Course overview

The SSI Diver Stress & Rescue course on Mauritius's calm west coast builds genuine confidence and emergency-readiness. Using scenarios in the Flic-en-Flac lagoon and at sheltered reefs, you learn to spot and defuse diver stress, manage panic and carry out rescues from self-help to unresponsive-diver recovery. It is a cornerstone of the SSI pathway and a prerequisite for professional training.

What you’ll learn

• Identify and prevent diver stress before it escalates
• Perform self-rescue and assist a tired or panicked diver
• Manage surface and underwater rescue situations
• Locate and bring up an unresponsive diver
• Deliver in-water rescue breathing and safe exits
• Plan and run realistic emergency-management scenarios

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12 (Junior) or 15 for Diver Stress & Rescue
• SSI Advanced Adventurer or equivalent certification
• Current React Right or equivalent first-aid and CPR training
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Stress and rescue theory

   Digital theory, stress recognition and an introduction to self-rescue skills.
2. Day2
   Rescue skills

   Practise tows, surfacing techniques and assists in the lagoon and at a sheltered reef.
3. Day3
   Scenarios and certification

   Complete the open-water rescue scenarios, including unresponsive-diver recovery, then certify.

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