In this fascinating program, you will learn all the skills you need to safely and confidently conduct search and recovery dives.
You will be taught how to use search patterns, specialized dive plans and equipment such as lift bags, lines and reels. By developing your search and communication techniques and practicing searches in a dive team, you will become a confident search and rescue diver in no time.
Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Search & Recovery specialty certification.
Search & Recovery
Make lost items a thing of the past with the SSI Search & Recovery specialty program! You will learn all you need to find lost items underwater with ease.
Become a search and recovery diver now and be the dive buddy everyone wants by their side.
Facts and Training Standards
| Minimum Age for Participation | 10 |
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| Certification Prerequisites | Not applicable / mandatory |
| Amount of Academic Sessions | 4 |
| Amount of Pool/Confined Water Sessions | 1 |
| Amount of Open Water Dives | 2 |
| Maximum Training Depth | 30m / 100ft |
| Suggested Duration of the Training Program | 10 - 15 h |
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Become a certified search and recovery diver
Continue your Training and earn free Recognition
Upgrade your training experience by taking more Specialty Programs. These are a perfect match for your current training! When you complete a certain number of Specialty Programs paired with Logged Dives, you will also automatically earn the SSI Recognition Ratings – SSI Specialty Diver, SSI Advanced Open Water Diver and SSI Master Diver.
Continue your SSI Specialty training right away and earn recognition as you become a safer and more comfortable diver!
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Scuba Schools International (SSI) is the largest professional business-based training agency in the world. Established in 1970, today we represent more than 3,300 training centers and resorts in over 130 countries, with more than 50,000 affiliated SSI Professionals and growing every day.
For over 50 years, we have provided the ultimate training experience for millions of certified divers in every training category. We hold the internationally acclaimed ISO certification and play an active role in setting industry minimum training standards.
SSI is the only training agency in the world offering the unique MyDiveGuide online database, containing thousands of dive sites and wildlife encounters linked to worldwide training centers and resorts.
With SSI advanced training programs, you can find your next adventure and continue your dive education with ease. Our learning materials are available online and in more than 30 languages, so get started today.
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