For dive shops · Become an Ambassador
Bring Rescue Diver Ready to your region.
Become a Rescue Diver Ready Ambassador and run your own rescue preparedness courses and events in your own market. You bring the divers and the venue. We bring the brand, the format, the partner ecosystem, and the marketing support behind it.
Why become an Ambassador shop
A proven rescue-readiness event, ready to run in your market.
Most dive centers offer Rescue Diver training. We built a whole program around it ... the assessment, the partner framework, the format, and the brand. As an Ambassador, you bring that program to your region instead of building it yourself.
Run RDR-branded preparedness events in your region
Host your own Rescue Diver Ready courses and weekends under a brand divers already associate with readiness. You bring the divers and the local knowledge. We bring the playbook, the format, and the name.
The assessment and ecosystem behind every event
Your divers start with the same Are You Rescue Diver Ready assessment that scores their readiness and points them to the right course. The tooling that drives sign-ups on our own events works for yours too.
The PADI, DAN, and Garmin partner framework
Rescue Diver Ready is built around training (PADI), the safety net (DAN), and the awareness layer (Garmin). As an Ambassador shop, your events sit inside that same partner story instead of standing alone.
Marketing support
Branded assets, event copy, and the Rescue Diver Ready look and feel, ready to adapt for your shop and your market. You are not starting a marketing program from scratch.
A turnkey program
The station rotation, the small-group format, the prerequisite flow, and the on-site structure are already designed and proven on our inaugural event. You run a tested program, not an experiment.
Year-round community, not a one-off
The cert weekend is the anchor. The community is everything around it. Ambassador shops keep their divers together with lobster hunts, lionfish derbies, night dives, and family days between the big events.
The ecosystem behind your events
Three partners. One readiness story your events plug into.
Rescue Diver Ready brings together training, the safety net, and the awareness layer. As an Ambassador shop, your events sit inside that same framework.
Named partner position
PADI
Training Partner
The globally recognized Rescue Diver training framework. The standard that gives every event its legitimacy in the dive community.
Named partner position
DAN
Safety Partner
Divers Alert Network. Dive safety, dive medicine, accident research, and emergency assistance. The safety net behind diving.
Named partner position
Garmin
Technology Safety Partner
The awareness layer. Descent dive computers, inReach satellite SOS, and the Descent buoy that keep the whole team connected.
How it works
From first hello to your first event.
Becoming an Ambassador shop is a conversation, not a contract you sign blind. Here is the path.
Tell us about your shop
Send your shop, your region, and a little about your community using the form below. Natalee follows up personally to talk through fit.
We share the Ambassador program
You get the full picture of how the program works: the format, the partner framework, what we provide, and what you provide.
Plan your first event
We help you set dates, scope your venue, and shape a Rescue Diver Ready event for your market with the assessment and sign-up flow ready to go.
Run it, with us behind you
You host the event in your region with the brand, the playbook, the marketing support, and the partner ecosystem behind you.
What is involved
We do the heavy lifting. You bring the divers and the venue.
What we bring
- The Rescue Diver Ready brand and the format
- The Are You Rescue Diver Ready assessment and sign-up flow
- The PADI, DAN, and Garmin partner framework
- Marketing assets and event copy to adapt for your market
- The proven station rotation and small-group structure
What you bring
- Your dive community and your local divers
- A venue and the local knowledge of your region
- Your instructors and on-site team
- The energy that turns a weekend into a community
Next step
Become a dive shop Ambassador.
Tell us about your shop and your region. Natalee follows up personally to talk through whether the Ambassador program is a fit and what running your own Rescue Diver Ready event could look like.