Are you interested in learning how to extend your diving beyond traditional no-decompression limits? Do you want to understand and use more features of your dive computer? Then the SSI Decompression Diving Specialty is for you! To earn your SSI Decompression Diving Specialty, you will learn how to plan and conduct a decompression-limited dive using dive planning software and a multi-gas computer to a maximum depth of 40 meters. TRAINING STANDARDS The SSI Decompression Diving Specialty will teach you how to dive beyond no-decompression limits. You will learn how to plan and conduct dives to a maximum depth of 40 meters with limited decompression using your total recreational diving system and a single decompression tank. You will learn and practice how to effectively use the features of your dive computer, including gas change, gas integration, booking time, and time to surface. Using these computer functions will become second nature, allowing you to safely conduct decompression-limited dives without hours of dive planning. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Decompression Diving Specialty certification and be able to explore beautiful deep dive sites or larger wrecks without being restricted by traditional no-decompression limits. The opportunities to expand your diving adventures just got bigger! MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 16 PREREQUISITES FOR TRAINING Open Water Diver Certification Deep Diving Certification Nitrox Enriched Air Certification 40 min. 24 logged dives NUMBER OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 4 QUANTITY OF SWIMMING POOL/ CONFINED WATER SESSIONS 1 NUMBER OF FREE WATER DIVES 3 MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 40 m / 130 ft.