Course overview

Tackle the PADI Rescue Diver course in Dahab's calm, easy-entry bays at the Lighthouse and Mashraba, where realistic rescue scenarios can be staged safely in clear, sheltered water. It's widely considered the most rewarding course on the recreational ladder and the natural pre-pro step in this Red Sea training town.

What you’ll learn

• Self-rescue and diver-stress recognition
• Manage tired and panicked divers
• Search patterns and missing-diver procedures
• Surfacing an unresponsive diver and in-water rescue breaths
• Emergency management and equipment use

Prerequisites

• 12+ years old
• PADI Advanced Open Water (or equivalent)
• EFR/CPR current within 24 months
• Diver medical signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Rescue Skills

   Practise self-rescue, tired-diver tows and stress recognition in a calm bay.
2. Day2
   Scenarios

   Run full missing- and unresponsive-diver scenarios at the Lighthouse.

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