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PADI Search and Recovery Diver Instructor
PADI Search And Recovery Speciality Instructor Training course teaches instructors how to organise, promote and conduct the PADI Search And Recovery Speciality Diver course, and emphasise the value of speciality training to divers.
Course Type: Professional Continuing Education
Course Fees From: £150.00
Application Fee : Please refer to your PADI Portal.
Booking Information: If you are unable to find a date that works or If you have any question please get in contact with us to schedule a call with our Course Directors and they will be happy to help.
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PADI Search and Recovery Instructor – Train Divers to Find What’s Lost at Diving Academy
At Diving Academy, we believe every dive should serve a purpose—and sometimes that purpose is bringing something back. The PADI Search and Recovery Instructor course prepares you to teach divers how to locate and retrieve lost items with precision, safety, and control.
Whether it’s a dropped camera, lost anchor, or scientific instrument, recovery dives require more than luck. They demand planning, teamwork, and problem-solving. As a PADI Search and Recovery Instructor, you’ll train your students to master these skills through real-world techniques and structured learning.
Why Teach Search and Recovery?
Search and recovery is one of the most useful and rewarding specialties in the PADI system. Divers love the challenge. You’ll teach them how to use search patterns, lift bags, and knot-tying techniques to locate and retrieve items of all sizes.
This course appeals to both recreational and professional divers. It also pairs perfectly with specialties like Navigation, Night Diver, and Rescue Diver—helping you increase bookings and deliver even more value through bundled training.
Teach Practical Skills with Confidence
You’ll follow PADI’s General Standards and Procedures, but we’ll also show you how to adapt your teaching based on local conditions. You’ll guide students through circular and expanding square searches, rigging lift bags, and executing recovery dives in realistic scenarios.
Better yet, you’ll help them develop critical thinking and teamwork skills—two essentials for any successful diver.
Learn by Doing – Instructor Workshops That Make an Impact
At Diving Academy, we focus on preparing instructors through practical, scenario-based learning. During your course, you’ll complete:
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Course structure and standards review
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Underwater navigation integration
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Search pattern demonstrations
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Lift bag handling and knot workshops
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Marketing, pricing, and course promotion strategies
By the end of the course, you’ll be fully equipped to teach divers how to recover everything from lost tools to priceless memories.
If you’re ready to lead purposeful dives and empower your students with mission-based training, become a PADI Search and Recovery Instructor at Diving Academy.
👉 Contact us today to book your course.
Prerequisites
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).
Your Medical Statement must be signed by a physician within the last 12 months or full HSE Medical. Under the Diving at Work Regulations 1997, all divers at work must have a valid certificate of HSE fitness to dive issued by an Approved Medical Examiner of Divers (AMED), please Contact Us for more information.
All Specialties
PADI Instructor (Scuba, Tec, Mermaid & Freediving), or you are currently participating in or have completed an IDC/OWSI Program within the past 12 months. IDC/OWSI candidates may apply for Specialty Instructor certification only after successfully completing an IE.
Specialties Without Dives
- PADI Assistant Instructor
- PADI Divemaster for these courses: Emergency Oxygen Provider, Equipment
Specialist, Coral Reef Conservation, Project AWARE Specialist and PADI
Distinctive Specialty Diver (approved).
Exception: Both Divemasters and Assistant Instructors may attend Digital Underwater Photographer specialty instructor training courses.
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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
