PADI RESCUE DIVER COURSE & EFR

What is the PADI Rescue Diver Course?

The PADI Rescue Diver Course is widely regarded as one of the most rewarding and transformative recreational dive courses, designed to develop your awareness, problem-solving ability, and confidence as a diver. Through a combination of practical exercises and realistic rescue scenarios, you will learn how to prevent, identify, and respond to dive-related emergencies both in and out of the water.

What is the Emergency First Response Course?

The Emergency First Response (EFR) Course equips you with the essential primary and secondary care skills needed to respond confidently in medical emergencies. Covering CPR, first aid, and emergency response protocols, the course provides practical, hands-on training that is valuable both in diving and everyday life.

The Lookout Guesthouse:

If needed, we offer optional accommodation at our on-site guesthouse for the duration of your course, making your training experience more convenient, comfortable, and stress-free so you can focus fully on your diving. A peaceful retreat where you can relax, making it the perfect place to be after the high-energy morning dives.

Course Overview:

Day 1 – Welcome to South Coast Diving Co

Meet the team, get introduced to your gear and be informed about the diving plans for the next days.

If you require the EFR course, it will be scheduled for the first day

Day 2 – Shallow Water Skills Training

​In confined water you learn the different rescue scenarios with a focus on process and situation management

Day 3 – Open Water Skills Training

On the dive boat you learn how to manage realistic, simulated rescue scenarios which will increase in intensity. Urgency and managing stress is part of the training.

Day 4 – Rescue Scenario Practice

The instructor will test your rescue abilities in a more realistic simulation, both increasing stress and intensity of the drills.

Requirements:

• Advanced Open Water certification
• Valid EFR training