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Self-Reliant Diver
Distinctive Specialty
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3. Redundant gas source – pony cylinder, twin cylinders with
isolation valve or sidemount configuration. Redundant gas
supply must be configured so that the diver can access it
with one hand.
4. Redundant depth gauge and bottom timer, or dive computer.
5. Redundant surface signaling devices (both visual and audible)
6. Knife/cutting tool (except where locally prohibited)
7. Slate and pencil
8. Back-up mask (recommended)
E. Equipment Requirements – Instructor
1. Standard dive and safety-related equipment for instructors
as outlined in the General Standards and Procedures Guide
of the PADI Instructor Manual.
2. Examples of redundant air sources – pony cylinder, twin
cylinders with isolation valve, H-valve and independent
doubles.
F. Reference and Teaching Materials
1. RDP Table, eRDPML or How to Use and Choose a Dive Computer book
2. PADI Self-Reliant Diver Course Liability Release and
Assumption of Risk Agreement
3. Dive roster
4. PADI Adventures in Diving manual.
5. PADI Rescue Diver Manual
6. PADI Divemaster Manual
7. The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
8. PADI Tec Deep Diver Manual
9. PIC envelope or online
10.Specialty Diver certificates
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