With proper training, equipment, and the right attitude to accept the risks involved in independent diving, an experience diver can responsibly engage in dives without a buddy. Self-reliant diving is an adventure activity that is not for everyone but does have its place. If you have the mental discipline and commitment to learn and follow self-reliant diving techniques, you’ll bolster your skills and confidence when diving alone, in a dive pair or as part of a team. A skills assessment with your PADI Self-Reliant Diver Instructor at Sugar Land Dive Center before diving into the course will make it more specific to your needs.

What's included

Our price includes: ·

• Academic Material
• One shore dive for skills assessment
• Three Self Reliant Dives
• Rental equipment including pony bottle. If you are a certified Sidemount diver you have the option of completing the course using a sidemount configuration.

What you will learn

Learning how to compensate for situations you would normally handle with a buddy is the focus of the Self-Reliant Diver course. This includes proper dive planning using air consumption rate calculations, life support system redundancy, and independent management of dive emergencies. During three self-reliant training dives, you’ll practice:

• Performing an air consumption rate swim to gather information for later calculation.
• Switching to a redundant air supply system during simulated emergency situations.
• Swimming without a mask.
• Navigating to various points, including your exit.
• Using a DSMB.