Recreational Dive Courses
All incl. dive gear
Knowledge Specialties
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Enriched Air Nitrox Level 1 (32%)
Enriched Air Nitrox Level 2 (40%)
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 how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen.
$250
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Science of Diving
Join the SSI Science of Diving specialty and you will develop a complete understanding of the underwater world and its effects on the human body. This specialty is required training for most SSI Professional programs. It is fully available online, and upon completion you will be halfway to earning the coveted SSI Divemaster rating.
$250
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Altitude Diving
The SSI Altitude Diving program provides students with basic knowledge and skills needed to safely dive at elevations above 300 meters.
$250
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Computer Diving
This program was designed to help certified divers become familiar with all the functions of a dive computer. By understanding and knowing these, you will both increase your dive safety and make planning and executing your dive easier. Get the most out of your investment by learning to use your dive computer to its full potential.
$250
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React Right – Course Combination (FA, CPR, AED, O2)
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. By the time you are certified, you will be able to act as an emergency first responder and provide all required first aid, including administering oxygen and CPR.
$250
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Equipment Techniques
Choosing and buying dive equipment is one of the biggest investments you will make as a diver, but it is easy to get it wrong. We want you to choose the right dive kit for your needs and know how to look after it properly. This course focuses on a thorough understanding of diving equipment, and practicing dive equipment maintenance.
$250In-water Specialties
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Perfect Buoyancy
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. This way you can master your buoyancy more quickly and enjoy more relaxed dive adventures, and get the most out of every dive!
$250
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Full Face Mask
The Full Face Mask Diving program provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to safely dive using a full face mask and underwater communication systems in environments and to depths equivalent with their training and the equipment manufacturer’s specifications.
$250
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Boat Diving
The ocean is filled with dive sites, but many of the best ones can only be accessed by boat. If you want to discover these incredible dive sites, become an SSI boat diver. As a boat diver, you will be able to explore offshore dive sites that attract schooling pelagics and marine megafauna not found closer to shore!
$250
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Night Diving & Limited Visibility
In this program, you will be provided with all the knowledge and skills you need to safely and comfortably dive at night or in limited visibility conditions. You will learn how to enter and exit the water, use specialized equipment, and how to communicate with your buddy easily at night or in limited visibility.
$250
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Navigation
In this specialty program, you will learn how to use a compass and natural navigation techniques, estimate distance, how to leave and return to a designated point, plus basic navigation patterns. All of this hones your underwater observation skills, improves your dive safety and helps you to get the most out of every dive.
$250
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Deep Diving
The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will teach you all you need to dive to depths up to 40 meters. This specialty also focuses on computer use and gas consumption calculations to get the most from your deep dives. This SSI Specialty is a prerequisite for some advanced training, making a logical early step to take in your dive education.
$250
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Wreck Diving
Many of the ocean’s best dive sites are wrecks. These impressive structures attract unusually high densities of marine life and give you the chance to immerse in living history as you dive. You will be taught how to safely conduct non-penetration dives around wrecks and artificial reefs, up to a depth of 30 meters.
$250
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Advanced Wreck Diving
The Upgrade to Advanced Wreck Diving program provides divers with the training necessary to independently plan and conduct limited penetration, no-decompression dives within the daylight zone, to a maximum depth of 30 meters or linear distance of 40 meters, and using specialized overhead environment equipment and procedures.
$250
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Diver Stress & Rescue
This specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. You will learn how to identify stress, how to prevent accidents and be taught practical techniques to conduct rescues and provide emergency care. You will become well prepared and confident at handling emergency and rescue situations.
$550
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Dive Guide – Pro Status Not Activated
The Dive Guide program provides candidates with the knowledge and training necessary to supervise and guide certified divers on recreational scuba dives.
$850
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Waves, Tides & Currents
Diving in currents opens up a world of new dive sites that often host the most spectacular marine life. Wave, tides and currents can impact your dives and affect your safety if you do not know how to handle them. You will gain a better understanding of open water environments and the conditions that affect different dive sites..
$250
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Search & Recovery
In this program you will be taught how to use search patterns, specialized dive plans and equipment such as lift bags, lines and reels. You will be developing your search and communication techniques and practicing searches in a dive team and turn into a confident search & recovery diver in no time!
$250Dedicated Equipment specialties
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Decompression Diving
This 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 40 meters using a single decompression cylinder and your dive computer features, including switching gases, gas integration, time-to-reserve, and time-to-surface.
$450
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Independent Diving
The SSI Independent Diving program provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to safely and comfortably dive without a designated dive buddy using redundant gas supplies. Req. Logged dives at least 75 open water dive totaling 50 hours or more.
$450