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PADI Self Reliant Specialty Course

PADI SELF  RELIANT DIVER

£240

Although most scuba dives are made with a buddy, an experienced diver may want or need to make dives without a partner. During the Self-Reliant Diver course, you learn about potential risks of diving alone and the value of equipment redundancy and necessary back-up gear. During three scuba dives, you develop skills for self-reliance and independence, while becoming a stronger partner in a dive pair or team.

The purpose of the Self-Reliant Diver specialty course is to recognize and accept the role of the buddy system and its contributions to diver safety while identifying and developing self-reliance and independence while diving.

 

There are two reasons for an experienced diver to take the Self-Reliant diver course:

 

  • To develop the skills of planning and carrying out dives without a partner when preferred or necessary.

  • To sharpen skills of diving self-reliance, making the diver a stronger partner in a dive pair or team.


This 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.

Scuba Diver Using Sidemount Equipment Hovering Over A Reef

This course is an introduction to self-reliant diving that helps student divers develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary to rely on themselves first, whether or not they are diving with a partner, including:

 

  • 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

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Course Overview​

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  • Responsibilities — A self-reliant diver not only has to accept the increased risk that comes with choosing to dive alone, but also has a responsibility to ensure that family and loved ones understand this choice.

  • To develop understanding of the value and application of the buddy system and the philosophy of, and motivation for, diving without a partner

  • To introduce the potential risks, risk management techniques and the need for equipment redundancy in self-reliant diving

  • To improve self-reliant dive skills, dive planning and gas management abilities.

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Course Prerequisites

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  • You must be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation similar to that of a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver)

  • Be 18 years of age or older

  • Have a minimum of 100 logged dives. Current certified PADI Divemasters require a minimum of 60 dives to enrol, but must have a minimum of 100 dives in order to qualify as a PADI Self Reliant Diver.

  • Successfully complete a dive skills assessment

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Knowledge Development

 

Knowledge development will be delivered by your PADI instructor either during a classroom presentation and/or during pre-dive briefings and gives you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

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Confined/Open Water Dives

 

  • 3 Open Water Dives

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Price Includes​

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  • PADI Certification Fee

  • Full Equipment Hire

  • Air Fills

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Continue The Adventure...

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If you have completed 5 PADI Specialties & the PADI Rescue Diver course and have 50 logged dives, you qualify to register as a PADI Master Scuba Diver, the highest non-professional diver rating within PADI.

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    That depends on your certification level, age and experience. As a certified PADI Open Water diver you will be qualified to dive to a maximum depth of 18 metres, in conditions similar to, or better than those you are trained/experienced in. As a certified PADI Advanced Open Water Diver you will be qualified to dive to a maximum depth of 30 metres, in conditions similar to, or better than those you are trained/experienced in. As a PADI Deep Diver you will be qualified to dive to a maximum depth of 40 metres, in conditions similar to, or better than those you are trained/experienced in. Depths deeper than 40 metres are considered as Technical Diving and require additional Technical Divier training and equipment. PADI offer a wide range of Technical Training programs, including the use of mixed gases and rebreathers.
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