PADI Courses

Rescue Diver Course

Rewarding and fun best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course gives you valuable hands-on experience in emergency management. You’ll learn to perform diver assists and rescues, manage dive accident situations and render first aid.

These are the skills that can make all the difference in the unlikely event of an underwater emergency. Although challenging, many divers say this is the best course they've ever undertaken.


What you learn:

Self rescue
Recognising and managing stress in other divers
Emergency management and equipment
Rescuing panicked divers
Rescuing unresponsive divers
Dive accident situations


Prerequisites for this course:

  • Be 15 years or older
  • Have a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organisation)
  • Be trained and current for first aid and CPR within the previous two years (ask your instructor about Emergency First Response CPR & first aid courses).

Course cost $499.00

Cost includes all training, reference materials and certification.


Course Dates

Book on one of our Advanced Course weekends where we run trips to top dive sites in New Zealand so your advanced course will really be an amazing experience.

Or if you dont have a spare weekend we can be really flexible with the advanced course dates and you can complete it over whatever time period you choose. Simply give us a ring to schedule your dives.

Starts Ends Classroom dates Pool dates Openwater dates Price
Rescue Diver
18/01/2025 19/01/2025 E-learning N/A 18th & 19th January $499
01/03/2025 02/03/2025 E-learning N/A March 1st & 2nd $499

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