Rescue Course

Over 2 action-packed days in confined water and aboard our dive trip to the Poor Knights Islands, you will learn how to anticipate, prevent, and manage diving emergencies both above and below the surface.

What You Will Learn

The Rescue Diver course expands your focus from yourself to the safety and well-being of fellow divers. You will build crucial problem-solving skills through hands-on practice, confined water drills, and realistic ocean rescue scenarios.

Key Training Modules Include:

• Self-Rescue Skills: Managing your own cramps, stress, and vertigo underwater.
• Recognising Diver Stress: Identifying warning signs in your buddy before problems occur.
• Emergency Management: Setting up surface support, oxygen kit, and emergency first aid.
• Tired & Panicked Diver Responses: Safe approaches, releases, with surface and underwater control techniques.
• Unresponsive Diver Procedures: In-water artificial respiration, equipment removal during towing, and exit management onto boats or shores.
• Missing Diver Search Patterns: Executing structured search grids with underwater compass navigation and search teams.

Why Take Your Rescue Course with Dive! Tutukaka?

• Real-World Training Environments: Practice complex rescue scenarios in open ocean conditions surrounded by the deep waters and sheer rock faces of the Poor Knights Islands.
• Dedicated Heated Pool: Build muscle memory in our quiet, on-site saltwater pool before testing your skills in the ocean.
• Pathway to Professional Diving: The Rescue Diver certification is the ultimate stepping stone toward becoming a PADI Divemaster or Master Scuba Diver.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Equip yourself with life-saving skills and become the dive buddy everyone wants in the water.

For scheduling inquiries or to combine your Rescue training with Emergency First Response, contact our training team at training@diving.co.nz