SDI Search & Recovery Diver
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SDI Search & Recovery Diver

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Master essential skills for underwater search and recovery with the SDI Search & Recovery Diver specialty. This course equips you to confidently plan, execute, and assess search and recovery dives, enhancing your diving expertise and safety. Elevate your abilities and be prepared to handle challenging underwater tasks with precision and efficiency.

FAQ

Who is this course for?
  • The certified diver looking for more information to maximize the use of search and recovery for scuba diving
What are the course prerequisites?
  • SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, SDI Junior Open Water Diver, or equivalent
  • Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
What can you expect to learn?

The SDI Search and Recovery Diver Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:

Navigation

  • Compass use
  • Estimating distances

Natural navigation
Limited visibility diving

  • Factors affecting visibility
  • Hazards of limited visibility
  • Techniques of diving

Search techniques

  • Shotgun
  • Circular search
  • Grid search SDI Instructor Manual
  • Current (overlap) search
  • Signals for search diving

Salvage techniques

  • Depth considerations
  • Lift bags
  • Lifting drums
  • Necessary qualities of lifting devices
  • Knots and rigging
  • Fill techniques
  • Mud/silt suction considerations

Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:

  • Review compass techniques
  • Review search techniques
  • Practice and perform different search patterns
  • Review lifting techniques
  • Recover an object from depth
  • Salvage and recovery of an object with a water weight of between 11 and 33 kg/25 and 75 lbs
  • Simulate scuba emergency using a minimum of 2 searching techniques
  • Log dives
What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in diving activities without direct supervision of the SDI Instructor* so long as the following limits are adhered to:

  • The diving activities approximate those of training
  • The areas of activities approximate those of training
  • Environmental conditions approximate those of training

Also, the SDI Search and Recovery Diver certification counts towards a single specialty rating to achieve the SDI Advanced Diver Development Program.

What are the SDI Search & Recovery Diver minimum requirements?
  • Complete all open water requirements efficiently
  • Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution