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Open Water divers, are you ready for your next level in training? If you cannot decide which specialty programs are the best choice for you, why not join Dive Now's SSI Advanced Open Water Diver program? With this program, you can try a variety of specialties before committing to full specialty programs; including the Deep Diver to gain the 30 metre qualification. It is a great way to experience what advanced diver training is all about and how valuable it can be to your diving adventures. During the Advanced Open Water Diver Program, you will try out 5 different specialties. You will complete one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. With this trial program in specialty diving, you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full specialty programs any time in the future and credit your Advanced Open Water Diver training towards them.

When you become an SSI Freediver, you open the door to worldwide freediving opportunities. Learning to freedive with SSI is easier than you think. In this program, online training, pool/confined water sessions, and open water dives are combined to help you become a confident and safe freediver in no time. Once certified, you can freedive with a buddy in open water up to a depth of 20 meters and explore a variety of stunning underwater ecosystems around the world. Get started on your SSI Freediver course online today!

The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will teach you all you need to dive to depths between 18 and 40 meters, through a mixture of academic sessions and open water dives. You will learn to plan and safely complete your deep diving adventures and use computers and gas consumption calculations to get the most from your deep dives. Upon completion, you will earn your SSI Deep Diving Specialty certification and be able to explore beautiful deep dive sites wherever you choose. This SSI Specialty is also a prerequisite for some advanced training, making it the next logical step to take in your dive education.

Rewarding and FunRewarding and fun best describes the Rescue Diver course. This course gives you valuable hands-on experience in emergency management, problem solving and prevention. You’ll learn to perform diver assists and rescues, manage dive accident scenarios and render first aid.These are the skills that can make all the difference in the unlikely event of an underwater emergency. Although challenging, many divers say this is the best course they’ve ever undertaken.What you will learn on the course:Self RescueHow to identify a potential problem and react before it becomes unsafeRecognising and managing stress in other diversEmergency management and equipmentRescuing panicked diversRescuing unresponsive diversDive accident scenariosSchedule; Theory and pool either split over 2 evenings or 1 full day and then 1 full day at the Poor Knights for the open water dives.Final dives at the Poor KnightsCost includes all SSI training, certification and study materials. Any specialist equipment will be provided for the duration of the course.A minimum of 2 students are required for this course to run at the scheduled price- Maximum of 6Private courses can be arranged for 1 student or for groups with specific date requirements.7

Join the SSI family and become part of the worlds fastest training agency SSI was created in the United States in 1970 by a small group of dive store owners. Their goal was to offer more comprehensive training solutions for dive stores. The result today is that SSI not only leads the industry in the quality of training material, but it supports SSI stores and their dive professionals with flexible training, paperless systems and financial incentives.