The Rescue Diver course is a transitional stage where you move beyond recreational diving, improving your own diving standards. The course incorporates one day training on land and 3 days 2 nights onboard our live aboard vessel. Up to 10 dives will be available combining training with pleasure dives. This program is serious fun and increases your confidence and diving capabilities.  The PADI Rescue course is a crucial step in your diver education.

• PADI Rescue Diver manual
• Passport photos if necessary
• Accommodation transfers city and Northern Beaches
• "Reef Teach" Marine Biology presentation night before departure
• 10 Dives (weather permitting)
• Comprehensive dive insurance
• 2 nights accommodation on board vessel (all twin cabins)
• All meals whilst on board
• Bed linen
• All dive equipment
• Personal underwater dive computer
• Prescription masks if needed
• Long leg wetsuit
• Torch batteries and cyalume sticks for night diving
• All Reef Taxes

• If undertaking a rescue course you are required to fill in the PADI medical statement. If you answer yes to any of the questions in this form you will then be required to underfo a medical assessment to Australian Standards A.S 4005-1.

• A current CPR (resuscitation) certificate if required. This can be arranged by Pro Dive Cairns at a cost of A$75 if necessary.

Requirements

• PADI JNR Advanced Certification or equivilent
• A current CPR (resuscitation) certificate is required.
• Minimum age is 12 years, with no maximum age, however any participant that holds a PADI Junior Advanced certification may be elegible

Complimentary accommodation transfer to Pro Dive Training Centre, 116 Spence Street.

Morning 8:00 - 12:00 Session will cover the four theory areas of:

• Self rescue and diver stress

• Diving first aid and equipment

• Emergency management

• Diving Equipment

Your rescue theory is evaluated through a 60 question multiple choice exam, which will be completed on your three day two night trip.

Afternoon 1:00 - 17:00 This pool session is used to introduce students to some of the basic rescue skills that they will put into practise in their ocean training. The emphasis of this session is to allow students to develop their rescue skills and techniques in a controlled environment before conducting rescue scenarios in the ocean with wind, waves and currents.

Evening 18:15 - 20:30 " Reef Teach" marine biology lecture. If you require CPR certification, PRO DIVE will run a Royal Life Saving CPR course on the Wednesday evening. If you need to attend this session you will be unable to attend "Reef Teach" Marine biology presentation on the same night, so you may attend "Reef Teach" on Tuesday evening.

DAY 2-4 - 3 day / 2 night liveaboard trip

5:45 Complimentary hotel transfer

During the 3 day 2 night trip there are 11 dives scheduled. A minimum of three dives are dedicated to specific rescue diver skill development. The remaining dives will be non training pleasure dives.

Outside of your non-training dives you can expect spontaneous real life rescue scenarios, to further develop your rescue skills. These scenarios will range from panicked divers on the surface, missing diver searches and in water resuscitation of unconscious divers.

Rescue Divers will be briefed on Emergency procedures for man overboard, radio operations, oxygen use, life raft and distress flare operations as well as the operation of rescue boats and diver recall.

15:30 Return to Cairns. Complimentary transfer to accommodation.

19:30 Meet again for a farewell dinner.

The pre requisite for this course is the PADI JNR Advance Open Water certificate or equivilant rating with another training agency.

Dive Sites

• Milln Reef - perfect introduction to the outer reef, relaxed and varied, sleeping turtles

• Flynn Reef - excellent visibility, a photographic haven

• Gordons - intriguing coral mazes which end at "Clown Fish City"

• Coral Gardens - magnificent coral enlivened by a myriad of marine life

• Pellowe Reef - exclusive pristine dive destination (weather permitting)

• Thetford Reef - outlying bommies with swim throughs (weather permitting)