PADI - RESCUE DIVER COURSE
Ready to prevent problems and handle them with confidence? Take the PADI Rescue Diver course.
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:
- Self rescue
- Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
- Emergency management and equipment
- Rescuing panicked divers
- Rescuing unresponsive divers
- All year round
- Training dive tour to diffrent Papagayo dive sites
- Minimum age: 12
- 3 days
- Day 1: Pool session at 1:30 PM
- Day 2: Boat dives, meeting time 8:00 AM
- Day 3: Boat dives, meeting time 8:00 AM
- PADI Rescue Diver elearning book
- 5 air tanks (80cf./12l aluminium) and weights
- Full set of rental equipment
- Pool session
- 4 Open water training dives
- Bilingual PADI dive instructor
- Softdrinks, fruits and snacks
- Comfortabel and custom designed dive boats with canopy
Please bring:
- Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
- Towels, sunhat
- A credit card or cash for payment
- Cash for tips
- Reef-safe sunscreen
DEPTHS:
- 30 – 100 feet
- 10 – 30 m
Visibility and Watertemperature can change on a daily basis.
VISIBILITY:
- 15 – 80 feet
- 5 – 25m
WATERTEMPERATURE:
- Average 78-86F° – Thermoclines in Feb/Mar down to 65F°
- Average 25-30C° – Thermoclines in Feb/Mar down to 19C°
- Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
- Minimum age: 12 years
- Valid Emergency First Response (EFR) training (Primary & Secondary Care – CPR and First Aid) within the past 24 months
- (This can also be completed during the Rescue Diver course)
- Good physical health required
- Medical questionnaire must be completed
- Doctor’s approval may be needed depending on medical answers
PADI - RESCUE DIVER COURSE
“Challenging” and “rewarding” perfectly describe the PADI Rescue Diver course.
Building on the skills you’ve already developed, this course takes your diving to the next level by teaching you how to prevent problems and effectively manage them if they arise. You’ll also develop essential emergency response skills, including elements from Emergency First Response training.
The most exciting part? Rising to the challenges and gaining the confidence to handle real-life situations. Most divers find this course both demanding and incredibly rewarding—and many say it’s the best course they’ve ever taken.
