Courses

Try Scuba

If you have always wanted to 'Try Scuba' to see if it is something you would like to do, this is the perfect start! Learn how to breathe underwater and enjoy weightlessness with family and friends! This class is good for anyone age 10 or older, all levels of fitness and swimming skills.  You’ll ... Find Out More

Scuba Certification

Pre-requisites: Minimum age for private lessons: 10 years old Minimum age for group lessons:  12 years old   Includes: Digital training materials for Open Water Diver Pool and classroom training 4 open water certification dives (required for full certi... Find Out More

Adaptive Scuba Certification

The SSI Classified Diving program provides adaptive training for students with limited mobility and/or sensory disorders, allowing them to dive with one or more Classified Dive Buddies, or a Classified Dive Professional. Through this program, individuals with disabilities or limited mobility who are medically clea... Find Out More

Scuba Skills Update

Brush up on your diving skills If it’s been over a year since you donned your scuba gear, we recommend taking our Scuba Skills Update refresher class. One of our highly trained dive professionals will review assembling and disassembling your gear, proper buoyancy skills, and emergency procedures. The class will s... Find Out More

Snorkeling

Snorkeling lessons are a splash-tastic way for kids to explore new worlds in the backyard pool, lakes, or oceans. Kids love being able to see and breathe underwater. Our SSI-certified snorkeling instructors, who also happen to be swim teachers, ensure everyone has fun and gains a new skill that lasts a lifetime. Studen... Find Out More

Specialties

Boat Diving

This course will introduce you to a variety of boat diving techniques, specialized equipment, equipment stowing, and more. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training dives.   Note:  In order to participate, you will need a clean bill of health or a physician's approval to dive.  Th... Find Out More

Classified Dive Buddy

This program is designed to traindivers to assist a Classified Diver. The dive buddy will undergo special training on how to assist those who need help diving.  After the course is completed you will be certified to dive with any level of Classified Diver.   The Prerequisite is at least 18 years of age a... Find Out More

Computer Diving

Have you ever been standing at the dive site asking yourself how to correctly set your brand new computer? A lot of scuba divers have been in this situation. This is exactly why the SSI Computer Diving Specialty is such an important course. It is your chance to learn and understand your dive computer so that you can tr... Find Out More

Coral Identification

Learn the skills and concepts required to recognize and identify common families of coral species and their role in the ocean’s ecosystems. Includes home-study and academic review. Find Out More

Deep Diving

Dive to 130 feet in places where only a few have explored before. Learn about descent lines, high-performance regulators, heavier lift BCs, backup tanks, and more. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training dives.   Note:  In order to participate, you will need a clean bill of health ... Find Out More

Diver Stress & Rescue

Learn accident prevention, how to avoid, recognize and solve problems on land or under the water, and rescue skills. Includes home study, academic review, a pool session, and open water training dives.   Note:  In order to participate, you will need a clean bill of health or a physician's approval to dive... Find Out More

Dry Suit Diving

Drysuit diving gives you the opportunity to extend your diving to cold water environments. You’ll learn how to use and maintain your drysuit. Includes home study, academic review, a pool session, and open water training dives. Divers may rent a drysuit for the course, or choose to use their own.   Note: ... Find Out More

Enriched Air Nitrox

Learn how to have longer repetitive dive times with less nitrogen build up in your body. Includes home-study and academic review. Find Out More

Equipment Techniques

Learn how to fit, adjust, maintain, and make immediate small repairs to your scuba equipment. Includes home-study and academic review. Find Out More

Fish Identification

Learn the skills and concepts required to identify the common families of the Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, and Red Sea reef fish. Includes home-study and academic review. Find Out More

Full Face Mask

This program teaches about the increased comfort and safety that diving with a full face mask can offer you as diver, such as breathing in a natural way through the nose, without being bothered by water leaks, the cold or a fogged visor. It also teaches how to make the proper preparations and personal ad... Find Out More

Manta & Ray Ecology

This program teaches you about the amazing variety of rays you can find in our oceans, how to recognize ray species by their unique physical characteristics and behaviors, and the vital role rays play in our ocean’s ecosystems. You will learn how to safely interact with rays, and why living animals are worth more... Find Out More

Marine Ecology

You’ll get a general understanding of the complex and exciting science of marine ecology, the study of how organisms interact with each other and the environment, the flow of energy through communities, and the link between ocean ecosystems. Includes home-study and academic review. Find Out More

