ERD 1
1st level Emergency Response Diving Course
Course Cost Please Call
Full Certification I
Includes:
- eLearning
- Class & Dives
ERD 1
1st level Emergency Response Diving Course
Course Cost
Full Certification Please Call
- Includes eLearning, Class, and Dives
This course is for:
- A certified open water diver who is currently a public safety professional
- A certified open water diver who would like to operate and support persons within a dive team organization
Training will typically take place at Lake Pleasant over one weekend, Friday – Sunday.
The maximum number of students per session is 9 (3 teams of diver, tender, and backup diver – rotating each position)
Students need to complete ERD 1 Diver Technician eLearning prior to class and dives.

What you can expect to learn:
- Equipment preparation and selection, problem-solving, tender skills, responding to a call, search patterns, scene evaluation, environmental risks, evidence handling
- Dive skills including line signals, diver communications, executing multiple search patterns, victim recovery, emergency procedures, and decontamination procedures
- How to continue and transition your ERD I training into ERD Ops Components courses
What’s in it for you and your team?
- Structured training that solidifies diver and tender abilities in the participation of planning and executing dive team operations
ERDI 1 Standards and Procedures

Course Prerequisites:
- Minimum age 18
- SDI Open Water Diver certification or equivalent
- Current CPR, first aid, and oxygen administration certification

Requirements:
- Diver evaluations
- Demonstrate mastery of scuba skills, line signals, diver touch communications, and search patterns
- 800-meter mask, snorkel, and fins swim, 500-meter distance swim no aids, 100-meter buddy tow-in scuba equipment
- Tender swimming evaluations
- 200-meter swim without aids, 100-meter buddy tow-in personal flotation device (PFD), 10-minute survival float
- Demonstrate effective line communications with divers, proper tending techniques

february 2023
08feb6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
march 8, 2023 6:00 pmapril 12, 2023 6:00 pmmay 10, 2023 6:00 pmjune 14, 2023 6:00 pmjuly 12, 2023 6:00 pmaugust 9, 2023 6:00 pmseptember 13, 2023 6:00 pmoctober 11, 2023 6:00 pmnovember 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
11feb(feb 11)9:00 am12(feb 12)2:00 pmOpen Water Lake Dives
Event Details
Saturday 9:00am – 12:00pm (approx) Sunday 9:00am – 12:00pm (approx) The completion of Open Water training involves a total of four certification dives conducted over the course of 2 days. During the
Event Details
Saturday 9:00am – 12:00pm (approx)
Sunday 9:00am – 12:00pm (approx)
The completion of Open Water training involves a total of four certification dives conducted over the course of 2 days. During the dives, students are evaluated on skills learned during the pool session. Saguaro Diving conducts training dives at Lake Pleasant. Times and meeting places are determined by the certifying instructors and students are informed accordingly. Students are responsible for securing their SCUBA gear from Saguaro Diving a day or 2 prior to the scheduled lake date and for providing their own transportation to the lake. Upon successful completion of Open Water training, the student will receive a temporary certification card. The student must provide a passport size photo that will be mailed in with their paperwork to PADI/SDI for issuance of a permanent cert-card.
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Time
11 (Saturday) 9:00 am - 12 (Sunday) 2:00 pm PST
Location
Desert Tortoise Campground
Desert Tortoise Campground, Peoria, AZ 85383, USA
march 2023
04mar9:00 am5:00 pmSDI / PADI PrePool / Scuba Review
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study. Before attending the pool session there is a mandatory “pre-pool class” where you will meet with staff members, academics are reviewed where necessary, and introductions are made to Dive Computers to be used in the pool and all other Scuba equipment is addressed.
Typical Session will last approximately 2 hours.
We have several sessions starting each day.
Usually sessions at 9:00AM, 11:30AM, and 2:00PM
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Time
(Saturday) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
05marAll DaySDI/PADI Open Water Pool
Event Details
The pool segment of your Open Water training is scheduled as a one day event. Students and Instructors will meet at Saguaro Diving, generally at 8am, and start the day
Event Details
The pool segment of your Open Water training is scheduled as a one day event. Students and Instructors will meet at Saguaro Diving, generally at 8am, and start the day with SCUBA gear assignment and set-up. The student is responsible for having their personal gear; mask, fins, dive boots and snorkel; prior to this day of training. From the shop we will head out to a designated Mesa Parks & Rec pool for a day of training and fun. Before donning SCUBA gear there is a swim evaluation; 200 yards, any stroke, and a 10 minute float/tread; as required by the certifying agency, PADI/SDI. It is during your water time that the required skills are accomplished to make you a safe diver. Later, during your Open Water certification dives, you will be evaluated on some of the skills that you learned in the pool. Because PADI/SDI training is standardized the student will accomplish the same skills/be evaluated on specific skills no matter where the training is conducted. Although you will not need your educational materials for this session, please pack a picnic style lunch, beverages, a bathing suit & towel, and sunscreen, along with your personal gear. Let’s get wet and make some bubbles!
