Course overview

SSI Diver Stress & Rescue in Muscat teaches you to spot stress early, prevent accidents and handle emergencies confidently on Oman's reefs. Training across Bandar Khayran and sites near Fahal Island, you rehearse self-rescue, diver assists and search patterns in warm, sheltered water. You certify as an SSI Stress & Rescue Diver, a milestone toward professional-level training.

What you’ll learn

• Identify and manage diver stress before it becomes an emergency
• Perform self-rescue and air-sharing techniques
• Assist tired and panicked divers at the surface and underwater
• Tow, surface and provide care for an unresponsive diver
• Plan and execute search patterns for a missing diver
• Coordinate a dive-accident response and use emergency oxygen

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12 (Junior version available)
• SSI Advanced Adventurer or equivalent, including a navigation dive
• Current first aid, CPR and oxygen-provider training (e.g. React Right)
• Medical statement and physician sign-off where indicated

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
   Theory & self-rescue

   Complete SSI digital modules and practise self-rescue and stress management in confined water.
2. Day2
   Diver assists

   Rehearse tired- and panicked-diver assists, tows and air-sharing at a sheltered Muscat reef.
3. Day3
   Scenarios & certification

   Run full rescue scenarios on a boat dive to Bandar Khayran and certify as a Stress & Rescue Diver.

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