CCR Courses

Rebreathers are intriguing. They’re cutting-edge dive technology. Always wanted to try one? The Discover Rebreather program lets you dive with a recreational rebreather or a technical closed circuit rebreather (CCR) in controlled conditions with a PADI Rebreather Instructor or Tec CCR Instructor. You'll discover how quiet diving can be without bubbles and quickly learn how different buoyancy control is. A Discover Rebreather experience is an ideal opportunity to give rebreathers a try before you sign up for a full course. Or, if you’re already a rebreather diver, you can participate in the program to try a new or different type of rebreather.

Rebreathers used to be only for technical diving, but not any more. New Type R (recreational) rebreathers are lightweight, easy-to-transport and have sophisticated electronics to simplify their use. Why dive a rebreather? You get longer no stop limits, reduced gas consumption because you reuse most of your exhaled gas, and unmatched wildlife encounters because you don’t release annoying bubbles. The PADI Rebreather Diver course introduces you to rebreather diving to a maximum depth of 18 metres/60 feet and lets you experience things you never imagined possible as a scuba diver.

Prerequisites:

• PADI Open Water Certification
• PADI Enriched Air NITROX Certification
• Min 18 years old
• Min 25 logged dives

 If you’re interested in rebreathers for their silence and maximized no stop dive time, and are happy to stay within recreational diving depth limits, then the PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver course is for you. This course builds on your PADI Rebreather Diver certification by expanding your knowledge, adding a bailout cylinder, and training you to dive as deep as 40 metres/130 feet. If you aren’t a certified rebreather diver yet, no problem – ask your PADI Rebreather Instructor about combining the PADI Rebreather and Advanced Rebreather Diver courses.

Prerequisites:

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
• PADI Rebreather Diver
• 18 years old
• Minimum of 30 logged dives
• Be qualified on the Type R rebreather used in the course

This course combines both the Rebreather Diver and Advanced Rebreather Diver courses into a single 4 day course. Due to certain skills being duplicated into each course, they have to be performed separately. With the combined course, skills can be combined from each course therefore cutting down course time and costs. 

Prerequisites:

• Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation.
• Be certified as a PADI Enriched Air Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation.
• Be at least 18 years old.
• Have at least 30 logged dives. 

As a PADI Rebreather Diver or Advanced Rebreather Diver you qualify to dive on a specific Type R rebreather. To dive on a different rebreather, you must qualify on that unit. Fortunately there is no need to take another complete PADI Rebreather Diver or PDI Advanced Rebreather Diver course, you can simply enrol in a PADI Rebreather Qualifier program.

During the qualifier program, you’ll focus on the new rebreather – assembly, predive checks, disassembly and unique aspects of diving it versus other rebreathers you’ve qualified to use. When you complete the program, you earn a new certification card – either PADI Rebreather Diver or Advanced Rebreather Diver (whatever your level is) – which identifies the new model.

If you’ve not been diving with your rebreather for a while, you should ease back into it by taking a PADI Rebreather Refresher. Your PADI Rebreather Instructor will help you review your PADI Rebreather Diver and Advanced Rebreather Diver Manual as well as the manufacturer literature and checklists. Then, get you back into the water on your unit to practice a few skills and regain comfort with your rebreather.