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Become a complete diver

The PADI Rescue Diver Course develops your knowledge and skills so that you will become a complete diver - someone who can look after themselves as well as others in the water by effectively performing diver assists and rescues, managing diving accident situations and giving first aid.

The course is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver, and we think that every diver should get to the level of Rescue Diver as it makes you completely self-sufficient in terms of rescuing yourself and other divers.

PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent) certification is also a prerequisite for all PADI Divemaster and Instructor programs.

Rescue Course content and options

The theory part of the course is covered by the course manual and video, and the practical part of the course consists of 10 Rescue Skills and 2 Rescue Scenarios.

The PADI Rescue Diver course can be done as a 4/5 day course, and we normally include a couple of fun dives for free as part of the course. You can also take the Rescue Diver course with the eLearning option, in this case the course will only take 2 days.

Option 1 - Do the course with fun diving in either Bunaken or Lembeh

We have developed a new rescue Course package that is run over 5 days, this is the fastest time that we can run the course with the quality that we want to offer. The package also includes 4 x fun dives, and we are offering a special price of EUR18/dive (normal price EUR22.50) for any extra fun diving that you do during these 5 days!

The 5-day schedule would be:

Special offer! - special price of €18/dive (normal price €22.50) for any extra fun diving that you do during these 5 days!

Option 2 - Rescue Diver Course with eLearning

Doing the Rescue Diver Course with eLearning means that all the theory can be done online at PADI.com before you get here, this allows you to take your time to do the theory at home (days or weeks or months), and you will get more time for fun diving/relaxing when you are here.

What does the schedule look like? Since all the theory will have been completed by the time you get here, the practical part of the course can be completed in 2 days. The 10 Rescue Skills will be done over the first 1.5 days, and the 2 Rescue Scenarios will be completed on the afternoon of the 2nd day. We think that there should be time for some fun dives during these 2 days, and we are offering fun dives for only EUR18/dive!

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Register for Rescue Diver with eLearning - To start eLearning, you need to register by clicking on the eLearning link on the left, this will take you to our page on www.PADI.com. When you register for the first time, there will be a registration fee of USD120 payable to PADI with your credit card, and the price of the course with us is reduced by approx half of this fee.

Pre-requisite for the Rescue Diver course

You need to be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent, and have completed a first aid course within the last two years. The first aid course can be the PADI EFR, or another course that includes CPR and AV techniques.

We can run the PADI EFR course for you at the start of your course if this is needed, it is a 1-day non-diving course so it is easy to schedule with your Rescue Diver course.

Rescue Diver and the Master Scuba Diver (MSD) rating

The MSD rating is the highest PADI non-professional rating for scuba divers. For those who want to go into the dive business to work then the divemaster course should be the first level to aim for. However, for those who just want to have fun and want to extend their knowledge and experience in their hobby, then the MSD is the level to aim for.

Requirements for MSD:

• 5 specialties, and
• PADI advanced open water certificate, and
• PADI rescue diver certificate, and
• at least 50 logged dives

Free PADI MSD Application Voucher! PADI are giving the PADI Master Scuba Diver application for free, normally valued at AU$55.00.

Find out more about Master Scuba Diver