Cold Water Survival

Service Description

This survival workshop teaches you how to respond to cold water emergencies such as: -Person Overboard (POB) -Near Drowning -Cold Water Immersion -Hypothermia -Abandon Ship -Ice Rescue -Use of Cold Water Immersion Suits Students will learn skills to survive cold water environments, and safely assist other mariners during cold-water emergencies. In addition, students will learn how to maintain, deploy, enter, and survive in a non-SOLAS life raft and cold water immersion suit. This workshop is physically involved, requiring participants to enter cold ocean water (Statter Harbor, Auke Bay), lift and carry 40 lbs, jump from moderate heights into water, and team-style physical contact with other participants. Registrants will receive additional details by email to include: gear requirements, food options, recommended clothing, etc. Training includes (5) hours of classroom training, and (2) hours of water-based field training. March 1st, 2026 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Classroom Training: Cold water dynamics, Ditching a vessel, Person Overboard Search and Rescue, Environmental Injury First Aid (Hypothermia, Frostbite, Cardiac Arrest), Thermodynamics, Life rafts, Immersion Suits, Cold Water Immersion and Survival techniques, 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM: LUNCH 2:00 PM- 4:00 PM Life raft deployment drills. Participants will enter the water in immersion suits and/ or life jackets, demonstrate self-warming and rescue positions, demonstrate casualty rescue, enter a life raft, and practice inverting a life raft.