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Time
All Day (Sunday)
Location
Kino Junior High School
848 N Horne Ave, Mesa, AZ 85203, USA
08mar6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
april 12, 2023 6:00 pmmay 10, 2023 6:00 pmjune 14, 2023 6:00 pmjuly 12, 2023 6:00 pmaugust 9, 2023 6:00 pmseptember 13, 2023 6:00 pmoctober 11, 2023 6:00 pmnovember 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
11mar(mar 11)9:00 am12(mar 12)2:00 pmOpen Water Lake Dives
Event Details
Saturday 9:00am – 12:00pm (approx) Sunday 9:00am – 12:00pm (approx) The completion of Open Water training involves a total of four certification dives conducted over the course of 2 days. During the
Event Details
Saturday 9:00am – 12:00pm (approx)
Sunday 9:00am – 12:00pm (approx)
The completion of Open Water training involves a total of four certification dives conducted over the course of 2 days. During the dives, students are evaluated on skills learned during the pool session. Saguaro Diving conducts training dives at Lake Pleasant. Times and meeting places are determined by the certifying instructors and students are informed accordingly. Students are responsible for securing their SCUBA gear from Saguaro Diving a day or 2 prior to the scheduled lake date and for providing their own transportation to the lake. Upon successful completion of Open Water training, the student will receive a temporary certification card. The student must provide a passport size photo that will be mailed in with their paperwork to PADI/SDI for issuance of a permanent cert-card.
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Time
11 (Saturday) 9:00 am - 12 (Sunday) 2:00 pm PST
Location
Desert Tortoise Campground
Desert Tortoise Campground, Peoria, AZ 85383, USA
april 2023
12apr6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
may 10, 2023 6:00 pmjune 14, 2023 6:00 pmjuly 12, 2023 6:00 pmaugust 9, 2023 6:00 pmseptember 13, 2023 6:00 pmoctober 11, 2023 6:00 pmnovember 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
may 2023
10may6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
june 14, 2023 6:00 pmjuly 12, 2023 6:00 pmaugust 9, 2023 6:00 pmseptember 13, 2023 6:00 pmoctober 11, 2023 6:00 pmnovember 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
20mayAll Day27Cozumel Group Trip
Event Details
Dive Cozumel Trip includes: 8 Days and 7 Nights at the Hotel Cozumel with air-conditioned accommodations All meals and drinks 5 days of 2 tank boat dives 1 optional night dive ($40). This trip will fill
Event Details
Dive Cozumel Trip includes:
- 8 Days and 7 Nights at the Hotel Cozumel with air-conditioned accommodations
- All meals and drinks
- 5 days of 2 tank boat dives
- 1 optional night dive ($40).
- This trip will fill up fast so book your spot asap!
- All rooms with private balcony and most of them overlook the largest swimming pool in Cozumel.
*ALL PRICES ARE BASED ON A DOUBLE OCCUPANCY*
Time
may 20 (Saturday) - 27 (Saturday)
june 2023
14jun6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
july 12, 2023 6:00 pmaugust 9, 2023 6:00 pmseptember 13, 2023 6:00 pmoctober 11, 2023 6:00 pmnovember 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
july 2023
12jul6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
august 9, 2023 6:00 pmseptember 13, 2023 6:00 pmoctober 11, 2023 6:00 pmnovember 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
august 2023
09aug6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
september 13, 2023 6:00 pmoctober 11, 2023 6:00 pmnovember 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
september 2023
13sep6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
october 11, 2023 6:00 pmnovember 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
october 2023
07octAll Day14Cozumel Group Trip
Event Details
Dive Cozumel Trip includes: 8 Days and 7 Nights at the Hotel Cozumel with air-conditioned accommodations All meals and drinks 5 days of 2 tank boat dives 1 optional night dive ($40). This trip will fill
Event Details
Dive Cozumel Trip includes:
- 8 Days and 7 Nights at the Hotel Cozumel with air-conditioned accommodations
- All meals and drinks
- 5 days of 2 tank boat dives
- 1 optional night dive ($40).
