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PADI Search and Recovery Diver
Build practical skills in underwater navigation and item recovery with the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty at The Diving Academy. Perfect for divers across Reading, Swindon, Oxford, and Bristol looking to take their diving to the next level.
Course Type: Continuing Education
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£225.00
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PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty – Master the Art of Underwater Retrieval
If you’ve ever dropped something valuable during a dive or want the skills to assist in organized recovery efforts, the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for you. Offered by The Diving Academy, this hands-on course teaches you how to systematically search for lost items and safely bring them to the surface.
Why Take This Course at The Diving Academy?
The Diving Academy’s experienced instructors guide you through real-world techniques used in underwater recovery. With training locations throughout Reading, Swindon, Oxford, and Bristol, you’ll have access to high-quality instruction and local dive sites that simulate true search conditions.
Whether you’re helping recover dive gear or preparing for roles in conservation, archaeology, or public safety diving, this course provides the confidence and techniques to succeed.
What You’ll Learn
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Planning and executing effective underwater search operations
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Using natural navigation and compass-based search patterns
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Employing lift bags and knots to safely raise items to the surface
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Handling different recovery scenarios, including low visibility and fragile items
Course Requirements
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Minimum age: 12
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Certification: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or PADI Open Water Diver plus Underwater Navigator
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Good physical condition and basic comfort in water
Ideal for Divers Who:
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Want to sharpen their underwater navigation skills
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Are interested in helping recover items for environmental or community purposes
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Aspire to be more versatile and capable in emergency or technical dive scenarios
Become the Diver Everyone Relies On
With the Search and Recovery Diver Specialty, you become an asset to your dive team. Train with The Diving Academy and gain skills that are valuable, challenging, and applicable in real-world diving situations across the UK.
Prerequisites
The PADI Search And Recovery Course prerequisites:
- PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver (or qualifying entry-level certification)
- You must be a minimum of 12 years old.
Course Medical Requirements:
Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
What’s Included
What’s Included
- Your course tuition fees for the dates you have booked.
- Your PADI eLearning or Manual
- Equipment hire
- Air Fills for the pool. (If required)
- PADI eCertification Card
Additional Costs
- Dive site entry from £15- £25 per day. (If required)
- Transportation for you to the dive centre, pools & dive sites.
- Subsequent air fills at Open Water sites payable directly to venue.
Next Steps
Step 1 – PADI eLearning
PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Complete the independent study part of your course whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
Work at your own pace, online or offline, using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor for inwater training, or whenever you have a question.
- eLearning time commitment: 2-4 hours
Step 2 – At The Diving Academy With Your Instructor
During four dives, you’ll locate objects large and small using different search patterns. You’ll get hands-on experience using a lift bag and, on the last dive, you’ll plan and execute a mock search operation.
Course Locations
Dive Centre
Diving Academy – Dive Centre, Sunfield Business Park, New Mill Road, Wokingham, RG40 4QT
Pool Training Sites
Wokingham – The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5NE
Yateley – Yateley School, School Lane, GU46 6NW
Hagbourne – Hagbourne School Pool, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LR
Swindon – Halo Highworth Recreation Centre, The Elms, Highworth, Swindon SN6 7DD
Open Water Training Sites:
London – Wraysbury Diving Lake, Station Road, Wraysbury, Berkshire, TW19 5ND
Radstock – Vobster Quay, Upper Vobster, Radstock, BA3 5SD
Leicester – Stoney Cove, Sapcote Road, Stoney Stanton, Leicester, LE9 4DW
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