SSI Scuba Diver Training

This world-renowned certification program is the best way to start your adventures of a lifetime as a certified diver. Customized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to give you the skills and experience you need to be truly comfortable underwater. You'll earn your Open Water Diver SSI certification.

The SSI Deep Diving specialty will teach you everything you need to dive to depths between 18 and 40 meters, through a combination of classroom sessions and open-water dives. You’ll learn how to safely plan and execute your deep diving adventures and how to use dive computers and gas consumption calculations to get the most out of your deep dives. Upon completion of this course, you’ll earn your SSI Deep Diving Specialty certification and be able to explore magnificent deep dive sites wherever you choose. This SSI specialty is also a prerequisite for certain advanced courses, making it the logical next step in your diving education.

The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. You’ll learn to identify stress, prevent accidents, and receive practical techniques for performing rescues and providing emergency care. Through a combination of practical sessions in the pool and in the open water, you’ll become well-prepared and confident in handling emergency and rescue situations. Upon completion of this course, you’ll earn the SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty certification.

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty is the best way to improve your buoyancy and get the most out of every dive. Buoyancy is an essential diving skill, but any diver will tell you that it takes time to master. The Perfect Buoyancy specialty will teach you advanced buoyancy skills and techniques, so you can master your buoyancy more quickly and enjoy more relaxed diving adventures. In this fascinating program, you’ll also learn new skills that protect the environment and work in all diving situations. Upon completion of this course, you’ll earn the SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty certification. With improved buoyancy skills, you’ll soon be able to glide effortlessly and capture the underwater photos you’ve always dreamed of!

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

SSI designed the Dive Computer Program to help certified divers become familiar with the features and benefits of a dive computer. Understanding and mastering all the functions of a dive computer will not only improve your safety but also make it easier to plan and execute your dives. The SSI Dive Computer Program explores the functions and capabilities of various dive computers and explains how to use them before, during, and after a dive. Often, divers buy a dive computer and use it only for its basic information. Get the most out of your investment by learning how to fully harness the potential of your dive computer. Start your SSI Dive Computer Specialty online today!

Through online learning, confined-water dives, and open-water dives, the SSI Scuba Diver program provides the perfect foundation for becoming a safe and confident diver. You’ll learn everything you need to dive in natural environments to a depth of 12 meters with an SSI Professional. In this program, you will complete nearly half of the Open Water Diver course training and can easily upgrade your certification. All you need to do is complete the remaining classroom and confined-water sessions, as well as two training dives in open water.