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SSI Stress & Rescue Course
Mae Haad, Koh Tao · Starts daily
$383
per person · first aid certification not included ฿11,500
About this course
The course that changes how you watch other divers.
Almost everyone who takes this says the same thing afterwards: it's the course that made them a better diver, and it barely taught them any diving. What it teaches is attention — reading the small signs that someone is getting out of their depth, usually well before they know it themselves.
Three days: theory, then confined water drills, then four ocean dives running realistic scenarios. Tired diver tows, unresponsive diver recovery, surface and underwater searches.
This is the version for divers who already hold current CPR and first aid. If you don't, take the React Right & Rescue course instead — it bundles the first aid certification in.
Course structure
Your day-by-day journey
Day 1 — How diving accidents actually develop — rarely one dramatic failure, usually a chain of small ones. Then self-rescue drills: cramps, gas problems, disorientation.
Skills you'll earn
What you'll be able to do
Spotting stress in another diver before it escalates Self-rescue: cramps, gas issues, disorientation Tired and panicked diver assists at the surface Locating and recovering an unresponsive diver Running an emergency: oxygen, evacuation, coordination
Certification
What you take home
SSI Stress & Rescue Diver
A lifetime certification recognised worldwide, and a prerequisite for the Divemaster track. Current CPR and first aid within the last 24 months is required to certify.
Lifetime validDivemaster prerequisite4 logged divesFirst aid required
What's included
What the price covers
- All dive equipment for the length of the course
- A dive computer to use, free
- Digital learning materials and your certification
- Boat trips, with drinks and snacks aboard
- 30 days of dive accident insurance
- A free T-shirt, and 10% off anything you book afterwards
Honest Corner
— real talk before you enrolYou'll love this if…
- Genuinely the course that makes people better divers
- Physical and demanding in a way the others aren't
- Required if you ever go professional
Worth knowing before you enrol
- You must already hold CPR and first aid from the last 24 months — otherwise book React Right & Rescue
- It's tiring. Expect to be worn out at the end of each day
- You need Open Water and a dive logged in the last six months
Student fit
Who's this course for?
Great fit
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Thoughtful divers
You want to understand why things go wrong, not just what to do afterwards.
Great fit
👥
Buddy pairs
Doing this with the person you always dive with is worth double.
Great fit
📈
Future professionals
A hard prerequisite for Divemaster. Get it done properly.
Maybe
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No current first aid
Then React Right & Rescue is your course — it includes the certification you're missing.
Not for you
Common questions
