Rescue Diver (PADI) / Buceador 3 Estrellas (FECDAS)

Rescue Diver is the course most experienced divers say changed how they see every subsequent dive. At 340€, Divers Diving runs it as both PADI Rescue Diver and FECDAS 3 Estrellas — the same dual-track approach they apply across the whole course ladder.

The skills covered range from self-rescue and managing tired divers to more complex scenarios involving unconscious divers at the surface or underwater. On the Costa Brava, training scenarios can use real open-water conditions rather than a pool, which means current, reduced visibility and boat logistics are part of the context rather than abstractions.

PADI typically requires Advanced Open Water and Emergency First Response (or equivalent first aid) before enrolling. EFER, the Emergency First Response course, is available separately at Divers Diving at a price on request, so it can be combined into the same training block if you need both. The course runs in Catalan, Spanish, English and French.

This is the last recreational certification before Divemaster, and many instructors point to it as the most practically useful course in the PADI system — it changes your situational awareness on every dive you do after.