Marine Mammal Ecology

Most people think of whales and dolphins as the stars of the marine mammal world but there are more animals to this group than just these fast swimming cetaceans. Pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), sea otters, and manatees are some of the other beautiful yet exciting marine mammals to see while scuba diving. In this cour... Find Out More

Navigation

Learn how to navigate with a compass, estimate distances, identify marking points, return to the exit point, and more. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training dives. Divers must own an underwater compass.   Note:  In order to participate, you will need a clean bill of health or a physici... Find Out More

Night & Limited Visibility

When the sun goes down, there’s a whole different side of the underwater world. Learn specialty equipment and communication skills. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training dives. Divers must own underwater lights.   Note:  In order to participate, you will need a clean bill of heal... Find Out More

Perfect Buoyancy

Learn to 'fly' underwater! Buoyancy control is the most important skill a diver can learn. In this course, you will perfect your buoyancy, enhance your diving experience. Course includes educational materials, academic review, and practice sessions with our trained professionals.   Note:  In order to ... Find Out More

Photo & Video

Learn to take consistent, quality underwater photos for diving memories that last a lifetime. Includes home study, academic review, and a pool session. Divers must own a digital underwater camera system.   Note:  In order to participate, you will need a clean bill of health or a physician's approval to di... Find Out More

React Right

React Right is SSI’s emergency first response course and provides you with the training and knowledge you need to act as a first responder in a medical emergency, through training in primary assessment, first aid, CPR and primary stabilization techniques. You can also learn about oxygen administration in diving e... Find Out More

Science of Diving

Learn about the theory behind decompression limits, the origins of tides, how to calculate air consumption formulas, and other dive theory topics. If you enjoy STEM, you’ll love this class. Includes home-study and multiple academic reviews. Find Out More

Sea Turtle Ecology

Learn the skills and concepts required to recognize and identify common species of sea turtles, plus their history and role in marine ecosystems, and threats to their survival. Includes home-study and academic review. Find Out More

Search & Recovery

Learn proper search patterns, how to handle lift bags, and to bring heavy objects securely to the surface. Includes home study, academic review, a pool session, and open water training dives.   Note:  In order to participate, you will need a clean bill of health or a physician's approval to dive.  Th... Find Out More

Shark Ecology

Whether sharks fascinate you or make you a little nervous, this class is a great way to learn what is fact and what is fiction. Learn how sharks and their behavior are often misunderstood and how you can safely observe them in their natural habitat. Includes home-study and academic review. Find Out More

Spearfishing

Learn the etiquette and ethics of spearfishing, plus safety procedures, and an intro to spearfishing equipment – how to select, use, and maintain your gear. The class also covers underwater hunting techniques. Includes academic review, a pool session, and training dives.   Note:  In order to participate... Find Out More

Waves, Tides & Currents

Learn the skills and knowledge required to conduct dives from shore, in currents, and in different types of waves. Plus, how water motion can affect your diving experience. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training dives.   Note:  In order to participate, you will need a clean bill of heal... Find Out More

Wreck Diving

Explore shipwrecks firsthand. Learn how to get the most out of each wreck dive with proper techniques, research, and how to locate wrecks. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training dives.   Note:  In order to participate, you will need a clean bill of health or a physician's approval t... Find Out More

Professional

Dive Guide

The Dive Guide course is the first step in becoming a well-prepared, versatile and marketable Dive Professional. Dive Guides are qualified to lead certified divers. Prerequisites: 40+ open water dives; Navigation; Night & Limited Visibility; Deep Diving; Stress & Rescue; First Aid and CPR   Note:... Find Out More

Assistant Instructor

Have you fallen in love with diving and want to stay active (and generate income) by teaching scuba?  The Assistant Instructor program is the next step of the profesiional pathway.  Here you will learn to teach scuba and this couse qualifies you teach specialties like Perfect Buoyancy and Ecology, Scuba Skill... Find Out More

Open Water Diver Instructor

Share the excitement of the underwater world with new divers by enrolling in the Instructor Training Course. On successful completion, you can attend an Instructor Evaluation. Passing earns you the Open Water Instructor cert. You can then teach and issue certifications for Open Water Divers. Prerequisites: 75+ open wat... Find Out More

Assistant Instructor Trainer

You can now train Assistant Instructors and assist in Instructor Training Courses. After Upgrade and Crossover training conducted by the Service Center an Assistant Instructor Trainer can also conduct Instructor Crossovers. Prerequisites: Divemaster Instructor   Note:  In order to participate, you will n... Find Out More

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