Rescue Diver

Improve your confidence and become a better dive buddy through fun role-playing and skill practice.

Price (Classroom): $

385.00

Price (eLearning): $

450.00

Skill Level

: Advanced

The PADI® Rescue Diver course will change the way you dive – in the best possible way. Learn to identify and fix minor issues before they become big problems, gain a lot of confidence and have serious fun along the way.

Discover why countless divers say Rescue Diver is their favorite scuba course.

How To Earn your Certification

The Rescue Diver course is designed to prepare you to deal with both minor and major dive emergencies. Rescue divers are trained to recognize and respond to emergency situations should they arise and provide immediate first aid and life support. You will become more confident in your skills as a diver through knowledge development and several rescue scenarios and exercises.

Knowledge Development

Knowledge development may be completed in a classroom setting OR eLearning.

Classroom (6-8 hours total): 1 or 2-sessions (Schedule Dependent).

In the classroom environment, you have immediate access to your instructor, whom can answer questions in real-time, share personal experiences, and provide hands-on demonstrations. The instructor will guide you through PADI’s structured and highly effective learning system in safe, fun and supportive learning environment.

eLearning (8-12 hours total)

PADI eLearning allows you to study at your own pace and schedule, fitting the course into your busy lifestyle. Study offline, or online using a computer or mobile device. Your instructor will be readily available should you have questions and/or concerns.

Confined Water Training

Confined Water training takes place in a pool or an open water environment with ‘pool-like’ conditions. (1-dive)

(1-2 hours total): 1-session

During confined water training, your instructor will review some basic skills required for rescue diver and introduce you to some of the advanced skills that will be learned in the open water. You’ll also have an opportunity to practice some of the skills in the pool.

Open Water Training

Open Water training takes place in the open water (lake, river, ocean, spring, etc.).

(8-12 hours total): 2-sessions

During open water training, you’ll learn and practice the skills and concepts of required as a rescue diver. This portion include dry workshops and dives that teach you to deal with tired or panicked divers and surface an unresponsive diver.

Frequently Asked Questions

Medical Requirements

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving. Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical Form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive. If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Diver Medical Form

Prerequisites

Age: 12 years or older

Certification: Must be Adventure Diver/Junior Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification) with completed Underwater Navigation Dive (Advanced Open Water meets the criteria)

EFR Primary (CPR) and Secondary (First Aid) Care training (or qualifying training) within 24 months

How Many Dives

Confined Water Training (pool): 1

Open Water Training (lake, ocean, etc.): 3 – 5

How Deep Are The Dives

The maximum depths allowed during the Rescue Diver Course is:

Rescue Exercise 4: 40 ft.

Rescue Exercise 6: 30 ft.

Scenario 1: 30 ft.

What Specialties Can Be Added

Add-ons may are dependent upon schedule constraints and instructor certifications. If you’re interested, the following courses may be added-on to the Open Water Scuba Diver Course:

Peak Performance Buoyancy
Enriched Air (Nitrox)
Boat Diver

Time Commitment Details

The course is broken down into the following three segments:

Knowledge Development:
eLearning (8-12 Hours) or Classroom (6-8 Hours)

Confined Water Training (2-3 Hours)

Open Water Training (8-10 Hours)

In an effort to accommodate , we offer several scheduling formats to include private lessons. Timing can vary based on student progress and needs during training.

After This Course

PADI Master Scuba Diver:

Join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving and live the dive life as a PADI Master Scuba Diver. The Master Scuba Diver rating places you in an elite group of respected divers who have earned this rating through both significant experience and scuba training. Fewer than two percent of divers ever achieve this rating. When you flash your Master Scuba Diver card, people know that you’ve spent time underwater in a variety of environments and had your share of dive adventures.

PADI Dive Master:

The PADI Rescue Diver course is a pivotal step in expanding a diver’s knowledge and experience. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves to consider the safety and well-being of other divers. This is why the PADI Rescue Diver certification is a prerequisite for all PADI leadership-level training such as PADI Dive Master.

Included/Excluded In The Price

The following items are included in the price:

Air Fills (x2)
PADI Crew-Pack (Rescue Diver manual, Diving Management Slate, CPR Mask)
PADI Cert Processing Fee
Knowledge Development Training (classroom or eLearning)
Confined Water Training
Open Water Training

*Students are expected to bring all scuba equipment for the class. Equipment rentals are available for a 25% discount for the duration of the class.

The following items are excluded from the price:

All Dive Gear

Travel

Entry Fees (if required)