RCCR Essentials Diver
A mid-level specialty continuing education program enabling certified rebreather divers to refine in-water proficiency and practice core essential skills. The course focuses on buoyancy, trim, balance, propulsion, equipment streamlining, situational awareness, accident prevention, enhanced dive planning, gas management, and decompression procedures. Serves as an ideal bridge for divers building precision skills before advancing into higher recreational or technical rebreather courses.
Prerequisites
IANTD Recreational CCR Diver or equivalent certification. Minimum age 18 years. Depth limited to diver's previous deepest certification level.
Standards
What a diver must demonstrate to pass this course — not always published by the certifying agency.
Demonstrate refined buoyancy and trim control on rebreather, efficient propulsion, equipment streamlining, situational awareness in rebreather environments, advanced gas management, and baseline decompression procedures.
Instructors Teaching This Course
Dive Centres Offering This Course
United States
Indonesia
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 IANTD RCCR Essentials Diver
What are the prerequisites for IANTD RCCR Essentials Diver?
IANTD's standards require: IANTD Recreational CCR Diver or equivalent certification. Minimum age 18 years. Depth limited to diver's previous deepest certification level.
What is the minimum age for IANTD RCCR Essentials Diver?
IANTD's standards state: Minimum age 18 years.
What does IANTD RCCR Essentials Diver training involve?
According to IANTD's published standards: Demonstrate refined buoyancy and trim control on rebreather, efficient propulsion, equipment streamlining, situational awareness in rebreather environments, advanced gas management, and baseline decompression procedures.
Where can I take IANTD RCCR Essentials Diver?
5 dive centres and 9 instructors in the TecDiveTools directory teach IANTD RCCR Essentials Diver, in the United States, Thailand, Indonesia and Mexico. Each is listed further up this page.