This specialty is designed to acquaint the diver with special skills and techniques necessary to successfully plan, execute and evaluate a search and recovery dive.

Who this course is for:
The certified diver looking for more information to maximize the use of search and recovery for scuba diving

Course Duration:
Courses should not be treated as a race or something that can be skipped through quickly. Please remember training does not guarantee certification, we need to ensure you fully understand the training and will be a safe diver on certification. We follow a loved one clause that when certified we would be happy you could safely dive with one of our loved ones.

The e-learning and academic portion of this course should be completed before starting in water training and exercises. The duration of this piece is dependant on your availability. During this time our instructors are on hand to assist with questions or any element you may struggle with.
For many courses the swimming pool or confined water sessions give us time to practice and carry out skills in a controlled environment. We do not fix specific number of pool sessions as it is dependant on your comfort level with skills before moving to open water.
The open water element is again determined more by time in water rather than number of dives. We prefer longer dives building experience rather than quick short 20 minute ‘dips’.
We will strive to meet your timelines and requirements where possible and will always be dependant on student availability to attend sessions.

Course prerequisites & forms:
SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, SDI Junior Open Water Diver, or equivalent
Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
Forms:
Medical Form
Liability Release

What you can expect to learn:
The SDI Search and Recovery Diver Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:
Navigation
Compass use
Estimating distances
Natural navigation
Limited visibility diving
Factors affecting visibility
Hazards of limited visibility
Techniques of diving
Search techniques
Shotgun
Circular search
Grid search SDI Instructor Manual
Current (overlap) search
Signals for search diving
Salvage techniques
Depth considerations
Lift bags
Lifting drums
Necessary qualities of lifting devices
Knots and rigging
Fill techniques
Mud/silt suction considerations
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:
Review compass techniques
Review search techniques
Practice and perform different search patterns
Review lifting techniques
Recover an object from depth
Salvage and recovery of an object with a water weight of between 11 and 33 kg/25 and 75 lbs
Simulate scuba emergency using a minimum of 2 searching techniques
Log dives

What’s in it for you?
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in diving activities without direct supervision of the SDI Instructor* so long as the following limits are adhered to:

The diving activities approximate those of training
The areas of activities approximate those of training
Environmental conditions approximate those of training

Also, the SDI Search and Recovery Diver certification counts towards a single specialty rating to achieve the SDI Advanced Diver Development Program.

How to take this course?
Availability to start every week.
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Price & Value:
SDISearch and Recovery Diver – €145,00
*Fully inclusive of all e-learning, equipment required for the course, training and certification on successful completion.

We focus on and are proud of the skill level, knowledge, decision making, experience and readiness of divers to dive at levels which they have been trained. We want to invest in you, your safety and ability to dive, then come home with amazing stories.

Our courses are priced as such and we do not hide additional costs. We are are very flexible for training, especially in terms of dates or location as we know we all have busy lives and work commitments. However if for reasons outside of weather, illness or other such emergencies a course/training can not be completed in the standard training schedule we will charge for extra days at €150,00 per day.