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Advanced Wreck Instructor
An instructor specialty course for teaching wreck penetration and advanced wreck exploration techniques to student divers. Instructor candidates learn to manage navigation in silty, confined wreck environments, teach proper line-handling in the dark, and guide rescue scenarios in constrained spaces. This course prepares dive instructors to teach deep wreck diving skills safely, covering equipment configuration for wreck work, emergency procedures in overhead environments, and the RAID 10-point guide to wreck diving safety.
Prerequisites
Minimum 18 years old. Certified and current RAID Open Water Instructor. Certified and current RAID Divemaster (for courses a Divemaster can teach). Certified as a diver in the advanced wreck specialty. Complete registration and mandatory documentation.
Standards
What a diver must demonstrate to pass this course — not always published by the certifying agency.
Demonstrate wreck penetration techniques, underwater navigation in low-visibility confined spaces, line-handling procedures, rescue techniques in wreck environments, equipment configuration for wreck work, and safe instruction of these advanced skills.
Instructors Teaching This Course
Thailand
Dive Centres Offering This Course
Thailand
We're still building out the directory country by country, so this list isn't every instructor or dive centre teaching it in the world — more locations are coming soon.
Common questions about RAID Advanced Wreck Instructor
What are the prerequisites for RAID Advanced Wreck Instructor?
RAID's standards require: Minimum 18 years old. Certified and current RAID Open Water Instructor. Certified and current RAID Divemaster (for courses a Divemaster can teach). Certified as a diver in the advanced wreck specialty. Complete registration and mandatory documentation.
What is the minimum age for RAID Advanced Wreck Instructor?
RAID's standards state: Minimum 18 years old.
What does RAID Advanced Wreck Instructor training involve?
According to RAID's published standards: Demonstrate wreck penetration techniques, underwater navigation in low-visibility confined spaces, line-handling procedures, rescue techniques in wreck environments, equipment configuration for wreck work, and safe instruction of these advanced skills.
Where can I take RAID Advanced Wreck Instructor?
1 dive centre and 1 instructor in the TecDiveTools directory teach RAID Advanced Wreck Instructor, in Thailand. Each is listed further up this page.