Ever considered enrolling for a PADI Rescue Diver Course? The cool thing with this one is that you are already an Advanced Open Water Diver, so you know your scuba stuff. The Rescue course is about making you aware of what’s happening to others and how to react in a safe manner.
It is the course that’ll give you the tools to make all the divers around you more comfortable as you help them with minor issues. And maybe one day, but hopefully never, it is the course that will prepare you to help a fellow diver who’s in a real emergency situation.
It sounds scary, but honestly, Rescue is quite fun. In fact, most PADI Scuba Divers will happily confirm this is the most fun course they’ve done in their bubble-blowing career. Instead of drilling skill-circuits, your instructor will organise real life scenarios and train you to react in a normal way. It’s not about the picture perfect water-exit, it’s about conditioning you to react appropriately in an emergency situation.
By the end of the course, you will look at diving from a new perspective. For lack of a better definition, you’ll feel like a “diver in the know”, the one any Divemaster or dive professional knows he can trust to assist if need be. That is not only a very gratifying feeling, but it also makes you a much safer and controlled diver, meaning you’ll enjoy everything you do just that little bit more!