PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver

Expand your recreational rebreather diving ... become a PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver! The PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver course expands your recreational rebreather training to include bailout cylinders and deeper depths. The Advanced Rebreather Diver course trains recreational rebreather divers to explore deeper depths within recreeational limits. A PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver is qualified to make no-decompression dives using a rebreather to depths not deeper than 30m/100ft (or 40m/130ft with Deep Diver training).

NOTE: PADI rebreather programs are rebreather-specific. We will be using a Hollis Prism2 rebreather for the Rebreather Diver course.

NOTE: The PADI Rebreather Diver and PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver courses can be integrated and completed together if the student diver meets the entry requirements for the Advanced Rebreather Diver course.

Course Prerequisites

Required to start the course:

• PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent

• PADI Rebreather Diver or equivalent

• 30 logged dives

• Minimum age 18

• Qualified on the rebreather used in the course (Hollis Prism2)

Required to be certified as a PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver:

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent (30m/100ft limit)

• PADI Deep Diver or equivalent (40m/130ft limit)

What You Will Learn

In addition to theory learned in the Rebreather Diver course, during the Advanced Rebreather course you will also learn how to conduct rebreather diving to depths of 30m/100ft (or 40m/130ft), including:

• Rebreather & scrubber limits

• Preparing a bailout cylinder

• Rebreather diving procedures & techniques for deeper depths

• Potential additional rebreather problems at depth

• No decompression rebreather dive planning for deeper depths

• Emergency procedures for rebreathers using a bailout cylinder

Performance Requirements

PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver course training is typically conducted with 1 classroom training session and 1 practical application session, followed by 1 confined water training dive and 4 open water training dives. There are reading assignments & Knowledge Reviews required to be completed prior to the start of the Advanced Rebreather Diver course. To achieve certification, you will need to:

• Complete the Advanced Rebreather Diver reading assignments & Knowledge Reviews provided by your Rebreather Diver instructor.

• Complete (1) classroom training session with your Advanced Rebreather Diver instructor & successfully complete the Advanced Rebreather Diver final exam.

• Complete (1) Advanced Rebreather Diver practical application session with your Advanced Rebreather Diver instructor.

• Complete (1) Advanced Rebreather Diver confined water training dive and (4) Advanced Rebreather Diver open water training dives with your Advanced Rebreather Diver instructor.

Course Format

The PADI Advanced Rebreather course is typically conducted over 3 days with classroom & practical application sessions on the first morning, followed by training dives at local dive sites.

Course Schedule & Cost

PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver courses are conducted through the dive stores that I work with, including VIP Diving. Please check their website for the most current PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver training schedule and course costs.