Snorkel Diver
Learn how to snorkel with the SSI Snorkel Diver program. Discover all you need to go snorkeling and experience the wonders of the ocean! Get started with SSI today!
Try Scuba
Discover the underwater world, go scuba diving in confined water and earn the SSI Try Scuba recognition card. Conducted in shallow water, the SSI Try Scuba program is a diving adventure the whole family can enjoy!
Basic Diver
The SSI Basic Diver program is the best way to discover what scuba diving is like, try open and confined water diving and learn basic dive skills. All in one short, fun course. Start today!
Scuba Diver
The SSI Scuba Diver program provides all you need to go open water diving up to 12 meters deep with an SSI Professional. It is your first exciting step towards being a fully certified Open Water Diver.
Open Water Diver
Begin your lifelong adventure as a certified diver with the globally recognized SSI Open Water Diver certification.
Scuba Skills Update
Boost your dive confidence and practice your scuba skills with an SSI Scuba Skills Update. It is a safe and fun way to get you back in the water and start diving with ease again today.
Boat Diving
Discover pristine dive sites that cannot be reached from shore and experience the excitement of liveaboard diving. Learn all you need to dive from boats with the SSI Boat Diving Specialty. Start today!
Computer Diving
Learn the ins and outs of using a dive computer correctly to increase your efficiency and safety while diving. Get the most out of your dive computer investment with the SSI Computer Diving specialty.
Stress & Rescue
Learn to identify stress, prevent accidents, and learn rescue diver skills with this essential Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty program. Help yourself and other divers to stay safe. Get started now!
Dry Suit Diving
Become a dry suit diver and dive all year, anywhere in the world. Join the Dry Suit Diving specialty today and learn all the knowledge and skills you need to safely and comfortably dive in a dry suit.
Enriched Air Nitrox (40%)
Extend your dive time, expand your repetitive dive time and spend more time exploring the dive sites you love, with the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox Program.
Equipment Techniques
Learn about diving equipment maintenance and how to choose and store your kit for maximum performance and longevity. Get the most from your dive kit investment with the Equipment Techniques Specialty.
Night Diving & Limited Visibility
Diving does not end when the sun goes down! Become a night diver and meet the incredible marine life that only comes out at night. Join the SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility specialty program.
Navigation
Become a better, more confident diver who always knows where they are going. Learn how to use a dive compass, natural navigation techniques and more. Join the SSI Navigation specialty today!
Search & Recovery
Make lost items a thing of the past with the SSI Search & Recovery specialty program. You will learn all you need to plan and conduct search and recovery dives, so you can find lost items with ease.
Waves, Tides & Currents
Take control of your dives no matter the conditions with the SSI Waves, Tides and Currents specialty. Learn all you need to go diving in currents, waves and rivers, enjoy shore diving and learn about the environmental conditions that affect dive sites.
Deep Diving
Many exciting and iconic dive sites lie in deeper waters. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will get you there - safely and with confidence. Learn how to plan and conduct dives to between 18 and 40 meters deep with SSI.
Wreck Diving
Do you want to explore iconic towering shipwrecks and dive World War airplanes covered in vibrant marine life? Discover the world of wreck diving and get started today with the SSI Wreck Diving Specialty program.
Perfect Buoyancy
The SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty is the best way to improve your body position for relaxed dives, lower your air consumption and increase your bottom times. Take control of your enjoyment. Start online now!
Decompression Diving
Do you want to learn how to safely perform a decompression dive while still using your recreational total diving system? Are you interested in using your dive computer’s advanced features? Learn how to go beyond no-decompression limits with the SSI Decompression Diving Specialty certification.
Science of Diving
Immerse in physics, physiology, decompression theory and the aquatic environment with the online SSI Science of Diving Specialty. You will be halfway to earning your Divemaster rating. Get started now!
Recreational Sidemount Diving
Ditch the heavy tank on your back and discover the benefits of sidemount diving. You’ll improve your streamlining and trim, gain better buoyancy control and enjoy easier, relaxed dives. Become a certified SSI Recreational Sidemount diver now!
