Registration

If our courses are full you may still inquire about semi-private or private courses

Start Date End Date Availability
March 3, 2025 March 16, 2025 Register - $439.95

Pricing

  • $439.95 Regular
  • $899.95 Semi-Private
  • $1099.95 Private

Highlights

  • 1 Nights and 2 Days in Ocean Course Length
  • 6:30 pm Start Time
  • 12 Age Requirement
  • Advanced Course Difficulty
  • Self Study, Classroom, ECourse, Pool, Ocean Water time

Course overview

Course Overview

Heralded by many as the most fun and rewarding PADI scuba course that they have ever taken. This course is valuable to every recreational diver and is also a prerequisite should you want to advance to professional levels like Divemaster or Instructor. The Rescue Diver course emphasizes greater spatial awareness, self-sufficiency and leadership than any other PADI courses up to this point. It is challenging, fun and exciting and really builds a sense of camaraderie amongst student divers.

Course Curriculum

Class and Pool

Our Rescue course runs over 3 days.  One evening is spent in the classroom reviewing the e-learning theory (included in course price) followed by a 2 hour pool session to introduce you to new skills.

Students are required to have all the e-learning components completed by the beginning of course.

Ocean Dives

Two days are spent at Whytecliff Park, Vancouver’s premier dive site, to practice and hone your skills in the open water.  The ocean portion of the Rescue Diver course is over a weekend and is approximately 4-5 hours each day. There are some skills reviewed and evaluated at depth, at the surface and at the shore. Students will have a chance to practice and adapt techniques learned in the pool to the local open water environment. Divers will also be involved in scenarios and problem solving. Students in the course will find themselves in a leadership role during the ocean portion of the course – creating more aware, confident, thinking divers than any PADI course that precedes the rescue.

Pre-requisites

  • PADI Advanced Open Water or equivalent
  • Current PADI EFR certification or equivalent (CPR & First Aid within the last 2 years)

We Supply

  • Tanks, regulator (own mouthpiece required), BCD and weight.
  • All necessary emergency equipment for scenarios/simulations (excludes pocket masks)
  • Rescue Diver E-learning

You Supply

  • Required Scuba Equipment: Mask, snorkel, fins, hood, gloves, boots and a Wetsuit or Drysuit.  Rentals available for most required items.
  • Personal pocket mask
  • Transportation

 

Curriculum

Class

Our Rescue course runs over1- evening (Friday) and 1 weekend. The Friday evening consist of classroom session to cover all knowledge covered in your PADI Rescue Manual which is included in the course. Students are encouraged to have all knowledge reviews completed by the beginning of course and to review CPR & first aid guidelines.

Students are encouraged to review CPR & first aid guidelines. Current CPR & First Aid is a prerequisite to the Rescue Course. Please be prepared to show proof of training.

Ocean Dives

The ocean portion of the Rescue Diver course is over the weekend 4-5 hours each day. There are some skills reviewed and evaluated at depth, at the surface and at the shore. Students will have a chance to practice and adapt techniques learned in the pool to the local open water environment. Divers will also be involved in scenarios and problem solving. Students in the course will find themselves in a leadership role during the ocean portion of the course – creating more aware, confident, thinking divers than any PADI course that precedes the rescue.