The PADI Rescue Diver course develops your diving knowledge and skills to enable you to effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and administer first aid in a diving accident situation.

The program is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver and is a hugely rewarding three-day program.

Start your PADI Rescue Diver Course before you arrive in Thailand with PADI eLearning. By completing the knowledge development online, you’re ready to start having fun in the water as soon as you arrive.

Course Structure

Day 1 Morning

Complete Rescue Diver Online Quick Review and discuss the requirements for your emergency assistance plan.

Day 1 Morning & Afternoon
Practice and demonstrate skills from Rescue Exercises 1 – 10

Day 2 Morning
Participate in Rescue Scenarios 1 and 2 in open water

Rescue Exercises 1- 10

• Tired Diver Tow
• Panicked Diver
• Response from Shore, Boat or Dock
• Distressed Diver Underwater
• Missing Diver
• Surfacing the Unresponsive Diver
• Unresponsive Diver at the Surface
• Exiting the Unresponsive Diver
• First Aid for Pressure-related Injuries and Oxygen Administration
• Response from Shore/Boat Unresponsive Diver

Rescue Scenarios 1 & 2

• Unresponsive Diver Underwater
• Unresponsive Diver at the Surface

If you do not have a first-aid certificate the Emergency First Response course can be conducted one day prior to the Rescue Diver Course.

Included in the Course

• Instructor Tuition
• Full equipment hire
• PADI eLearning & certification on completion
• Discounted accommodation (if required)

Please note that the course manual is required by PADI standards for participation in the course. 

Prerequisites & Duration

• PADI (Junior) Adventure Diver certification – must have completed the Underwater Navigation
• Adventure Dive
• PADI Open Water Divers may participate in Knowledge Development and Rescue Exercises in confined water
• EFR® Primary and Secondary Care training within 24 months. Training may be completed along with the rescue diver course.
• Minimum age: 12 years old (12-14 year old divers may earn Junior Rescue Diver certifications)
• Duration 2 days