Course overview

The SSI Diver Stress & Rescue course at Netrani Island on Karnataka's Murdeshwar coast sharpens your ability to handle dive emergencies. SSI uses scenario-driven training, and you learn to spot stress early, prevent accidents and rescue divers in trouble, practising on the boat dives out to Netrani's reef. You earn the SSI Diver Stress & Rescue certification, an essential step toward the Divemaster rating.

What you’ll learn

• Identify the early signs of diver stress and intervene before it becomes an emergency
• Assist a panicked or tired diver at the surface
• Locate, surface and tow an unresponsive diver
• Provide in-water rescue breaths and manage an exit
• Build and run an emergency action plan from the dive boat
• Increase your own comfort, awareness and self-rescue ability

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• SSI Advanced Adventurer (or equivalent) with navigation experience, or higher
• Current first aid and CPR training (SSI React Right or equivalent)
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician where required

What's included · What's not

Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

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Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Stress recognition & self-rescue

   Study stress recognition through the SSI platform and practise self-rescue and surface assists near shore.
2. Day2
   Rescue exercises

   Work through the in-water rescue and stress-management drills step by step.
3. Day3
   Open-water scenarios

   Run full rescue scenarios on boat dives to Netrani Island and complete the certification.

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