Search & Recovery
When something falls overboard, it is not as simple as going down and picking it back up. Is there a current? What's the visibility? Have you been diving already today - are cylinders full or nearly empty? What equipment is at hand and who can help? These are some of the questions that go into planning a safe search and recovery dive, before even being underwater! Learn these details and more to ensure safety and recovery can go hand in hand.
Prerequisites: you can be signed up for Navogation Specialty and do both course over 2 days
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Underwater Navigator course
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Open Water Divers with a PADI Underwater Navigator certification also qualify.
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Advanced Open Water Divers
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PADI (Junior) Advanced Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old can enroll in the Search and Recover Diver course.
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PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers with a PADI Underwater Navigator certification also qualify.
- We've added the e-learning program to discourse. If you've already purchased e-learning, you could remove it at check out and just pay the Instructor tuition of $390
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The Fun Part
The fun part of this course is giving your basic dive skills a polish by introducing new concepts and learning to task load while on a dive.
What You Learn
- Search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and how to deal with potential problems
- How to locate large and small objects using search patterns
- How to use a lift bag and other recovery methods
- Limited visibility search techniques
- Three common and useful knots
You put this information into practice during four open water dives.
Prerequisites
- PADI (Junior) Advanced Open Water Diver, or PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver and Underwater Navigator (or hold qualifying certifications from another training organization)
- 12 years or older
The Scuba Gear You Use
You use all your basic scuba gear including a dive computer. You will also be using a reel, compass, two lines for knot tying, and a lift bag.