Rescue Course

Price: $420 (elearning, equipment rental, tax included)

Minimum Age: 12*

Maximum Depth: 12m/40ft

Have the confidence to act!

Feeling ugly and useless? This course makes you smart and sexy.
You don’t have to be an Olympic athlete or super intelligent; this course is for everyone.

When diving, have you ever asked yourself “What if…?” Are you confident that you would know how to react in the event of an emergency? The PADI Rescue Course is a key step in expanding a diver’s knowledge and experience. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves to consider the safety and well-being of other divers. By nature, the course is demanding, but it is an enjoyable challenge that builds diver confidence. You need to be a Rescue Diver before entering PADI leadership-level training, see: Divemaster Course.

We think that the Rescue Diver course is the most fun, most useful and most rewarding PADI course available. What if your instructor gets stuck in a hole (missing diver)? What if your instructor surfaces with a mask full of ketchup (lung overexpansion injury)? What if your instructor gets attacked by a toy crab (panicked diver)? We will show you these scenarios and more – but beware – we can be very creative!

The course is divided into three parts: Knowledge Development, Rescue Training Sessions, and Open Water Rescue Scenarios.

The Knowledge Development section of this course establishes the foundation for preventing and handling dive emergencies. Through the use of the PADI Rescue Diver Manual and Rescue Diver Video, you will learn valuable information about rescue techniques.

During the Rescue Training Sessions, you will practice the rescue skills that will be used during the 4 open water boat dives. There is no single ‘right’ way to perform a rescue, so you will work to discover which techniques work best for them in different situations. A major focus of these sessions is self-rescue – making you a more confident, more competent, safer diver.

The Open Water Rescue Scenarios will give you the opportunity to apply your rescue skills to realistic, problem-based scenarios. This is really where the fun begins! You will be presented with unpredictable dive accident situations that will require you to integrate knowledge and skills in a creative manner.

*12- to 14-year-old divers may earn Junior Rescue Diver certifications. If you are 12-14 and have the PADI (Junior) Adventure Diver certification – you must have completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive prior to starting this course.

What you need: 

Current CPR/First Aid Certification (within 2 years) - EFR Emergency First Response

12 years of age or older

PADI Advanced Open Water or PADI Adventure Diver* Certification equivalent from Native Sons or another training organization.

Frequently Asked Questions

What if I dont have a CPR/First Aid Certification or I do but it has expired?

Need to do a CPR/First Aid Certification or recertify? No problem take an EFR Emergency First Response course with us!