Gas Blender Nitrox/Trimix
Are you interested in the art of mixing gasses for your dive adventures? The SSI Gas Blender program will provide you with the knowledge and skills to blend nitrox and helium-based mixed gas blends and enhance your technical diving knowledge.
Photo & Video
Learn how to take underwater photos that capture your dive highlights and incredible marine life encounters with the SSI Photo & Video Specialty program. Get started online today.
DPV Diving
Enjoy longer dives, explore further and cover a larger area on every dive. Become an SSI DPV Specialty Diver. Get started today.
Advanced Open Water Diver
The SSI Advanced Open Water Diver is the best way to try out 5 different Specialty programs without committing to a full program. Continue your education to become a more confident diver, lower your air consumption and discover the areas of diving you love most - Start today!
Marine Ecology
The SSI Marine Ecology specialty program is the best way to discover the exciting science of marine ecology and become an underwater naturalist. Enhance your dives in a new way. Earn the SSI Marine Ecology specialty certification now!
Shark Ecology
Sharks are vital for healthy oceans and are truly spectacular to dive with! Join the SSI Shark Ecology specialty program and learn how to dive safely with sharks, why their behaviors are misunderstood and more. Start online today!
Manta & Ray Ecology
Diving with mantas and other rays is one of the best dive experiences you will have. Learn how to safely interact with rays and recognize different species with the SSI Manta & Ray Ecology specialty program.
Fish Identification
Learn how to identify fish with the SSI Fish Identification specialty program and enhance your dives! Discover all you need to identify common families of Caribbean, Indo-Pacific and Red Sea reef fish and earn your SSI Fish Identification specialty certification.
React Right - Course Combination (FA, CPR, AED, O2)
Learn how to manage emergencies and act as a first responder with the SSI React Right specialty. This is the best emergency first response course there is and includes first aid, CPR skills, oxygen administration and much more. Start today!
Coral Identification
Discover the wonders of coral reefs with the SSI Coral Identification specialty program. In this coral dive specialty program, you will learn all that you need to identify common families of coral species and enjoy diving these incredible underwater ecosystems.
Sea Turtle Ecology
You will learn to identify sea turtles species, discover their history and role in marine ecosystems, and threats to their survival. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Sea Turtle Ecology Specialty certification.
Marine Mammal Ecology
Do you have a passion to save the ocean and the marine animals that call these oceans their home? Does the thought of diving with whales fascinate you? Learn more about the biology and ecology of these fascinating marine mammals in the SSI Marine Mammal Ecology speciality program.
Marine Invertebrate Ecology
Unlock the mysterious world of marine invertebrates. From sea stars to squid and everything in between, discover fascinating facts about these unique animals in the SSI Marine Invertebrates specialty program.
Nudibranch Ecology
Explore sea slugs with SSI’s Nudibranch Ecology speciality program. Discover their movement, sensory organs, reproduction, feeding, defense, and ecological roles. This program offers a deep dive into these unique creatures, ideal for marine enthusiasts. Join us and delve into the world of nudibranchs.
Freshwater Ecology
The SSI Freshwater Ecology specialty program is the perfect way to discover the fascinating world of freshwater ecosystems and aquatic life. Expand your knowledge, dive with greater awareness, and experience your dives in a completely new way. Earn your SSI Freshwater Ecology specialty certification now.
Freediver
Join the SSI Freediver course and learn how to freedive with a buddy in open water environments to a depth of 20 meters. Your global freediving adventures begin here!
Advanced Freediver
Discover new freediving breathing exercises, go open water freediving to 30 meters, and improve your breath holding with the invaluable SSI Advanced Freediver course. Get started online today!
Performance Freediver
Learn the techniques used in competitive freediving with the SSI Performance Freediver course. The apex of the SSI freediver series, this freediving course will provide all you need to dive up to 40 meters deep and reach your ultimate freediving goals.
