Only 2 days to complete the most fun PADI Rescue Diver Course in Phuket!
Be an awesome dive buddy in just 2 days!
Through knowledge development and step-by-step skills practice, we teach you how to improve your self-rescue abilities, recognize and handle diver problems, and how to deal with real diving emergencies.
Do your PADI Rescue Diver Course in Phuket with us and you’ll grow in awareness, confidence and ability to be a much more competent dive buddy!
About our PADI Rescue Diver Course
The PADI Rescue Diver Course can be taken by anyone with a (Junior) PADI Adventure Diver certification, who has also completed the Navigation Adventure dive. However, it’s more common to have the (Junior) PADI Advanced Open Water certification (or equivalent from a recognized diving agency), prior to starting a Rescue course.
A valid (EFR) Primary & Secondary Care certification (covering basic life support and first aid) is also required prior to PADI Rescue Diver certification. An EFR course usually takes half a day, so with some self-study, the Rescue and EFR courses can be completed within 2 days – Rescue must be done over a minimum of 2 days anyway.
Here’s a breakdown of what the PADI Rescue Diver Course covers:
Aside from the self-rescue, which may be completed in a pool or similar environment, the other 9 skill components and the 2 final rescue scenarios must be conducted in a ‘real’ diving environment (open water), although the learning of the skills may initially be done in a pool.
The Rescue diver course may be more challenging than other PADI courses but it’s a lot of fun too!
Advanced To Rescue In 2 Days
Who is the PADI Rescue Diver Course for?
Anyone with a PADI Advanced Open Water certification can take the PADI Rescue Diver course. Equivalent certifications from recognized diving agencies are also acceptable, as are Junior levels.
A PADI Adventure Diver certification that includes the Navigation Adventure Dive is also acceptable, however further courses (after Rescue) are more limited for Junior and Adventure Diver levels.
You may simply want to be a more confident diver, or perhaps the Rescue Diver certification is required for other PADI courses you want to take, or it may even be an advantage for your work. Here are a few reasons to become a PADI Rescue Diver:
The PADI Rescue Diver course is a thoroughly worthwhile course to take, and if your ‘end goal’ is that achievement, then you’ll surely feel very satisfied whilst having a lot of fun on the way!
However, if you are aiming at improving you personal dive skills (the ‘art’of diving), want to extend your limits, or experience new environments & activities, then push ahead with some PADI Specialties / PADI Tec courses!
Next Step – Master Scuba Diver (MSD)
50 dives + Rescue + 5 Specialties like the ones above to get your MSD!
How much does the PADI Rescue Diver Course cost in Phuket and what’s included?
All of our PADI Rescue Course prices include:
Boat dive Option:
Breakfast, lunch, snacks, water, soft drinks & beverages.
Speedboat Option:
Light lunch, fresh fruit, water & soft drinks.
Beach Dive Option:
Drinking water.
Our most popular Rescue Diver Course option, on a nice large boat, involves a full day trip and so includes breakfast, lunch etc. A speedboat option may be available at request, therefore you can enjoy breakfast in your hotel due to a later start & earlier finish on those days. Beach diving days are similarly short and you can either bring snacks or purchase lunch at the beach-side restaurant.
Rescue Diver Course Prices
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Day 1: A short class session, then 1/2 day at the pool or beach to learn rescue skills
Day 2: 2 or 3 dives for rescue skills & scenarios at the beach or by day trip boat
Day 1: 1/2 day EFR & Rescue classwork, then 1/2 day pool or beach to learn rescue skills
Day 2: 2 or 3 dives for rescue skills & scenarios at the beach or by day trip boat
Please note: Self-study and / or eLearning should be completed in advance.
Why do your PADI Rescue Diver in Phuket with Patong Dive Center?
The PADI Rescue Diver course is often quoted as “one of the most challenging and rewarding diving courses”, so we’ll buddy you up you our most experienced scuba instructors to help you through this course. And of course, you’ll also benefit from our PADI 5 Star diving services throughout your rescue diver training and dive trips.
We can also provide a free refresher at the start of our Rescue Diver course for any divers who’ve not been diving for a while. Doing your Rescue Diver course is a great way to get back into diving and get a new certification card at the same time!
What PADI courses to do after becoming a rescue diver?
We absolutely recommend to do a bunch of PADI Specialty certifications after doing your Rescue Diver course. Whether you’re looking for new challenges, new activities, getting to some new dive sites, or even going on to be a PADI Pro, specialty dives will be of huge benefit!
And if you have logged 50 dives, along with 5 PADI Specialties and your Rescue Diver certification, we can certify you as a PADI Master Scuba Diver (MSD) for free! As a Rescue Diver, you can also continue on from PADI Tec 40 with Tec 45 & Tec 50 – which also count towards MSD!
If you are a new Advanced Open Water diver, actually we recommend to get some specialty certifications first because they will better prepare you for completing the PADI Rescue Diver Course – and they will still count towards the Master Scuba Diver level.
And if you are thinking about a career in diving, then your next step is PADI Divemaster!
Here are a bunch of PADI course packages that we recommend to do next:
Add on these PADI Courses!
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Pleae note: There may be other prerequisites / requirements for these course packages.
Things you should know about doing your PADI Rescue Diver in Phuket
Here are a few helpful reminders of things you should know about diving and doing the Rescue Diver course:
Please be kind to the reefs! Enjoy your diving but please also take care to protect the environment. Only use reef friendly sunscreen, don’t throw rubbish into the sea and please don’t feed or touch marine life.
With the Rescue Diver course, you may be pretending to be an unresponsive diver, you’ll be removing equipment, and you may even be exiting the water on a shore, so please take extra care not to damage your environment – thank you!