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Search and Recovery Diver

While recreational divers are not trained to do commercial diving activities, there are some times when a diver wants to help recover small items for themselves and friends.

But, it is important to understand the basic methods of locating items underwater and the methods to bring them to the surface.

Also, to understand what the limits are to doing these activities. This specialty course helps divers understand what can and cannot be done within the limits of recreational diving.

Prerequisites: Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver, minimum age of eighteen (18) or age of ten (15) with parental consent.

Cost: $85.00. Fee does not include entrance and/or boat fees.

What's involved: Academics and 2 dives.

Students are required to successfully complete the following:

1. Open Water : Dive one (l)
A. Compass review.
B. Search techniques.
C. Lifting techniques.
D. Have students’ practice and perform a few different search patterns.
E. Recover an object from depth.

2. Open Water : Dive two (2)
A. Simulated SCUBA emergency.
B. Minimum of two (2) searching techniques,
C. Salvage and recovery of an object with a water weight of between eleven (11) and thirty three (33) kg / twenty five (25) and seventy five (75) pounds.

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Please call us (919-570-DIVE) or email to inquire about classes scheduled to work with your schedule.

If you do not see a class listed that you are interested in, please contact us to inquire.

Some academics available as online courses:

We offer the academics for the Open Water class online for your scheduling convenience as well as the Recreational level of Nitrox class.

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Choose your level:

Advanced Adventure Diver
Advanced Diver
Inactive Diver
Rescue Diver
Master Diver

Recreational Level Specialty Courses

*You do not need to be Advanced Diver certified in order to take the following specialty classes. As soon as you become certified for your open water certification, you are able to take any of the following courses to build on your dive experience.

Advanced Buoyancy
Boat Diver
Computer Diver
Computer Nitrox Diver
CPROX
CPR1st
Dive Propulsion Vehicle Diver
Deep Diver
Drift Diver
Drysuit
Equipment Specialist
Full Face Mask Diver
Marine Ecology Awareness
Night/Limited Visibility Diver
Search & Recovery Diver
Solo Diver
UW Navigation
UW Photographer
UW Videographer
Visual Inspection Procedure (VIP)
Wreck Diver

Technical Diving Courses

TDI Nitrox
TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver
TDI Decompression Diver
*TDI Extended Range Diver
TDI Nitrox Gas Blender
TDI Advanced Gas Blender

(*Future Specialty to be offered)