Basic Freediver
Discover the freedom and tranquility that keeps freedivers returning to the water. In the SSI Basic Freediver course, you will learn why freediving is quickly becoming one of the most popular watersports worldwide. Your journey to becoming a freediver begins here!
Try Freediving
The SSI Try Freediving program gives you a fun, quick glimpse into the world of breath-hold diving. While freediving with an SSI Professional in confined water, you will discover what this exhilarating sport is all about. Start your journey to become a freediver today!
Training Techniques
Learn exercises to do at home and in the water to progress faster in your freediving training. Discover your strengths and weaknesses and create a personalized training plan to better your performance. Join the SSI Training Techniques specialty!
Free Immersion
Expand your freediving training to be calmer and more confident while diving deeper. Free Immersion freediving teaches you to achieve extended dive times with increased relaxation. Discover this new, exciting aspect of freediving training today!
Monofin
Discover your inner dolphin. Enjoy the increased speed, power, and confidence that comes with monofin swimming. The SSI Monofin freediving specialty will teach you how to maximize your underwater efficiency and enjoy better freediving performance. Get started online today!
Variable Weight
Setting freediving records has never been this fun and easy. Join the SSI Variable Weight freediving course and learn how to configure a safe and efficient variable weight setup to discover the deep blue, stress-free. Learn a new way to free dive - get started today!
No-Fins Freediving
Dive into freedom and perfect your freediving technique with SSI’s No-Fins Freediving course. Wear minimal equipment while mastering your underwater skills and developing a high level of underwater coordination. Get started today!
Freediving Instructor
Become an SSI Freediving Instructor and take the first step toward a career in training freedivers. Create lifelong water enthusiasts and introduce them to the world of breath-hold training in a fun, safe environment with the SSI educational system.
Advanced Freediving Instructor
Become an SSI Advanced Freediving Instructor and help your customers advance their freediving certification. You will step into an exciting new professional career with opportunities worldwide and train freedivers the skills needed to start competitive freediving. Join SSI today!
Performance Freediving Instructor
Help your students set freediving records by teaching them the highest level of freediving skills as a Performance Freediving Instructor. Increase your students’ breath-hold time in this challenging yet rewarding freediving course, and enjoy a variety of employment opportunities around the world.
Basic Freediving Instructor
With the Basic Freediving Instructor course, active SSI scuba professionals can easily expand their diving career into the freediving market. Help water enthusiasts learn to freedive by teaching them basic freediving skills in this entry-level program.
Freediving Assistant Instructor Trainer
Join one of the most elite groups in SSI training as a Freediving Assistant Instructor Trainer. Spark passion in new freediving instructors as you help conduct some of the highest-level SSI courses. Enjoy global career opportunities - start your Freediving Assistant Instructor Trainer course today!
Divemaster
Do you want to lead certified divers underwater, improve your skills, teach Ecology Specialties yourself, or begin the path toward becoming a scuba instructor? Become a Divemaster!
ITC Completion
The SSI Instructor Training Course (ITC) is the next step on the scuba instructor pathway after becoming a Divemaster. Qualify as an Open Water Instructor and start teaching beginners and various specialties. Begin your life-changing journey and become a dive professional today!
Assistant Instructor Trainer
Experience a whole new level of education as an Assistant Instructor Trainer. Make an essential contribution to the diving industry by teaching future Scuba Diving Instructors. Become an SSI Assistant Instructor Trainer today!
Swim Teacher Adult
Do you want to inspire lifetime swimmers? Make a career out of swimming? Become a professional swimming teacher with SSI! Learn to teach babies, children or adults to swim, plus beginners up to competitive swimmers. Make a difference! Start today!
Swim Teacher Instructor
Are you an experienced SSI Swim Teacher? Looking for a new challenge? Step into an exciting career as a swimming teacher instructor. Learn how to become an SSI Swim Teacher Instructor and build your ideal swim teacher staff! Start now!
Lifeguard Instructor
Take the next exciting step in your Lifeguard career and learn how to be a lifeguard trainer! Train professional lifeguards. Become an SSI Lifeguard Instructor now with this internationally recognized course. Start making a difference today!
