Course overview

SSI's Stress & Rescue course in Cozumel trains you to spot stress early and manage emergencies on drift sites like Columbia and Palancar. You will rehearse tows, surface management and unconscious-diver recoveries in the warm, clear Caribbean before moving to live scenarios.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Stress & Rescue free digital materials
  • Knowledge review and online exam
  • Confined-water rescue skill circuits
  • Open-water rescue exercises (repeatable)
  • Scenario assessments on a local reef
  • SSI Stress & Rescue digital certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Rescue Diver pathway

SSI's Stress & Rescue puts a strong emphasis on stress prevention, uses free digital materials with repeatable skill circuits, requires React Right, and is issued as an SSI digital card.

Where you'll dive in Cancun Cozumel

Training uses Cozumel's sheltered Cielo and Paradise reefs for skill circuits, then progresses to gentle-drift sites near Columbia Reef for scenarios. Consistent 30 m visibility makes it easy to locate a 'missing' diver during search drills.

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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 Cancún (CUN) · 20-22 hours from India.

Where to stay

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