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Technical diving in the Middle East: 30 dive centres on TecDiveTools, with agencies, courses taught and a summary of what students say. 7 publish course prices.
TecDiveTools lists 30 dive centres teaching technical diving in the Middle East. 7 of them publish course prices, in the currency the shop advertises and with the date each was checked — not converted, and not estimated.
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). 20 of these 30 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, 12 have at least one instructor whose reviews we have read and summarised — a dive centre carries no synthesis of its own. How we read and count reviews.
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TecDiveTools lists 30 dive centres teaching technical diving in the Middle East. The directory is not a census — it lists the centres we have been able to verify, and grows as more are added.
TDI (27), IANTD (6), GUE (2) and ANDI (1), counted by how many of the 30 dive centres listed in the Middle East teach each. 15 teach more than one agency. The agency sets the standards and issues the card; the centre sets the price and schedule. Recreational training (PADI, SSI and SDI) is taught too and is not counted here.
Published whole-course prices at dive centres in the Middle East, by training tier — Advanced Nitrox / Decompression Procedures: €425–€600 (7 centres); Advanced Nitrox: €370–€500 (7 centres); Extended Range: €600–€850 (7 centres); Technical Sidemount: €400–€700 (7 centres); Normoxic Trimix: €700–€3,000 (6 centres). 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 — 12 of the 30 dive centres listed in the Middle East teach rebreather courses. Most often: TDI Air Diluent CCR (11), TDI Air Diluent CCR Decompression Procedures (11), TDI Helitrox CCR Decompression Procedures (8) and TDI Helitrox CCR (7). CCR training is unit-specific, so check which units a listing supports.
