Course overview

Learn to find and recover lost objects underwater with the PADI Search and Recovery specialty in Phuket. Across the Andaman Sea's sheltered reefs you learn search patterns, the use of lift bags and rope work to locate and bring up items safely. It is a practical, problem-solving specialty that sharpens your navigation and buoyancy at the same time.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Search and Recovery knowledge development
  • Four training dives practising search patterns and lifts
  • Compass and rope/knot-work exercises
  • Lift-bag rigging and recovery practice
  • PADI Search and Recovery digital materials
  • PADI Search and Recovery specialty certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Search & Recovery pathway

PADI Search and Recovery is a specialty that counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating. Solid navigation skills are strongly recommended beforehand, since accurate searching depends on confident compass work.

Where you'll dive in Phuket

Search and Recovery dives run on Phuket's sheltered, sandy-bottomed reef areas such as Kata, where calm conditions and moderate visibility make search-pattern and lift-bag practice manageable.

Prefer a different certifying agency?SSI Search & Recovery in Phuket →

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 Phuket (HKT) · 4-5 hours from India.

Where to stay

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