PADI Underwater Search and Recovery
Search. Discover. Recover. The possibilities are as endless as your imagination…
Treasure gets lost all the time.
Find it, recover it, reap the reward.
People drop treasure in the water all the time. And, more often than you might think, whilst scuba diving.
Treasure in the form of hard-to-spot, really important items: keys, wedding rings, scuba masks and dive weights.
And treasure in the exact opposite form: large, heavy or awkward items: anchors and treasure chests full of gold bullion (hey, you never know).
The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course with The Dive Bus will teach you methods to search for objects underwater to increase your chances of finding them. And, equally as important, the best and safest ways to bring it back to the surface.
So the next time there’s lost treasure to be found, you’ll be on it.
The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is challenging, rewarding and a whole lot of fun at The Dive Bus. And you never know, maybe it’ll spark an interest in professional search and recovery: underwater archaeology perhaps, a new career in the coastguard or police, or as a volunteer recovery diver.
The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course counts towards your PADI Advanced Open Water course and as one of the five Specialty courses towards your PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
At a glance:
- Pre-requisites: Minimum 12 years old; PADI Advanced Open Water certified OR Open Water Diver with PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty. The PADI Peak Performance Specialty is strongly recommended
- Counts towards your PADI Master Scuba Diver rating
- Duration: Training dives: 4 (3) – Days: 2.
- Price and what’s included
- Save time + money: tag on your PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty course.
More info
Who can / should take this course?
To take this PADI Dive course, you need to be a minimum of:
- 12 years old
- PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers with a PADI Underwater Navigator certification or
- PADI (Junior) Advanced Open Water Divers (min)
What will I learn?
During your four PADI Search and Recovery Specialty training dives you’ll learn techniques for planning your search based on conditions underwater, the size and weight of the object involved, the equipment you have available – and safety procedures for identifying and solving potential problems underwater.
You’ll also learn to use a lift bag including the proper knots to rig it and lift an object from sea bed. And learn search patterns and procedures for locating objects in limited visibility or strong currents, using ropes and reels.
And then you’ll put all these new skills to use to plan a search operation for a lost object, based on facts you can gather…
What scuba gear will I use?
Besides your basic scuba equipment, you’ll need a compass and underwater slate and other useful equipment includes a dive light for checking under or inside things, marker buoys, lines and reels.
All the equipment you’ll need is provided during your course, and your Dive Bus instructor will be happy to show you which equipment you need for the job in The Dive Bus shop.
What will I be qualified to do?
Impress the heck out of your fellow divers by recovering what they’ve lost underwater!
How long does it take?
4 training dives over 2 days. If you completed your PADI Search And Recovery Adventure Dive within the last 12 months, you only need to complete 3 dives over 1.5 days.
When can I start learning?
Swing by The Dive Bus as soon as you get to sunny Curacao to pick up your PADI Search And Recovery Specialty manual, and start learning!
If you can’t wait until you get to Curacao to get started, visit your local PADI dive shop back home to pick it up instead.
I'm in: What are my next steps?
Download PADI Medical Statement and Questionnaire and check out the Medical Statement to ensure you have no contra-indications for scuba diving and that you’re in reasonable physical health.
Everything clear? Do it: book your PADI Underwater Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course with The Dive Bus now!
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