Open Water Diver (Certification Dives)

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!

This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin 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 required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification.

The SSI Try Scuba program is the best way to try scuba diving for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this short course, you will have earned your SSI Try Scuba recognition card and undoubtedly want to go diving again. Endless scuba diving adventures are waiting for you and this course is where it all begins. Start today!

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

The SSI Decompression Diving Specialty will teach you how to dive beyond the no-decompression limits. You will learn to plan and conduct dives to a maximum depth of 130 feet / 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 switching gases, gas integration, time-to-reserve, and time-to-surface. Using these computer functions will become second nature, enabling you to safely conduct dives with limited decompression without hours of dive planning. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Decompression Diving Specialty certification and be able to explore stunning deep dive sites or larger wrecks without being restricted by the traditional no-decompression limits. The opportunities to expand your diving adventures have just got bigger!

The cavern zone is determined as the area of the cave where daylight from the entrance is still visible. The moment daylight disappears, you have left the cavern zone and entered into the cave. With the SSI Cavern & Cenote Diving class, you will be introduced into the realm of diving in overhead environments and how to navigate these areas safely. Proper trim and bouyancy control are key skills for cavern and cave diving. This course will challenge you to fine tune those skills, and it is the first step towards becoming a Cave Diver. The SSI Cavern Diving course will teach you skills such as properly laying and tying lines, light usage, and how to navigate your way out in blackout scenarios. PREREQUISITES: MINIMUM AGE: 15 YEARS OLD MUST HAVE LOGGED AT LEAST: 24 DIVES MUST BE A CERTIFIED OPEN WATER DIVER EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: 100-140 FT. REEL 2 UNDERWATER FLASHLIGHTS BACKPLATE & WING STYLE BC PREFERRED 40 CU.FT. STAGE CYLINDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR RENT BUT ARE LIMITED IN SUPPLY. CYLINDER STAGE RIGGING WILL NOT BE PROVIDED. AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH THE SHOP. COURSE COST INCLUDES ALL CLASS AND POOL SESSIONS PLUS INSTRUCTOR FEES FOR TRAVEL TO THE FLORIDA SPRINGS FOR CERTIFICATION DIVES. ALL STUDENTS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THEIR OWN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS.

The SSI Extended Range Foundations program provides you with an opportunity to enhance your advanced diving skills in a workshop environment. Learn more about using tec diving gear with any total diving system you are certified to use and build upon your basic skill set to master buoyancy, trim, finning techniques, positioning, and communication. The Extended Range Foundations program provides supplementary training to existing certifications to increase your confidence and in-water control. All in-water sessions are completed in a pool/confined water environment at depths less than 40 feet / 12 meters. You will earn the SSI Extended Range Foundations certification after completing this program.