“Become a Search & Recovery Expert and Find It. Lift It. Master It”
Ever dropped something underwater or been on a dive where someone lost a piece of gear? The PADI Search & Recovery Specialty Course gives you the tools, techniques, and confidence to find lost objects and bring them safely to the surface. From dive slates to entire outboard motors, you’ll learn to recover items using search patterns, lift bags, and some seriously handy knot-tying skills.
This is hands-on, challenge-filled diving that’s as fun as it is practical. You’ll complete four dives, each focusing on different search techniques and recovery scenarios, including a full-on search mission finale!
This course also counts toward your PADI Master Scuba Diver certification, as well as your Search and Recovery Workshop During your Divemaster Training
Because losing something underwater isn’t a matter of if it’s when. Whether it’s a dropped torch, a lost anchor, or someone’s prized GoPro, the skills you gain in this course allow you to locate and recover lost items with precision and safety. You’ll learn how to think like a search specialist and dive with purpose, making every dive a mission.
✅ Master Underwater Search Techniques.
✅ Get Hands-On with Knots & Lift Bags.
✅ Become the Diver Everyone Wants on Their Team.
✅ Build Your Problem-Solving & Navigation Skills.
✅ Improve overall confidence and control while diving.
Whether you’re a newly certified diver or an experienced diver looking to perfect your skills, this course will help you achieve a specialist certification and become a more efficient, capable diver. It’s also a key step toward becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver or a professional-level Divemaster.
📅 Duration
2 Day | 4 Dives (Max 18m)
👉 Can be combined with Advanced Diver Training, Nitrox training or fun dive packages!
📚 What You’ll Learn
🔹 How to tie essential underwater knots
🔹 Planning and executing underwater search operations
🔹 How to use searchs like expanding square, jackstay, and U-pattern
🔹 Proper use of lift bags for objects up to 10kg
🔹 Underwater navigation techniques for search & recovery scenarios
🌊 Where You’ll Dive
Your instructor will guide you through Search drills, providing personalized feedback to help you achieve a perfect underwater Search in Pattaya and Samae San, two of the Gulf of Thailand’s best diving spots!
✅ Certified as PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
✅ 12 years or older
✅ All training dives
✅ E-learning materials
✅ PADI certification fees
✅ Equipment rental.
Nope! We’ll provide the “lost items” for training. But next time something does go missing, you’ll be the hero!
It’s one of the most fun and engaging specialty courses out there. It’s busy, yes but not hard with our guidance. Plus, you’ll feel like a diving detective.
A lift bag helps bring heavier items to the surface safely. Yes, you’ll use one and learn how to rig it properly underwater.
Absolutely! This course pairs perfectly with a range of courses, such as Rescue Diver, where you’ll be searching for lost divers underwater, too! Or perhaps the Navigation course pairs great with Search & Recovery because it enhances your compass skills to make you a versatile underwater problem solver.
Becoming a Search Recover Diver is an exciting step in your diving. Sign Up Today and become a search pattern expert in Pattaya Thailand.
Simply contact us and ask about the course or internship you are interested in, please include your current dive certs, number of dives and when you are thinking of training. We’ll explain your options.
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