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 Course Overview:
Have you ever dropped something in the water? Are you looking for lost treasure? The Search and Recovery Diver
Specialty course will teach you effective ways to find objects underwater and bring them to the surface safely.
Prerequisites:
Must be at least 12 years old and be an Advanced Open Water Diver, Junior Advanced Open Water
Diver or be an Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver and an Underwater Navigator Specialty Diver.
 Course Activities:
You will learn about planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards
of search and recovery diving, limited-visibility diving and underwater navigation techniques,
proper techniques and safety considerations for object location, including the use of various
search patterns, lines and reels, and proper techniques and safety considerations for recovery
of objects using various lifting devices. You will get to use your new knowledge during the 4
dives done under instructor supervision.
- Classroom:
There is one classroom session. The classroom session will
cover the Search and Recovery Diver Specialty Manual, review your knowledge review answers and prepare
you for each of the four open water dives.
- Independent Study:
Before you come to class read the Search and Recovery Diver
Specialty Manual and complete Knowledge Reviews Part I and Part II. You will need to turn in the knowledge
review prior to certification or provide a copy of an Adventure Log signed by an appropriate instructor if
you have already done dive one in connection with your Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver
Certification. Recommended: watch the video/DVD.
- Open Water Dives:
The 4 open water dives are done at an area lake/scuba park or on a dive trip
(must be done over a 2 day period).
 Forms Required:
Students training will need to complete the three (3) forms:
Liability Release,
Statement of Understanding, and
Medical Statement
prior to entering the water.
Materials/Equipment Required:
The Search & Recovery Diver Specialty Manual (included in course price). Recommended: The Search & Recovery
Diver DVD ($25 - NOT included in course price).
Price of Course:
$169 - Price includes the Search & Recovery Specialty Manual, picture for certification card,
certification card, and 4 dives under instructor supervision. Add the Search & Recovery Specialty
DVD ($25). If you have done a search and recovery dive in connection with your
Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver certification, provide us with a copy of the Adventure Log book page
signed by your instructor evidencing that you have turned in the knowledge review and completed the dive and we
will subtract $20 from the cost of the specialty.
Deposit:
$50 - Cost of Materials.
 Length of Course:
If you have read the entire Search & Recovery Specialty Manual, completed the knowledge reviews and
watched the entire video prior to coming to class, the classroom session should take approximately 1 hour depending
upon class size.
Course Dates: This specialty course is offered on any lake weekend or any dive trip.
See our online Dive Training Calendar for our next lake
weekend or up coming dive trip.
Related Specialties:
Project AWARE,
Boat Diver,
Coral Reef Conservation,
Deep Diver,
Drift Diver,
Dry Suit Diver,
Enriched Air (Nitrox),
Equipment Specialist,
Fish ID,
Multi-Level Diver,
Night Diver,
Peak Performance Buoyancy,
UW Naturalist,
UW Navigation,
UW Digital Photo,
UW Photo,
UW Search & Recovery,
Wreck Diver.
How To Sign-Up:
Call us at (972) 467-8314 or you can
sign-up online for the course.
You can come by and pick up the materials or we can have them delivered to your home or office.
Type of Classes: We offer the following types of classes:
(1) Group Class [scheduled classes with 4 students up to 8],
(2) Make Your Own Group [for 4 to 8 students that want to take the class together],
(3) Semi-Private [maximum of two students],
(4) Private [one person private].
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For more information, please call us at (972) 467-8314 or
email us at
or click here to request
additional information or to sign-up online
for a class or dive trip.
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Dive 1:
- Small area search: Search for and recover a small object
(no bigger than a baseball - smaller if visibility is good) that has been placed in a pre-determined area
(approximately 50 feet by 50 feet) using a circular/rope pattern search.
- Large area search: Search for and recover an object (not
more than 25 pounds negatively buoyant) that has been placed in a predetermined area (approximately 100
feet by 100 feet or other dimensions for the same area of search using a U pattern search.
- Tie the following knots correctly while underwater: the
bowline, two half hitches and a sheet bend.
- Learn how to safely rig and bring to the surface an object
not more than 25 pounds negatively buoyant using an appropriate lifting device.
- Remove object from water.
Dive 2:
- Enter the water and mark off the search area with
buoys.
- Using the expanding square pattern, search for a
submerged object in an area approximately 60 feet by 60 feet or other dimensions for the same
area of search.
- Use an appropriate lifting device to safely rig
and bring to the surface an object weighing 25 to 50 pounds.
- Remove object from water.
Dive 3:
- Enter the water and mark off the search area with buoys.
- Using the jackstay pattern, search for a submerged object in an area approximately
200 feet by 200 feet, or other dimensions for the same area of search.
- Use an appropriate lifting device to safely rig and bring to the surface an object
weighing 50 to 100 pounds.
- Remove object from water.
Dive 4:
- Organize, plan and conduct a search and recovery dive for a lost item with a dive buddy.
- Choose a appropriate search pattern and lifting method based on facts gathered about a lost object
prior to a dive.
- Using an appropriate lifting device to safely rig and bring to the surface a lost item.
- Remove object from water.
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For more information, please call us at (972) 467-8314 or
email us at
or click here to request
additional information or to sign-up online
for a class or dive trip.
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