NOTE: The cost of eLearning is included in our premium course price

The PADI Rescue Diver course is both challenging and rewarding, designed to elevate your diving skills by focusing on the safety and well-being of others, beyond just buoyancy and air consumption. It prepares divers to identify, react to, and solve potential underwater problems, helping them take on leadership roles in diving. Many divers consider this one of the most valuable courses they've taken.

Overview

  • Self-rescue and identifying diver stress
  • Emergency management and equipment
  • Panicked scuba diver response
  • In-water rescue breathing protocols
  • Diver Exit techniques
  • Dive accident scenarios

Prerequisites

  • Advanced Scuba Certification
  • 12 years or older
  • First Aid certification within 24 months
  • Medically fit to scuba dive (review Medical Questionnaire here)
  • Note: All course paperwork will be sent via email to be filled out online before the start date.

Course Cost and Breakdown per person

  • PADI Rescue Diver premium course:
    • Single Student Rate: US $975
    • Group Rate (2+ students booking together): US $775 per person
    • Note: Single rate does not equate to a private lesson. Group rates are discounted for bookings of multiple people on the same reservation.
  • What's Included:
    • Includes Training Fees, Gear Rental and 2 Boat Dives
    • Includes PADI eLearning & Certification eCard (US$ 249)
    • Includes PADI Mobile App digital logbook
       
  • Independent Online Study commitment: 8 - 12 hours
  • 2 Full days of scuba training at Ocean Frontiers

What’s Not Included

  • First Aid Certification (Learn more here)
  • Gratuities

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FAQ

Once you have booked and paid for your PADI course with us, we will send you a student registration Google Form to fill out with the necessary information we need to assign the PADI eLearning to each student that has signed up with you. This includes a unique email address per student, birthdate and legal names. You will then receive 2 emails directly from PADI. 1) is to create a PADI account and start the eLearning course 2) is the course paperwork including the Diver Medical which needs to be filled out before arriving.

You have lifetime access to the eLearning content, however the quizzes, exam and practical training all need to be completed within one year to meet the standards of a PADI course.

Once you finish the eLearning portion of the course, the Ocean Frontiers Dive Center is notified that you have completed it and that you are ready for the practical phase of the program.

No, you do not. Feel free to contact reservations@oceanfrontiers.com in respect to this and they will tailor a course package for you.

 

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PADI Rescue Diver

Ever been in a stressful diving situation and unsure what to do? This course equips you to identify risks, handle emergencies, and become the dive buddy everyone wants. Pursue safety first awareness.

From US $775.00

Per Person Per Course

Duration

2 Full Days

Ticket

Paperless check-in by participant name

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