PADI Rescue Diver Courses in Phuket,Thailand

Valid from January 2008

A Two Day Experience

Confident in your own abilities underwater? Want to learn how to take responsibility for other people? Then PADI Rescue Diver is the course for you. Probably the most challenging of the PADI non-professional courses this course is also probably the most rewarding too. This is the first time as a recreational diver that you have to start thinking about other people as well as yourself and is a major step towards becoming a dive professional.

The Course Itself

Pre-study

Prior to the course watch the PADI Rescue Diver DVD in the comfort of your own hotel in preparation for your course. We will provide you with a DVD player, the DVD and the Rescue Diver manual - all delivered to you at your hotel. Pre-study requires approximately five to eight hours study time.

Day One

• At our pool-side restaurant start by discussing what you saw in the Rescue Diver DVD and read in the manual with your own personal instructor.

• Next, time to get in the water. Learn and practice rescue diving skills and techniques in a custom-designed diving pool. Watch as your instructor demonstrates the rescue skills viewed on the DVD and then try them for yourself. Skills include: how to deal with a panicking diver, search for a missing diver, surfacing an unconscious diver and giving in-water rescue breaths.

Day Two

• Continue to practice rescue techniques but this time from a day trip diving boat. During your day trip to the beautiful island of Racha Yai put everything you have learnt into practice with four "unexpected" final diving accident scenarios.

• Reward all your hard work with a fun dive and enjoy the beauty and variety of the local marine life.

A Full Day Out

The dives for the course are carried out from a large day trip diving boat. The boat trip itself is a full day out on a large, modern and very comfortable vessel including sun deck and air-conditioned lounge. Transfers are provided both morning and evening between your hotel and the boat. On the journey out enjoy the beautiful scenery whilst having a cooked breakfast before your adventure truly begins. Lunch is also included with pancakes or cheese/ham toasties on the way home on three dive days.

Racha Yai Island

Racha Yai island is a great place for beginner divers. There are lots of sheltered bays for easy diving, underwater visibility is generally very good, and an abundance of marine life to be seen. The coral reefs contain many underwater treasures including various types of corals, sponges and fishes. Colourful parrotfish, exotic lionfish, sea stars, sea cucumbers and much more can be encountered. If your luck is in you may even chance across a turtle or a shark. Whatever you see it will be sure to leave you with many superb memories and a desire to dive again as soon as you can.

Check out our Racha Yai Dive Sites Descriptions Page for a full description of the diving and our Racha Yai Photo Gallery for an idea of what you may see.

Pre-Requisites

To begin the PADI Rescue Diver course you must have successfully completed a sanctioned course in CPR within the past 2 years. Refer to our Emergency First Response page for info on how to receive the relevant CPR experience if you do not already have it.

Price: 10,900 Baht

Price includes private instruction, PADI Rescue diver manual to keep, certification costs, one boat trip, equipment rental and transport for boat trip (Kata/Karon/Patong/Kamala/Surin).

Bookings

For bookings or more info please fill in our Information Request Form.