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Dive longer, explore more remote locations, and discover new opportunities with an underwater scooter. With SSI's Scooter Diver / DPV specialization, you'll make the most of your time underwater, have more fun and reach more remote locations at your favorite sites. In this course, you will learn how to safely plan and execute dives using an underwater scooter. Upon completion of the program, you will earn your SSI Scooter / DPV Diving Specialty certification.

With Dry Suit Diving certification, you can dive anywhere in the world in warmth and comfort all year round. It's the best way to significantly extend your diving season and explore cold-water diving areas without getting cold. In this program, you'll learn everything you need to be safe and comfortable in a dry suit and practice techniques to help you handle tricky situations with your dive gear. Upon completion of the course, you will be certified as an SSI Dry Suit Diver.

Gain a thorough understanding of diving equipment, physics and the underwater environment. In SSI's Science of Diving course, you'll expand your knowledge of the underwater environment and its effects on the human body, gain new knowledge of physics, and look at the details of diving equipment. This specialization will advance your knowledge to the level of diving professionals. The SSI Science of diving specialization is required for the following professional courses or some Extended Range courses. Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive the SSI Science of diving certification.

Svobodné Heřmanice is a shale quarry near Krnov, 500 m long, about 30-70 m wide, about 36 m deep. It is a trough sloping down to the middle of the quarry. The normal entrance to the water is on the north side with an iron footbridge. From here, at a depth of about 17 m, the Permon submersible cabin is anchored by chains - a large caisson, in which historical experiments with long-term stay of man under water were conducted. Further on there are trees, a metal tub, a car skeleton and a pump. Behind the rocky embankment there is a 1x1 m well, where then behind it towards the south is the deepest place - 36 m. Weekend event from 25.9. - 27.9.2026

The Assistant Instructor Trainer prepares assistant instructors for their theory lessons and practical in-water training. As an Assistant Instructor Trainer, you are qualified to assist the instructor trainer, which will provide you with valuable experience on your path to becoming a scuba diving instructor. Once you’re ready, you can complete the Instructor Training seminar, which will enable you to become an SSI Instructor Trainer. Start your journey today and train future instructors.

To shorten your surface intervals and extend your dive time, participate in the Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty program. As a nitrox diver, you can enjoy longer and safer decompression-free times and shorter surface intervals. You'll be able to spend more time exploring your favorite dive sites and less time waiting to dive. It's the perfect program to minimize fatigue and make the most of your dive time, especially if you're planning multiple dives per day. In addition to learning new diving skills, you will expand your knowledge and learn how to plan and safely execute a dive with enriched air mixtures with up to 40% oxygen. Upon completion of the course, you will receive SSI Enriched Air Nitrox certification with 32% or 40%.

Sidemount Diving is now common practice for many wreck and cave divers. More and more divers are discovering the benefits of this method of diving without a heavy bottle on their back, which provides greater freedom and a new feeling when balancing. Easy pre-dive handling, with individual bottles being carried and prepared more easily. Subsequent transport to the water and the dive itself is simply more enjoyable than the twin on the back.

The sea is full of dive sites, but many of the best ones can only be reached by boat. If you want to discover these incredible dive sites, become an SSI boat diver. It's the best way to learn how to dive safely and confidently from a variety of boat types. As a boat diver, you can explore offshore dive sites that attract schools of pelagic fish and marine megafauna not found closer to shore. You can experience exciting diving on a safari boat anywhere in the world, fill your day with diving away from the crowds and sail along with the sunset. SSI's Boat Diving Specialty program, which includes online instruction and open water diving, is the best way to get it all in. This program will teach you all the skills and techniques you need to dive safely and comfortably from boats, including smaller passenger vessels and liveaboards. Earn your SSI Boat Diving Specialty certification. Get started today.

The fascinating ocean and its life. Gain a complete understanding of marine life, the ocean and its effects on the entire planet. During the SSI Marine Ecology course, you will learn how marine organisms interact with each other, the links between different ecosystems and become a little underwater naturalist. Upon completion of the program, you will receive SSI Marine Ecology certification.

In the SSI Shark Ecology program, learn how to interpret shark behavior, why they are often misunderstood, and how to dive with sharks. This course is ideal for shark lovers and for divers who are nervous about sharks but want to overcome their fear. After completing this program, you will be certified as an SSI Shark Ecology Specialty and will undoubtedly become an enthusiastic shark diver. Get started today!

The SSI Extended Range Foundations program provides all divers with the opportunity to expand their advanced diving skills and knowledge. Learn about using tec equipment with any diving system you are certified for and build on your basic skills to master balance, trim, fin techniques, positioning and communication. The Extended Range Foundations program provides supplemental training to existing certifications to increase diver confidence and control in the water. Upon completion of this program, you will earn the SSI Extended Range Foundations certification.

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty is the best way to improve your buoyancy and get the most from every dive. Buoyancy is an essential dive skill, but any diver will tell you it takes time to perfect. The Perfect Buoyancy specialty will teach you advanced buoyancy skills and techniques, so you can master your buoyancy more quickly and enjoy more relaxed dive adventures. In this fascinating program, you will also learn new skills that protect the environment and work in every diving situation. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty certification. With better buoyancy skills, you will soon be able to hover with ease and take the underwater photographs you dream of!

In the SSI Basic Diver program, you will learn the skills and knowledge you need to try diving up to 12 meters deep with an SSI Professional. It is a great way to explore the underwater world more fully as you try diving. The entire Basic Diver program can be credited towards the Scuba Diver or Open Water Dive programs within 6 months, so you can take the next step in your dive adventure.

The SSI Referral Diver program provides students with the knowledge and training necessary to dive autonomously with an equally- or more-qualified buddy in a pool/confined water environment equivalent with their training until they can complete their open water training. A student that completes all the academic sections and pool/confined water sessions for the Open Water Diver program can be issued the Referral Diver digital card with the intent of completing their open water training dives at a later date, and/or with another SSI Training Center.

Independent diver in purpose-built pools or aquariums. The SSI Indoor Diver course is designed primarily for those who do not wish to dive in open water but are attracted to working in aquariums or pools for example, taking photographs, filming or perhaps cleaning. During the training, the student will go through practically the entire training of the Open Water Diver course, except for the open water training. Upon completion of the program, you will be certified as an SSI Indoor Diver.