PADI Rescue Diver Course

Be the one prepared and confident in dealing with emergency situations

Is the PADI Rescue Diver course on Bonaire right for you?

Dive accidents occur for many reasons. Inadequate training, diving beyond your limits, equipment failure, poor judgment or medical issues are just some examples. It is important for divers to be aware to the risks involved in diving. As a rescue diver, we will prepare you and teach you how to manage dive emergencies.

The PADI Rescue Diver course is your next step if you want to feel calm, confident and prepared when something unexpected happens underwater. On Bonaire you train in clear, calm water, from the shore, with time to practice every skill until it feels natural. Many divers call it the most rewarding course they’ve ever done!

The Rescue Diver course is for you if you:

  • want to recognize problems early and respond to common diving emergencies with a clear head

  • want to become the dive buddy everyone hopes to be paired with

  • learn best by doing, with hands-on practice in realistic, simulated rescue scenarios

  • want to prevent emergencies from happening in the first place, through better planning and awareness

  • are ready for a challenge, and for the confidence that comes after it

Join the challenging and rewarding course, essential for any serious diver. Change the way you dive.

Course Details.

The course consists of a combination of classroom sessions, confined water sessions and open water dives. You will learn a lot through a combination of demonstrations and hands-on practice in simulated emergency scenarios.

Duration:
2 days

Price per person:
269 usd

Price excludes eLearning fee and rent of dive equipment and tanks.

Prerequisites to start the PADI Rescue Course:

  • 12 years old

  • Adventure Diver

  • Emergency First Responder (EFR) Primary and Secondary Care within 24 months

What does this program looks like?

This course is will - without a doubt - change the way you dive. We will start the course with your self rescue skills. After, we continue role-playing on how to recognize and respond to tired divers, panicked divers and unresponsive divers.

One of the most valuable and life saving skills you will learn during the course is rescuing an unresponsive diver. We put our focus on how to safely bring the diver to the surface and practice this important skill up to mastery.

Upon completion of the course, you will have the skills and knowledge necessary to manage diving emergencies. Besides that, you will be better prepared to prevent emergencies from happening in the first place.

Book your Rescue Diver Course here

“Did my rescue diver course at Scuba Elite. Enjoyed the course from beginning to the end. Super friendly and professional service. I can recommend Scuba Elite to everyone. Sharon and Pascal know what they are doing.”

Tim, december 2022