DIVE SMART, DIVE SAFE
Expert safety and skill with our Master Rescue
Ensure you’re equipped to handle any underwater rescue scenario. Learn rescue techniques, emergency preparedness, and enhance your safety skills in challenging aquatic environments.
YOUR JOURNEY
Become a Master Rescue diver in 4 days
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12:30 Theory class
You’ll go through all of the chapters from the First Aid and O2 manuals. You’ll learn how to perform CPR and how to safely provide oxygen, an essential life saving component related to diving injuries. You’ll also learn how to use an AED device, another life saving device if someone’s heart is beating ineffectively.
15:00 Break
Use this time to grab some food and fuel up!
15:30 First aid workshop
Time to keep going! You’ll go through rescue scenarios and simulate saving someone’s life and you’ll also learn how to deal with everything from minor burns and scratches, to dehydration and hypothermia. After the class, you’ll need to complete the homework in order to continue with the course the next day.PreviousNext
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07:00 Pool session
Today is the start of your Master Rescue course. You’ll go to the pool where you’ll learn all the skills to become a competent rescue diver. You’ll practice rescue scenarios and some techniques and simulations to learn how to help effectively in different diving incident scenarios.
11:30 Break
Use this time to grab some food and fuel up!
12:00 Theory class
You’ll work through sections Physiology, Physics and Rescue with your instructor. You’ll discuss how to spot someone who’s panicking, for example, and talk through all possible responses to a variety of problems. After that, you’ll go through some homework about everything you’ve learned. Note: Morning and afternoon sessions can be alternated depending on the situation.PreviousNext
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08:00 Theory Class
This session deals with essential equipment required for a rescue, both on the boat and in the water. You’ll learn the best way to search for a missing diver and essential knots you may be required to use.
10:30 Break
Use this time to grab some food and fuel up!
12:45 First Dive
Once on our boat, you will set up your equipment before sitting down with your Instructor and reviewing all the in water rescue scenarios that you learned in the pool the previous day. This will include both surface and underwater responses. The first dive will be focused on ensuring you remember all of the necessary steps for each individual skill.
15:00 Second dive
On this second dive we start to up the stress levels a little, to simulate more realistic conditions. Its important to remember that you are still learning, so little mistakes are bound to happen. But our seasoned Instructors are there to guide you through it, and ensure improvement across each dive.PreviousNext
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08:00 Theory Class
We will review all the important theory to make sure you feel confident about it and then head to the beach, where your instructor will conduct a compass and search pattern workshop for you to have a dry run on it.
10:30 Break
Almost certified! But before we celebrate you still have one more dive to improve your diving and enjoy the amazing underwater world together with your instructors and buddies! At this point you will already feel confident about your skills, so you can focus on exploring with your team.
12:45 First Dive
We will start by running underwater search patterns, so you can practice missing buddy search procedures. We will then move into realistic rescue scenarios.
15:00 Second Dive
On this final boat trip, we are looking for all your learning to come together. You will be in charge of delegating to those around you to help deal with any rescue possibility that comes your way, from man overboard, to unresponsive diver under the water. All of your training up to this point will have you ready. Once we have our ‘victims’ back on the boat our job isn’t over. We need to be thinking about everything. Have we called EMS? Has somebody set up the O2? Can anybody around us offer any assistance? Or do we need to deal with this by ourselves? Our job as professional trainers, is to have you ready for every possible situation.
16:30 Let’s celebrate!
We’ll head back to La Bombona where we’ll complete our dive logs. After saving the lives of many, we will get you back to shore for the obligatory certification photo, and celebrations at the beachfront, sunset viewing bar! Congratulations on your master rescue diver certification!PreviousNext
B E Y O N D ! T H E ! S U R F A C E
Why choose La Bombona Diving?
Small groups, big impact
Dive at your own pace with our expert instructors guiding you every step of the way.
Dive with the pros
Trust a decade of expertise – we've been teaching courses in Koh Tao since 2014!
Dive in your language
Dive at your own pace with our expert instructors guiding you every step of the way.
World wide certificate
Trust a decade of expertise – we've been teaching courses in Koh Tao since 2014!
DIVE SMART AND AFFORDABLE
Pricing & certification
Master the art of diving and gain a globally recognized certification that open doors to limitless underwater adventures.
Our Raid Master Rescue Certification awaits at an unbeatable price of
11,000 ฿
INSIGHTS FROM OUR DIVERS
What they say about us
Annabel Jones
Had a great experience with LBD doing our open water course highly recommend! Shoutout to Ernesto, amazing instructor!!!
Holly
Amazing experience doing the OW20. Shoutout to Ernesto, the best diving instructor ever
Pierre-Yves Lapointe
Be careful, if you decide to book your ow with this place, you'll probably end up with some advanced class + extra fun dive days and good memories, it gets addictive...
Alexander Fager
We did the 1-day try dive with Nico, amazing instructor and so much fun!Definitely go here for courses or try dives!
Nora Eckl
Wir haben eine gute Einführung von dem instructor Max bekommen und konnten unsere Kleider anprobieren. Danach mussten wir 2 Stunden warten, bis das...
Luuk van Zilt
Had a great dive with La Bombona. Thanks Kira and Max!
Iñaki Urgoiti
Con mi novia hicimos el curso Open Water 20 en LBD y estuvo espectacular! Nuestro instructor fue Roberto y nos encantó: super claro, muy dedicado y ante todo co...
Sam Höjman
Gjorde Open Water 20 och tyckte verkligen om det. Utbildningen var grundlig och välformulerad och min instruktör Ernesto var verkligen fantastisk och en höjdpunk
Amy Pfitzner
Had a great dive with La Bombona. Thanks Kira and Max!
Sam Höjman
Gjorde Open Water 20 och tyckte verkligen om det. Utbildningen var grundlig och välformulerad och min instruktör Ernesto var verkligen fantastisk och en höjdpunk
Amy Pfitzner
Had a great dive with La Bombona. Thanks Kira and Max!
camila Saez
Recomiendo a Ernesto como instructor, fue lo máximo!! Aprendà mucho y lo pase increible! La mejor disposicion para enseñar y es muy experimentado,...
Frequently asked questions
If you discover that the course isn’t aligning with your preferences midway, we’re flexible and can discuss options to ensure your experience suits your needs.
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