Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course will expand your knowledge and experience level. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well being of other divers.

Although this course is challenging, it is a rewarding way to build your confidence.

Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. Many divers say this is the best course they’ve ever taken. You'll cover:

What is required for the course?

You must be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, or equivalent with another training organisation.

You must be at least 12 years of age.

You must have completed a sanctioned course in CPR (Primary Care) and basic first aid (Secondary Care) within the last 24 months. If you do not have one of these, you can do this course with us.

What to expect from the course?

Once you have completed the home study and knowledge reviews, the course is run over two weekends, during the first weekend you will go through some theory and learn some new skills in the pool.

During the second weekend, you will go to a local dive site, either at the sea or in one of the inland training lakes, depending on the weather.

You will develop further the skills that you have been shown and practised in the pool, you will then complete some rescue scenarios, putting everything you have learnt into practise.

What Next?

Once you have been signed off as a PADI Rescue Diver, you will be ready to take the challenge of the Master Scuba Diver. This is the highest non-professional qualification that PADI offers.

Or if you are interested in taking the step into dive leadership, you will be interested in the PADI Dive Master course. In this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

We run the DiveMaster course as an internship, this means you will gain experience working along side the instructors on a number of courses, from Open Water to Rescue Diver.