PADI Self-reliant Diver
What is self-reliant diver about?
While we do not promote diving without a buddy, sometimes you are "virtually" diving without a buddy. You do not always get to choose your buddy (aka the instabuddy on your divetravel) and also diving professionals can sometimes be considered solo-divers during guided dives. So being more self-reliant and adding redundancy to your diving provides extra security.
The PADI self-reliant course covers when diving "alone" may be applicable, and the need to compensate for those situations, including dive planning, life support system readiness, adaptive training, equipment and responsibility. It is an introduction to self-reliant diving that helps divers develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary to rely on themselves first, whether or not they are diving with a partner. These include:
Course requierements?
Who is this course recommended for?
The course consists of an orientation and a pool session before completing three open water dives.
What will I need?
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While we do not promote diving without a buddy, sometimes you are "virtually" diving without a buddy. You do not always get to choose your buddy (aka the instabuddy on your divetravel) and also diving professionals can sometimes be considered solo-divers during guided dives. So being more self-reliant and adding redundancy to your diving provides extra security.
The PADI self-reliant course covers when diving "alone" may be applicable, and the need to compensate for those situations, including dive planning, life support system readiness, adaptive training, equipment and responsibility. It is an introduction to self-reliant diving that helps divers develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary to rely on themselves first, whether or not they are diving with a partner. These include:
- The value and application of the buddy system.
- The philosophy of, and motivation for, diving without a partner.
- Potential risks of diving alone, and how to manage those risks.
- The value of equipment redundancy and what back-up equipment is needed.
- Dive planning and gas management.
Course requierements?
- Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another organization).
- Have a minimum of 100 logged dives.
- Be 18 years of age or older.
- Successfully complete a dive skills assessment by a PADI Self-Reliant Diver Specialty Instructor.
Who is this course recommended for?
- Photographers
- Videographers
- Marine Biologists
- Instructors
- Divemasters
- Rescue Divers
- Potential Technical Divers
The course consists of an orientation and a pool session before completing three open water dives.
What will I need?
- Standard dive equipment
- Redundant gas source
- Surface marker buoy with at least 100ft of line
- Redundant depth gauge and bottom time, or dive computer
- Redundant surface signaling devices (both visual and audible)
- Knife/cutting tool
- Slate and pencil
Contact us for more information.