PADI Rescue Diver Course

Learn to look after yourself and other divers. We run the course at Amed, Nusa Penida, Sanur and Bunaken.

Become a Rescue Diver

The PADI Rescue Diver course is challenging and rewarding. You learn to perform diver assists and rescues, manage a diving accident and give first aid, so you can look after yourself and the divers around you.

We think every diver should reach Rescue level, because it makes you self-sufficient in the water. It’s also the prerequisite for every PADI Divemaster and Instructor programme.

We run it at Amed, Nusa Penida and Sanur in Bali, and on Bunaken in North Sulawesi. It isn’t running in Lembeh right now, because we don’t have a Rescue Diver instructor based there. If Lembeh is on your trip, Bunaken is a short transfer away.

Ming and Bayu doing rescue exerces on the surface

Choose Your Centre

Each centre has its own course page with the schedule, prices and everything that’s included there.

Before You Start

  • Minimum age 12
  • PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water, or a qualifying certification from another organisation
  • First aid and CPR training within the last two years
  • Complete the PADI medical statement

What's Included

  • 10 rescue skills and 2 rescue scenarios
  • Digital course manual you keep access to
  • All scuba equipment, including a dive computer
  • Your PADI certification
  • A Two Fish Divers dive log book

PADI Rescue Diver Course FAQ

You need to be at least 12, hold PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water (or a qualifying certification from another organisation), have first aid and CPR training from the last two years, and complete the PADI medical statement.

At Amed, Nusa Penida, Sanur and Bunaken. It isn’t running in Lembeh at the moment; Bunaken is a short transfer from Lembeh if you want to combine the two.

Tell us when you enquire. You need first aid and CPR training from within the last two years, and we’ll help you fit it in before the course.

Yes. Doing the theory by eLearning leaves time for some fun dives alongside the course.

Yes. PADI Rescue Diver, or an equivalent, is a prerequisite for all PADI Divemaster and Instructor programmes.

A maximum of 4, and often 2.

What Comes Next?

Rescue Diver is the step before going pro. Our Divemaster Internship runs at Amed, Nusa Penida and Bunaken. Or keep building your own diving with a PADI Specialty course.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Tell us your dates, which centre suits your trip and the course you’re interested in, and we’ll help you plan it.