SSI STRESS AND RESCUE DIVER COURSE from $749
Final dives at the Poor Knights
Rewarding and Fun
Rewarding and fun best describes the Rescue Diver course. This course gives you valuable hands-on experience in emergency management, problem solving and prevention. You’ll learn to perform diver assists and rescues, manage dive accident scenarios 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 will learn on the course:
- Self Rescue
- How to identify a potential problem and react before it becomes unsafe
- Recognising and managing stress in other divers
- Emergency management and equipment
- Rescuing panicked divers
- Rescuing unresponsive divers
- Dive accident scenarios
Schedule; Theory and pool either split over 2 evenings or 1 full day and then 1 full day at the Poor Knights for the open water dives.
Final dives at the Poor Knights
Cost includes all SSI training, certification and study materials. Any specialist equipment will be provided for the duration of the course.
A minimum of 2 students are required for this course to run at the scheduled price- Maximum of 6
Private courses can be arranged for 1 student or for groups with specific date requirements.7
Course Prices
Scheduled course with 4 to 6 students with own gear $749
Scheduled course with 3 students with own gear $899
Scheduled course with 2 students with own gear $999
Scheduled course with 1 student with own gear $1149
Gear Hire
Full Kit for entire course $110
Drysuit and undergarments $100
Tanks or air fills included
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Course Dates
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Saturday 14th September from 9am and Sunday 15th September from 7am
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Tuesday 15th October from 5pm, Thursday 17th October from 5pm and then Sunday 20th Octoberfrom 7am
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Wednesday 13th November from 5pm, Thursday 14th from 5pm and then Saturday 16th November from 8am
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Wednesday 11th December from 5pm, Thursday 12th December from 5pm and then Saturday 14th from 7am
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Saturday 18th January from 9am and Sunday 19th January from 7am
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Prerequisites:
- SSI Open Water Diver or equivilent.
- Current First Aid course – Within 24 months. We can provide this.
- Recent diving experience or a refresher session in our pool
Before you start the course:
- You must read the online theory and complete the Knowledge Reviews and Final exam.
- You have to fill out a medical questionnaire to check whether you are fit to dive.
- Ideally you’ll train using your own equipment but all equipment can be provided free of charge if necessary.
Transportation is not provided by Dive Now Whangarei, but we do our best to help organise car pooling to the dive sites.