SSI Scuba Explorers - Search & Recovery

A continuation of the SCUBA Explorers program: Search and Recovery Explorer students will learn all the skills needed to safely and confidently conduct search and recovery dives. Students will be taught how to use search patterns, specialized dive plans, and equipment such as lift bags, lines, and reels.

What To Do Before Class:

Participants must have already completed the introductory, three day SSI Scuba Explorers Program.  All waivers must be signed and there must be a current parent or guardian-signed waiver on file.

If it has been close or at least one year since last completed, please update the Diver Medical / Participant Questionnaire at: https://dolphinscuba.com/content/pdf/downloadable-forms/RSTC_MEDICAL_FORM.pdf

What to Expect In Class 

The classroom session where students will learn about instruments and techniques used for search and recovery in diving, including a discussion of how navigation skills are implemented in search and recovery efforts.  This will be a review for students who have taken the Navigation Explorer class. 

The classroom session will then be followed by an in-pool dive session where students will use navigation skills to locate items and equipment such as surface marker buoys to mark/identify and lift bags to recover items, both small and large, that might be found in waterways and oceans.  

What To Bring To Class

1. Swimsuit, towel, mask, snorkel and fins. 

2. Scuba Explorer book.

3. Snack or lunch and a water bottle.  There are no close restaurants. 

4. Dry clothes to change into after class and shower supplies, if desired. 

The price is $100