PADI Search and Recovery students tie Darren up in knots

David and Jonathan were busy this weekend trying to recover items that Sub-Mission Instructor Darren had lost on the bottom of Capernwray. The PADI Search and Recovery Specialty is an action packed course that really challenges students in a very practical way underwater. David and Jonathan learnt to apply previously practiced compass navigation into search patterns to find objects underwater. As well as compass patterns they also learnt rope searches, including the circular search and jackstay search.

David and Jonathan were also tasked on being able to tie knots underwater whilst wearing gloves, which was more than a little tricky. The knot skills were utilised to tie an object to a lift bag in order to bring it to the surface. The lifting of heavier objects was completed several times during the Search and Recovery dives ensuring that David and Jonathan truly got to grips with the technique.

They both did a fantastic job of recovering Darren’s missing objects on each and every dive so well done! The PADI Rescue Diver Course will certainly be a breeze to them both now.