave or cavern courses. Most often: TDI Cavern (150), TDI Intro to Cave (148), TDI Full Cave (125) and TDI Stage Cave (69).
Yes — 96 of the 273 instructors listed in the Americas teach rebreather courses. Most often: TDI Air Diluent CCR (56), TDI Air Diluent CCR Decompression Procedures (53), TDI Helitrox CCR Decompression Procedures (37) and TDI Mixed Gas CCR (30). CCR training is unit-specific, so check which units a listing supports.
