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Rescue Diver

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Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver. It's challenging, yet very rewarding.

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Scuba divers describe the PADI Rescue Diver course as the most challenging, yet most rewarding course they’ve ever taken. Why? Because you learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver, knowing that you can help others if needed. During the course, you learn to become a better buddy by practicing problem solving skills until they become second nature. Plus, the course is just fun – it’s serious, but still allows for lots of laughter in between the focused learning.

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PADI (Junior) Adventure Divers who are at least 12 years old and have completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive may enroll in a Rescue Diver course. You also need to have Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months. You can complete this training during the Rescue Diver course. Your instructor may also offer the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider specialty diver course at the same time.

COURSE OUTLINE

Step 1

Theory

The PADI Rescue Diver course prepares you to deal with dive emergencies, minor and major, using a variety of techniques. Through knowledge development and rescue exercises, you learn what to look for and how to respond. During rescue scenarios, you put into practice your knowledge and skills. Topics include:

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  • Self rescue

  • Recognizing and managing stress in other divers

  • Emergency management and equipment

  • Rescuing panicked divers

  • Rescuing unresponsive divers

Step 2

Pool session

During your confined water you will learn:

  • Self rescue

  • Recognizing and managing stress i

  • Emergency management and equipment

  • Rescuing panicked divers

  • Rescuing unresponsive divers

  • Helping a tired diver

  • Response from the shore or a boat

  • Rescuing distressed diver under water

  • Organizing and participating in the research of Missing diver

  • Rescuing and surfacing the Unconscious Diver

  • Rescuing unconscious Diver at the Surface

  • Exit an unconscious Diver from the water

  • First Aid for Pressure-Related Accidents

Step 3

Weekend Trip

Practical application and rescue skill development occur in the confined and open water environment. There are 12 exercises that will be completed during at least 4 open water sessions. Rescue diver course exercises introduce skills in a logical sequence and subsequent exercises build on previous ones. Exercises 11 and 12 are rescue scenarios that require you to draw from earlier sessions and apply skills to realistic situations.

RESCUE DIVER COURSE

Pre-requisites

  • Be at least 12 years old for PADI Advanced Open Water or equivalent certification from another organization.

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  • Hold first aid and CPR (EFR) must valid within two years 

Excludes

  • Live on board option (additional $60)

  • Marine park fee (RM30)

  • Dive insurance

Includes

  • All course materials

  • Theory e-learning

  • 1 Pool session

  • 5-6 open water scuba dives

  • 3D/2N trip to Pulau Tioman, Malaysia

    • Accommodation Quad Sharing (Island Reef Resort)

    • Two-way land and sea transportation

    • All meals

  • Equipment rental for pool session and all dives

    • Includes mask, fins, BCD, regulator, wetsuit, weights and tank

  • Instructor fees

  • Certification fees

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What comes next?

Continue your scuba diving education and expand your skillset to explore the underwater world further.

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