The SSI Diver Stress & Rescue course builds the awareness and skills to prevent diver stress and handle in-water emergencies, practised in the calm bays around Nilaveli and over Pigeon Island's reefs. Trincomalee's settled east-coast conditions and good visibility make it a strong place to rehearse realistic rescue scenarios. You finish a safer, more capable buddy and dive leader.
SSI Diver Stress & Rescue is a prerequisite for SSI Divemaster and counts toward the SSI Master Diver rating. You need a current first-aid and CPR rating such as React Right.
Training takes place in the sheltered Nilaveli bays and over the Pigeon Island Marine Park reefs. With the calm May-to-September window, with April and October still diveable on either side, the conditions are realistic yet forgiving for rescue practice.
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