Specialty Apnoe

The SSI Stress and Rescue specialty at Buddycheck costs 299 EUR — the most expensive specialty on the price list apart from the professional-track Dive Guide course. That price point reflects the scope of the content: recognising stress in fellow divers, preventing accidents, and managing real emergency scenarios underwater and at the surface.

At Buddycheck, this course is part of the pathway toward the SSI Master Diver package, which also requires the Deep Diving specialty. It's positioned here as a course that meaningfully upgrades a diver's capability rather than just adding a card to the wallet.

In-water scenarios and rescue practice would take place using the school's usual training venues — pool facilities in Letmathe, and open-water sessions at the Sorpesee or Möhnesee. The course follows the SSI curriculum, with digital learning materials available (the SSI Specialty Stress und Rescue Digital Kit is listed separately at 114 EUR, suggesting the kit is not automatically included in the 299 EUR course price — worth confirming with the school).

For divers planning to continue toward Dive Guide or who simply want a stronger safety background before heading on the school's Egypt liveaboard trips, this is the course that makes the most practical difference.