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Texas Scuba Academy
SDI Search and Recovery Diver Course
Advanced certifiedSDI Certified

SDI Search and Recovery Diver Course

Learn the systematic search patterns and lift techniques real dive teams use to find and recover lost objects.

$300.00Enrollment Open
Have questions? Call (512) 489-4404
  • ✓eLearning access as soon as you check out
  • ✓We’ll be in touch to schedule your sessions
Taught by Brady Huddleston
SDI Course Director & Instructor Trainer · PADI IDC Staff Instructor · American Red Cross Instructor
Meet the team

What's included

✓SDI eLearning and course materials
✓Personal instruction from a certified SDI Instructor
✓All required training equipment provided
✓Lifetime SDI certification, recognized worldwide
✓Flexible scheduling — we handle the pool location and gear
“Best decision I made. The instructors were patient, the small class size meant real attention, and I booked everything online without a single phone call.”
— Recent Open Water graduate

Who it's for

This course builds on prior certification and experience — here's what you'll need before you start.

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SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, SDI Junior Open Water Diver, or equivalentBase certification required
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Minimum age 1815 years old with parental consent

What you'll learn

Knowledge Development

✓Navigation: compass use, estimating distances, and natural navigation
✓Limited visibility diving: factors affecting visibility, hazards, and diving techniques
✓Search techniques: shotgun, circular, grid, and current (overlap) search, plus signals for search diving
✓Salvage techniques: depth considerations, lift bags, lifting drums, necessary qualities of lifting devices, knots and rigging, fill techniques, and mud/silt suction considerations

Practical Training

✓Reviewing compass techniques and search techniques
✓Practicing and performing different search patterns and lifting techniques
✓Recovering an object from depth
✓Salvage and recovery of an object with a water weight between 11 and 33 kg/25 and 75 lbs
✓Simulating a scuba emergency using a minimum of 2 searching techniques
✓Logging dives

Frequently asked questions

Most students complete the course over a weekend — eLearning at your own pace beforehand, then pool and open water sessions scheduled around your availability. Private training means no waiting for a class to fill.

Simple process

How it works

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eLearning at home

Complete the academic portion online at your own pace — videos, quizzes, no classroom required.

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Open water dives at the lake

Skills and dives happen at a local dive site, on a date we set with you.

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Get certified

Finish your dives and we issue your certification — card in hand, recognized worldwide.

Ready?

Ready to get in the water?

Book online in minutes. eLearning starts instantly. We’ll be in touch to schedule.

Call (512) 489-4404

Already certified? Advanced Adventure Diver is a popular next step.