PADI Rescue Diver Course

Challenge Yourself. Build Confidence. Be a Better Diver.

The PADI Rescue Diver course is widely considered one of the most valuable and rewarding scuba courses you can take. This program focuses on developing your ability to prevent, recognize, and manage diving emergencies, making you a more aware, capable, and confident diver.

Through hands-on practice and realistic scenarios, you’ll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well-being of your dive buddy and other divers. While the course is challenging, it’s also fun, empowering, and often described as a turning point in a diver’s education.

What You’ll Learn

Self-rescue and diver stress management

Recognizing and preventing potential dive emergencies

Assisting tired or panicked divers at the surface

Responding to missing diver situations

Conducting in-water and surface rescue scenarios

Managing emergency situations and coordinating assistance

How the Course Works

Knowledge development sessions (online or classroom)

Confined water skill practice

Open water rescue scenarios

Instructor-guided, real-world simulations

Who Can Take This Course?

PADI (Junior) Advanced Open Water Divers or equivalent

Minimum age: 12 years old

Current CPR/First Aid certification (or completed alongside the course)

Why Take Rescue Diver?

Become a safer, more prepared dive buddy

Improve awareness and decision-making underwater

Build confidence handling unexpected situations

Prepare for professional-level training such as Divemaster

Take Your Diving to the Next Level

The PADI Rescue Diver course changes the way you dive—giving you the skills, mindset, and confidence to handle challenges and help others when it matters most.

Train for the unexpected. Dive with confidence. Be the diver others rely on.

Required eLearning is not included and must be purchased separately; a discounted rate is available when ordered through our provided link.