Can I Dive after COVID-19?

This depends on the severity of COVID illness that you had, the duration of symptoms and if you have had structural changes to your lungs.

Divers who have had COVID-19 and have returned to their usual level of fitness, but have not required hospitalisation do not need a diving medical and can return to diving as soon as they have returned to their previous acceptable level of fitness.

Divers with severe symptoms that require hospitalisation also need to have returned to their previous level of fitness, are likely to require at least a 3 month lay off and will likely need a review from a Dive Referee. This may also involve more comprehensive chest imaging, lung function tests and an exercise test.