Mastering the Waves: The Ultimate Professional Rescue Swimmer Experience in New Jersey
Difficulty
challenging
Duration
4–6 hours
Fitness Level
Participants should be in excellent physical condition with strong swimming skills and stamina.
Overview
Train your sea rescue skills on New Jersey’s dynamic coastline with the Professional Rescue Swimmer experience. Learn life-saving techniques in challenging ocean conditions guided by experts.
Professional Rescue Swimmer
$699 per person | 18+
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About This Adventure
Enhance your rescue skills with our Maritime Rescue Swimmer course, designed for fire, water SAR, and dive teams. Learn unique techniques for deploying and recovering swimmers from rescue crafts in open water, guided by experienced instructors. This four-day training prepares you for the complexities of maritime rescues, ensuring safety for all involved.
If your agency has rescue-craft and swim fins, your people deserve this training (If you work with helicopters, we've got that covered too). This is a great course for fire rescue teams, water SAR teams, dive teams, water rescue teams and even a swiftwater team looking to advance into a different skillset. Swiftwater rescue techniques are great for what they are designed for, but once you throw a rescue-craft and open water into the equation, they don’t prepare rescue personnel for what they will face. The dynamic of deploying a Rescue Swimmer from a small craft, with or without tending line, and recovering the swimmer and survivor safely back to the rescue-craft is a discipline entirely unto itself. Our Maritime Rescue Swimmer courses will give rescue-techs, crew members, and boat coxswains the training they will need to complete maritime rescues successfully, and get all equipment and personnel back safely. While swiftwater rescue has become a well established discipline, open-water rescue swimmer operationss remain an elusive subject taught by few, and understood by even fewer. Our instructors have the rare, real-world experience to give your agency what they need to mitigate the vast risk involved with such a discipline.
Locations: -Northern Jersey Shore -Central Jersey Shore -Navesink River
*If you have a location in mind for this course please call our office and we can research it to be sure it is the proper training environment for this course.
Cost Per Person: $699 USD Per Person
Course Length: 4 days
Our Vice President and Rescue Swimmer course designer, Matt Novellino, is a former Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Swimmer and Army Special Forces maritime operations team member. On the civilian side, Matt has instructed Rescue Swimmer courses to various fire and law enforcement agencies in the US and Asia.
Adventure Tips
Train for variable water conditions
Prepare for a range of sea states—from calm to turbulent surf—to maximize skill development.
Prioritize fitness and breath control
Strong cardiovascular health and breath-holding ability are crucial for effective rescue swimming.
Practice mental focus
Rescue scenarios demand quick decision-making under stress—mental training is as important as physical.
Wear a wetsuit appropriate to water temperature
Protect against cold Atlantic waters, especially outside summer months, to avoid hypothermia.
Local Insights
Wildlife
- Harbor seals
- Ospreys
History
New Jersey’s shore has a long history of lifesaving stations dating back to the 19th century, forming the backbone of modern coast guard techniques.
Conservation
Programs emphasize minimal environmental impact and promote awareness of coastal ecosystems during all water activities.