Certified
Diver Stress & Rescue
SSI Certification · Emergency management · Safety skills
Become a safer, more capable diver
The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue course teaches you to recognize, prevent and manage stress-related situations and diving emergencies. It is widely considered the most important and rewarding course a recreational diver can take.
You will learn how to help yourself and others in difficult situations — from managing a panicked diver to performing an underwater search and rescue. The skills you develop in this course will make you a more confident and responsible dive buddy.
This course is required before advancing to any SSI professional program.
What will you learn?
- Identifying and managing diver stress — your own and others'
- Tired and panicked diver rescues at the surface
- Unresponsive diver rescue underwater and at the surface
- Emergency towing and exit techniques
- Underwater search and recovery procedures
- Accident management and activation of emergency services
What's included?
Included
- SSI digital study materials
- Pool rescue scenarios
- Open-water rescue dives
- Full equipment during the course
- SSI Diver Stress & Rescue digital certification
- Stamped logbook
Not included
- React Right / First Aid certification (sold separately)
- Hotel transfers
- National Park entry fee