Inactive/Refresher Diver Course

$200

*Price includes Course Tuition and Gear, providing what I have fits, Instructor Guided dives and instruction

$50

This is a required cost for eLearning

Who is this course for:

  • The certified diver who has been inactive for a period of time and wishes to review the scuba skills and academic information before starting to dive again

Course prerequisites

  • To participate in the SDI Inactive Diver/Refresher Course, the individual must:
  • Have proof of an SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent from a recognized dive training organization
  • Or SDI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver certification or equivalent from a recognized dive training organization.

What you can expect to learn:

Although one in-water training dive is required, the instructor or assistant instructor may use their discretion with reference to the skills needed to complete the dive.

SDI offers the following outline:

  • Plan Dive
  • Equalization techniques
  • Communication signals
  • Lung over-expansion problems
  • Review of dive computer
  • Scuba system assembly
  • Weight adjustment
  • Mask defog
  • Don scuba system SDI Instructor Manual
  • Adequate entry for site conditions
  • Controlled descent
  • Computer check, if used
  • Regulator clearing
  • Regulator recovery
  • Mask clearing
  • Fin use
  • Buoyancy control; hovering
  • Underwater tour
  • Computer check
  • Controlled ascent; computer assisted
  • Exit
  • Disassemble scuba system
  • Log dive
  • Air sharing ascents
  • Underwater emergency scenarios

What’s in it for you:

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in diving activities without direct supervision of the SDI Instructor* so long as the following limits are adhered to:

  • The diving activities approximate those of training
  • The areas of activities approximate those of training
  • Environmental conditions approximate those of training
  • Note: Junior divers (ages 10-14) must participate in shallow water diving activities with a parent, guardian, or dive professional.

SDI Inactive Diver/Refresher Diver minimum requirements:

  • Complete all open water requirements efficiently
  • Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution

More Information: SDI Inactive Diver/Refresher Diver (tdisdi.com)