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In this sidemount diving course you will learn everything you need to go recreational sidemount diving with one or two scuba gear to a maximum depth of 30 meters or your certification depth, whichever is deeper. Sidemount mountain diving is already a common practice for wreck, mine and cave divers, but its benefits are now being discovered by more recreational divers. You will be more comfortable in the water when you don't have a heavy tube on your back and you will find that your setup and trim improve effortlessly. By using less energy you can reduce your gas consumption and make the most of your dive time. With better buoyancy control, easier access to your valves and more redundancy, sidemount diving offers safety and peace of mind. This is the best sidemount diving course to discover and enjoy the attractive advantages of this diving style. You learn all the skills and knowledge you need to dive safely and comfortably with a single or two-scuba sidemount equipment configuration.

This globally recognized certification program is the best way to start your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience you need to become truly comfortable underwater. After these steps, you will earn your SSI Open Water Diver certification.

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SSI Decompression Diving Expertise will teach you how to dive beyond your limits without decompression. You will learn how to plan and execute dives to a maximum depth of 40 meters with limited decompression using your recreational total diving system and a single decompression cylinder. You will learn and practice how to effectively use your dive computer features including gas switching, gas integration, reserve time and surface time. Using these computer functions will become second nature, allowing you to dive safely with limited decompression without hours of dive planning. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Decompression Diving Specialist certification and be able to explore breathtaking deep dive sites or larger wrecks without being restricted by traditional non-decompression limits. The opportunities to expand your diving adventures just got bigger!

In the SSI Marine Ecology Specialty program, you will learn how ocean organisms interact with each other and their environment. You will learn how energy flows through communities and the connections between different ocean ecosystems. With your newfound knowledge, you will appreciate the marine life you dive with even more! Start online today and earn your SSI Marine Ecology Specialty certification.

Take the first step towards a professional diving career. Develop leadership skills and in-depth knowledge to guide and assist divers in various environments. If you would like to dive even more, dive as a passion, or dive as a job, Dive Guide / Divemaster, the first professional SSI level allows you to guide certified divers and assist other SSI professionals with scuba diving activities. You will learn how to safely lead and assist certified divers as a professional. An SSI Dive Guide / Divemaster plans and conducts their own dives to serve as a guide to groups of divers, he also takes part in the logistics to realize the dives. He will brief, take people to amazing places underwater, serve as a role model, give tips, and assist other divers in learning about the underwater world. If you do not plan to work as a professional there is also a non-professional certification which is the highest certification in recreational diving.

Using online learning, confined and open water dives, the SSI Scuba Diver program is a perfect foundation to become a confident and safe diver. You will learn all you need to scuba dive in open water up to 12 meters deep with an SSI Professional. In this program, you will complete almost half of the Open Water Diver course training and can upgrade your certification easily. You just need to complete the remaining academic and confined water sessions, plus two open water training dives.

The Assistant Instructor rating is the next step after becoming a Divemaster along the scuba instructor pathway. It allows you to collect valuable teaching experience, practice briefings, teach academics, and conduct in-water training. If you want to further your career as a dive professional, you can finish the Instructor Training Course, pass the Instructor Evaluation, and become an Open Water Diving Instructor.

Becoming an SSI Specialty Instructor is easy. Continue your diving education as an instructor by enrolling in a Specialty Instructor Seminar for each of the diving specialties you would like to teach. Alternatively, you can co-teach the specialty you are interested in with an experienced Specialty Instructor or request a Verification Application of your experience and send it directly to SSI. Teach more specialties to automatically earn the Advanced Open Water Instructor certification.