Prerequisites:

• PADI Advanced Open Water Certification (or equivalent)
• CPR and First Aid Certification
• Be at least 15 years of age (12 for PADI Junior Rescue Diver)

Class includes:

• 2 Lecture sessions
• 1 Pool session
• 2 Open Water sessions
  
  See below for details of classroom and open water requirements and course contents.

Students Must Provide:

• All Appropriate SCUBA Equipment
• PADI Rescue Diver Crew Pak
• PADI Rescue Diver DVD (may be rented)
• Log Book
• 2 Passport size photos (for Certification Card)
• Deposit on equipment used on ocean dives

Cost:

• $250 Student Fee (All Instruction)
• $30 PADI Certification Fee

Student Fee Includes:

• All Class Instruction (Additional fee of $50.00/hour for missed sessions and each missed ocean dive.)
• Half Price on Rentals

Class Schedule:

• Classes start throughout the year, and consist of evening lectures for two weeks, then one pool and two open water sessions over the subsequent three weekends; four weeks overall.
• Monday & Wednesday evenings (pool & dives on Saturday)
• Tuesday & Thursday evenings (pool & dives on Sunday)

Academics:

• Four modules over three lecture sessions, covering
• Prevention
• First Aid
• Management
• Equipment
• Assists & Rescues

Open Water Skills:

• One pool session, and
• Two open water sessions, covering
• Tired diver
• Panicked diver
• Response front shore or boat
• Distressed diver underwater
• Missing diver
• Surfacing the unconscious diver
• Unconscious diver at the surface
• Egress with the unconscious diver
• First aid for a presumed accident
• Response from shore or boat for unconscious diver
• Accident scenario #1
• Accident scenario #2

Class fee is non-refundable unless cancelled within three days of booking, but it may be transferred to another date if more than 7 days notice prior to start of class has been given.