- This trip will fill up fast so book your spot asap!
- All rooms with private balcony and most of them overlook the largest swimming pool in Cozumel.
*ALL PRICES ARE BASED ON A DOUBLE OCCUPANCY*
Time
october 7 (Saturday) - 14 (Saturday)
11oct6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
november 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
november 2023
08nov6:00 pm9:00 pmEnriched Air / Nitrox Course
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will
Event Details
The academics portion is offered on-line through the certifying agency. You can progress at your own pace, on your own schedule. This includes quizzes and final exam. Saguaro Diving will be notified when you register and again upon your completion of the on-line study.
What you can expect to learn:
Physiology of using different breathing gas mixtures and equipment considerations for using nitrox
How to safely use nitrox mixtures up to 40 percent with a dive computer
Advantages and disadvantages of utilizing Nitrox / Enriched Air mixtures, how to analyze a Nitrox/Enriched Air mixture
more
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Saguaro Scuba
908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204
Saguaro Scuba908 E Impala Ave, Mesa, Arizona 85204The best scuba shop in Arizona
Product Description
Once students complete their eLearning, they complete your class and dives with one of our instructors.
Prerequisites:
- Completion of ERD 1 Diver Technician eLearning
- Minimum age 18
- SDI Open Water Diver certification or equivalent
- Current CPR, first aid, and oxygen administration certification
This course is for:
- A certified open water diver who is currently a public safety professional
- A certified open water diver who would like to operate and support persons within a dive team organization
Training will typically take place at Lake Pleasant over one weekend, Friday – Sunday.
The maximum number of students per session is 9 (3 teams of diver, tender, and backup diver – rotating each position)
What you can expect to learn:
- Equipment preparation and selection, problem-solving, tender skills, responding to a call, search patterns, scene evaluation, environmental risks, evidence handling
- Dive skills including line signals, diver communications, executing multiple search patterns, victim recovery, emergency procedures, and decontamination procedures
- How to continue and transition your ERD I training into ERD Ops Components courses
What’s in it for you and your team?
- Structured training that solidifies diver and tender abilities in the participation of planning and executing dive team operations
ERDI 1 Standards and Procedures
Requirements:
- Diver evaluations
- Demonstrate mastery of scuba skills, line signals, diver touch communications, and search patterns
- 800-meter mask, snorkel, and fins swim, 500-meter distance swim no aids, 100-meter buddy tow-in scuba equipment
- Tender swimming evaluations
- 200-meter swim without aids, 100-meter buddy tow-in personal flotation device (PFD), 10-minute survival float
- Demonstrate effective line communications with divers, proper tending techniques
Free Shipping Terms and Conditions:
- Applies to orders greater than $50.00 on selected items. (Does not apply to tanks or weights)
- Applies to UPS GROUND shipping rates only, within the Continental United States. Expedited shipping requests will be charged at applicable shipping rates.
- Available only to the Continental United States.
- Refunds for shipping on any returned items will be deducted by the amount charged for the non free shipped items only on the original order.
- Valid with gift certificates & promotions.
- We reserve the right to modify or cancel free shipping at any time.
Full Return Policy For Saguaro Products
Regular Stock Product Returns: Regular stock products can be returned within 90 days of purchase to Saguaro Scuba Inc. There is no restocking charge when returning regularly stocked merchandise.
Special Order Product Returns: Special order products can only be returned to the store within the time limit originally specified. Some special order products may have a restocking charge or may be non-returnable. In these cases we will inform you prior to ordering and we will note any special rules or restocking fees directly on your receipt.
Non-returnable Products: Computers, Electronics & Cameras are returnable only if they have not been installed or used and if they are in new original saleable condition and packaging. Clearance items are non-returnable.
Warranty Product Returns: Your purchase can be returned for a hassle-free replacement/repair provided that it is returned within the warranty terms and warranty period. The original receipt is required. Warranty returns without the original receipt will be made at Saguaro Scuba’s discretion. Products with a replacement warranty will be exchanged free of charge. Products with a repair only warranty will be repaired in accordance with the manufacturer’s or Saguaro Scuba Inc. terms and conditions. Warranty claims are limited to replacement/repair of the product only. We do not cover additional costs such as labor, incidental or consequential damages.
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