Extended Range
Are you looking to become a tech diver? To dive deeper, farther, or longer than you ever have done before? Begin your journey and extend your range with the SSI Extended Range Trimix diver certification program.
Extended Range Wreck Diving
Do you dream of exploring ancient ships or famous world war wrecks? Become an SSI Extended Range Wreck Diver and learn how to go wreck penetration diving up to a maximum depth of 40 meters. Start this exciting SSI advanced wreck diving course online today!
Extended Range Cavern Diving
Do you dream of diving in the crystal-clear waters of a Mexican cenote or exploring caverns in the Mediterranean? Become an SSI Extended Range Cavern Diver and discover the thrill of leaving direct access to the surface behind! Start online today!
Technical Wreck Diving
Do you want to experience amazing wreck dives? Increase your technical dive skills to conduct complex wreck penetration dives and join the world’s elite exploration divers. Start the SSI Technical Wreck Diver certification today!
Cave Diving
Go further than you ever have before and experience the thrill of underwater cave diving. Learn to explore caves with a single navigational choice in the SSI Cave Diving program. Join the exciting world of technical diving today!
Full Cave Diving
Want to conduct complex underwater navigation as you explore deeper, longer underwater caves? SSI Full Cave Diving will teach you how to safely explore some of the deepest caves in the world. Start training for advanced cave dives today!
Hypoxic Trimix (100m)
Push your technical diving skills to the limit with SSI’s Hypoxic Trimix program. Use all the knowledge and experience gained from your previous advanced dive training to go on the ultimate decompression dive. Start deep trimix diving today!
Extended Range Foundations
The SSI Extended Range Foundations program is one of the most popular advanced diving specialties under the SSI Extended Range umbrella. It provides you with a workshop environment to improve your diving skills to a high level.
Extended Range Sidemount Diving
Improve your streamlining and diver trim with SSI’s Extended Range Sidemount program. Learn the correct sidemount configuration and techniques to go diving with multiple stage cylinders efficiently and effectively. Start today!
Extended Range Mine Diving (Single Tank)
Become an SSI Extended Range Mine Diver and learn how to go mine penetration diving up to a maximum depth of 40 meters. Learn more about abandoned mine diving in this exhilarating course. Start this exciting SSI Extended Range Mine diving course online today!
Mine Diving
Go further than you ever have before and experience the thrill of underwater mine diving. Learn to explore mines with a single navigational choice in the SSI Mine Diving program. Join the exciting world of technical diving today!
Full Mine Diving
Want to conduct complex underwater navigation as you explore deeper, longer underwater mines? SSI Full Mine Diving will teach you how to safely explore some of the largest mines in the world. Start training for advanced mine dives today!
Extended Range Nitrox Diving Instructor
Go deeper for longer and learn the skills all technical courses are based on. The SSI Extended Range Nitrox Diving Instructor certification is the first step in your technical instructor journey. Start this essential nitrox diving course now!
Extended Range Instructor
Go deeper, explore further, and develop your SSI Professional dive career. Become an SSI Extended Range Trimix Instructor and teach others the thrill of Extended Range. Start this technical dive training online today!
Extended Range Wreck Diving Instructor
Share the thrill of wreck diving and enhance your career. Become an SSI Extended Range Wreck Diving Instructor. If you want to teach wreck divers at dream locations worldwide, this is the best way to do it. Start this SSI wreck diving course today!
Extended Range Cavern Diving Instructor
Grow your SSI career and share the thrill of diving cenotes and caverns. Become an SSI Extended Range Cavern Diving Instructor and get certified to teach all SSI cavern diving and cenote dive courses. Start this dive instructor course online today!
Technical Wreck Diving Instructor
Earn the ultimate wreck diving certification. Share your tec diver passion and explore the deepest wrecks. Become an SSI Technical Wreck Diving Instructor and teach divers to conduct complex wreck penetration dives out of the light zone. Start now!
