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Rescue Diver
Prevent and manage dive emergencies, the course most divers call their best.
Overview
Rescue Diver changes how you dive. You will learn to anticipate problems, manage stress, and handle real in-water emergencies, for yourself and others. Demanding, hugely rewarding, and a prerequisite for the professional path.
What you'll learn
- Self-rescue and stress recognition
- Assisting tired, panicked and unresponsive divers
- In-water rescue, tows and exits
- Emergency management and oxygen administration
- Search patterns and missing-diver procedures
What's included
- All academic sessions and instructor time
- Digital learning materials and certification registration
- Use of training equipment where required
- Confined-water and open-water training dives
Prerequisites
SDI Advanced Adventure Diver (or Open Water + 15 logged dives) and current CPR, First Aid and Oxygen Provider certification.
Kit for this course
Recommended gear
The configuration we'd dive for this course, tap any card to drill into products, or shop it as a ready-made bundle. Not sure what suits you? Take the gear guide →
Base configuration
Single-tank recreational
- Single cylinder + recreational BCD
- Single regulator set with alternate (octo)
- Dive computer
- Mask, fins and exposure suit
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Add-onCold-water (dry suit)
- Dry suit + appropriate undergarment
- Dry or wet gloves
- Dedicated dry-suit inflation hose
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