Course overview

The PADI Rescue Diver course in Pondicherry makes you a more aware, capable diver through realistic scenarios staged in the Bay of Bengal. Practising tired-diver tows and surface rescues in the warm, current-touched waters off Pondicherry prepares you to help others on real reef dives.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Rescue knowledge development and eLearning
  • Self-rescue review
  • Ten rescue-skill exercises in the water
  • Two scenario simulations in open water
  • EFR (or equivalent) prerequisite confirmation
  • Emergency-action planning
  • PADI Rescue Diver certification card
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Rescue Diver pathway

PADI delivers Rescue with eLearning theory, hands-on water exercises and a Project AWARE ethic, requires current EFR and issues a lifetime PADI Rescue Diver card.

Where you'll dive in Pondicherry

Rescue scenarios run on Pondicherry's accessible Bay of Bengal reef sites at 6-18m, where calm Oct-May seas and 27-30C water make extended surface-rescue and towing drills comfortable. The mild conditions let you focus on technique rather than fighting the sea.

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Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

Flights and accommodation aren’t part of the course price, here’s how to book them around your dates.

Getting there

Fly into Chennai (MAA) · 1-3 hours from India.

Where to stay

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