Search and Recovery Specialty
Whether you wish to retrieve something you dropped and lost in the sea or simply bringing to the surface a larger object you’ll need an effective swimming pattern and also possibly a lifting bag.
There are effective ways to search for an object under water that increase your chances of success. There are also better methods of simply bringing up an object to the surface especially if it is a large or heavy object.
Dives
3-4 dives
Duration
1-2 day
Prerequisites
Open Water Diver
SSI – Min. age: 12 years | 1 confined water session & 2 dives | 1 day
PADI – Min. age: 12 years | 4 dives | 2 days
WHAT DOES THIS ACTIVITY INVOLVE
During the dives you’ll practice different swimming search patterns using your compass and also other
techniques such as your senses during natural navigation.
You’ll be locating large and small objects using these patterns and using a lift bag to bring such objects to the surface. You’ll also learn how to do the best knot for the task at hand.
EQUIPMENT
Basic Scuba Diving Equipment, Lifting Bag, Compass, Rope.
Price
SSI Search and Recovery Specialty course – 220€
PADI Search and Recovery Specialty course – 285€
Online materials & certification fees included.
Optional: with TECLINE wing, backplate, harness & TECLINE regulator with long hose & necklace – 25€ supplement