Cave Diving Instructor
Leave the daylight behind, push your limits, and join the best scuba instructors. There is no limit to your ambitions with this SSI course. Become an SSI Cave Diving Instructor and teach tec divers. Start this cave diving certification today!
Full Cave Diving Instructor
Join the ranks of elite dive instructors with this ultimate SSI cave diving training. Experience extreme cave dives, teach worldwide and further your career. Become an SSI Full Cave Diving Instructor. Start this cave diver course online today!
Hypoxic Trimix Instructor
Discover unlimited depth and hone your trimix scuba skills. Become an SSI Hypoxic Trimix Instructor and teach multiple-gas switch, multiple-stop, decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 100 meters. Start this scuba diving instructor course now!
Technical Extended Range Instructor
Hone your technical diver skills and grow your professional diver career. Become an SSI Technical Extended Range Trimix Instructor and teach two gas switch decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 60 meters. Start this SSI dive certification now!
Extended Range Foundations Instructor
Take your SSI Pro dive career to the next level as an SSI Extended Range Foundations Instructor. Teach divers in a workshop environment the ultimate mastery of technical scuba diving skills. Start this essential tec diving course online today!
Extended Range Sidemount Instructor
Do you love sidemount diving? Do you want to develop your diving career and enjoy global job opportunities? Become an SSI Extended Range Sidemount Instructor and share the exhilaration of sidemount diving. Start this sidemount diver course online today!
Lifeguard
Do you want to save lives and learn exciting new Lifeguard skills including communication, problem solving and teamwork? Become a professional SSI Lifeguard with this internationally recognized program. Start making a difference today!
Survival Swim
The SSI Survival Swim program focuses on developing fundamental swimming skills for beginners, water safety awareness, and confidence. Participants learn to adapt to various water conditions, use basic equipment, and apply essential safety principles to ensure comfort and control in the water, with the objective of successfully completing the Open Water Diver water fitness evaluation.
Mermaid Instructor
Start a new career and become a mermaid instructor. Work your fairy tale job and go mermaid swimming in the most beautiful places in the world. Your professional SSI Mermaid Instructor certification is recognized worldwide!
Try Mermaid
Become a mermaid with the SSI Try Mermaid program and explore underwater in an entirely new way! You will learn the basic skills you need to become a true mermaid or merman and earn your SSI Try Mermaid recognition rating.
Mermaid
Live your fairy tale! Become an SSI Mermaid! Learn exciting new skills to increase your comfort and safety as a mermaid and find out how to get the most out of your equipment. Join the SSI Mermaid program now!
Underwater Model
Strike the perfect pose and get the perfect shot! Learn how to pose for in-water and surface mermaid photography and capture your amazing mermaid or merman moments. Join the SSI Model Mermaid program.
Underwater Model & Dance
Unleash your underwater potential with the SSI Underwater Model & Dance course! Perfect for mermaids, models, and performers looking to master fluid movement, breath control, and graceful choreography beneath the waves.
Try SCR
Leave your heavy scuba cylinder behind and experience the peace that rebreathers can bring. In this introductory SCR course, you will use a Mares Horizon semi-closed rebreather and see what rebreather diving is all about.
SCR Extended Range (HORIZON)
Advance your rebreather training with SCR Extended Range. Maximize your semi-closed rebreather dive planning, go deeper, sharpen your rebreather diver skills, and strengthen teamwork. Use the Mares Horizon rebreather for this ultimate adventure!
Try CCR Diving
Discover tranquility with Try CCR Diving – an intro to silent underwater exploration. Say goodbye to bubbles and immerse yourself in a serene aquatic world. Your silent adventure begins now.
Public Safety Diver
Learn the basic knowledge, skills, and fundamentals needed to prepare you for public safety diving team involvement with the SSI Public Safety Diver specialty.
Rescue Team Diver
Continue your training in public safety diving with SSI’s Rescue Team Diver specialty. Divers who are already affiliated with a public safety dive team will further develop their knowledge and skills.
