Independent Diving

As a Nitrox diver you can increase your bottom times or safety margins and of course shorten surface intervals - so you can spend more time exploring the dive sites you love most and less time waiting! In this program, you will learn new skills and increase your diving knowledge while learning how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures containing up to 40% oxygen. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification.

This globally recognized certification is the best way to begin your lifelong adventure as a diver. Personalized training is combined with sessions in the water to ensure you have the skills and experience needed to become truly comfortable underwater. You too deserve an SSI Open Water Dive certification!

In this specialty program you will gain the skills and knowledge you need to safely and confidently navigate underwater. You will learn how to use a compass and natural navigation techniques, estimate distance, how to depart from and return to a designated point including basic navigation patterns. You will also learn how to combine these navigation techniques to enhance your diving experience. All this enhances your underwater observation skills, improves your dive safety and helps you get the most out of every dive. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Navigation Specialty certification.

The SSI Try Scuba program is the best way to dive for the first time. You will be in sheltered water and well cared for by your instructor so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of diving. By the end of this short course, you will have earned your SSI Try Scuba certification and will undoubtedly want to go diving more. Endless diving adventures await you and this course is where it all begins. Let's get started today.

SSI designed the Computer Diving program to familiarize certified divers with the functions and benefits of using a dive computer. By understanding and knowing how to use all the features of a dive computer, you not only increase your dive safety, but also make planning and executing your dive easier. The SSI Computer Diving program explores the features and capabilities of different dive computers and explains how to use these features before, during and after your dive. Often divers buy a computer and only use it for basic information. Get the most out of your investment by learning to use your dive computer to its fullest potential, start your SSI Computer Diving specialty online today!

Dry suit diving opens a world of possibilities, including dives to remote Arctic destinations and dive sites in cold water full of life. Dry suit diving is also a great way to stay warm on days with multiple dives, when you don't want to spend time putting on and taking off a cold wetsuit. The SSI Dry Suit Diver Specialty program is the best way to become a dry suit diver, teaching you all the knowledge and techniques you need to dive safely and comfortably in a dry suit. You will learn how to use specialized equipment such as dry suits and jackets, the benefits of dry suits and how to handle dry suit emergencies - which are unique to this type of diving. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Dry Suit Diving Specialty Brevet.

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!

The ocean is filled with dive sites but many of the best are only accessible by boat. If you want to explore these incredible sites become an SSI Boat Diver. It is the best way to learn to dive safely and confidently from different types of boats. As a boat diver, you can explore offshore dive sites that attract large schools of fish and huge animals you won't find closer to shore. You can experience the excitement of liveaboard diving anywhere in the world, filling your day with diving away from the crowds and sailing on as the sun sets. Using online training and open water sessions, the SSI Boat Diving Specialty program is the best way to learn. This program will teach you all the skills and techniques you need to dive safely and comfortably from boats, including small personal vessels and liveaboards. Get your SSI Boat Diving Specialty Brevet. Start today.

Choosing and buying your own diving equipment is one of the biggest and most important investments you will make as a diver, but it is easy to get it wrong. We want you to be able to choose the right dive equipment for your needs and learn how to properly care for it. With the right knowledge, you can get the most out of the investment and enjoy years of safe and comfortable diving. The SSI Equipment Techniques Specialty is the best specialty to learn how to choose and store your dive equipment, and teach you all about dive equipment maintenance. You will practice basic and preventive maintenance of your equipment to ensure maximum performance, reliability and longevity of your Total Diving system every dive. Start the specialty now!