Course overview

Develop the skills to prevent and handle dive emergencies with the SSI Diver Stress & Rescue course in Port Blair. Using the calm reefs around Chidiyatapu and the wider Andaman Sea, you learn to spot stress early, manage panicked and unresponsive divers, and run a coordinated emergency response. The certification transforms your awareness and confidence and is a key step toward SSI leadership ratings.

What you’ll learn

• Identify and manage diver stress before it escalates
• Prevent common dive accidents through better planning
• Perform self-rescue and assist a struggling diver
• Search for, surface and tow an unresponsive diver
• Provide in-water rescue breathing and emergency care
• Coordinate an effective accident-management response

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• SSI Advanced Adventurer or equivalent certification
• Valid first-aid and CPR rating (such as SSI React Right) within 24 months
• Diver medical clearance 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
   Stress recognition

   Cover the academics, then practise spotting and managing diver stress and basic self-rescue skills.
2. Day2
   Rescue skills

   Run the assisted-rescue and unresponsive-diver exercises in calm Andaman water.
3. Day3
   Rescue scenarios

   Pull it together in realistic emergency scenarios at Chidiyatapu and certify.

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