PADI Rescue Diver Course

Program Details

PADI Rescue Diver Course (PADI Course Diver – Rescuer) is designed to help divers go beyond self-care and learn how to prevent and manage diving emergencies.

Most PADI courses focus on personal safety and monitoring a dive buddy. By completing the Rescue Diver course, you take your first steps toward caring for others, maintaining diver confidence, and preventing problems before they happen.

If you want to feel safer in exceptional diving situations, avoid underwater accidents, help in emergencies, or simply become a better dive buddy, then thePADI Rescue Diver course is the right choice for you.

Divers who complete this course describe it as bothchallenging and rewarding. Take a step toward becoming a more responsible diver and book yourPADI Rescue Course in Hurghada.

Course Contents

The course lasts4 days and includes8 dives with different exercises. It prepares you to recognize and handle both minor and serious diving emergencies—or avoid them altogether.

• Recognizing stress in other divers
• Rescuing panicked or unconscious divers
• Handling different emergency scenarios
• Following proper rescue procedures
• Practicing underwater revival techniques

Training includes the use of a pocket mask, oxygen unit, floats, marker buoys, and a reanimation dummy. These exercises build confidence and advanced rescue skills.

Course Requirements

• Minimum age: 15 years
• First aid course completed within the last 24 months
• Sufficient swimming skills
• Good physical condition

First Aid Course

• Cost: €110
• Duration: 4 hours
• Written final exam
• Includes textbook and certificate

Program Includes (PADI Rescue Diver)

Price: €400

• 4 days of diving
• 8 boat dives
• First Aid Course (prerequisite)
• All equipment provided
• Certificate and textbook
• Lunch and drinks
• Transfer within Hurghada

Note: Transfers outside Hurghada incur an additional €20 (Makadi, El Gouna, Soma Bay, Safaga, Sahl Hashish).