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Report by Alex Boulton, TDD Technical Consultant

D-Beach Hotel, Beach Road, Pattaya. Participants (in photo from left to right): Ralph Joerger, Roger Smith, Steve Burton, Dan Beldon, Russel Martin, David Hildreth (not in photo Bob James)

The DSAT Round Table talks in the PADI Asia Pacific region recently came to a close with the final talks being held in Pattaya, Thailand. This was the last of the series which was preceded by Round Tables in Phuket, Koh Tao, Hong Kong & Puerto Galera. The talks were chaired by DSAT Tec IT and PADI Examiner George Wegmann with the purpose of presenting and discussing the plans to subdivide the former DSAT Tec Deep & DSAT Tec Trimix Programs.

Overall the changes were enthusiastically supported and the ensuing discussions focused on the requirements relating to maximum depths, Instructor to Student ratios, teaching materials, decompression requirements, equipment configurations, deco gas selection and Instructor Cross Over opportunities.