Advanced Diving Courses

This program lets you experience different dives from 5 SSI specialties. Some of the most popular are deep diving, wreck diving and night dives. Very practical, very little theory: 5 dives in only 2 days, and a certification to dive to 30 m (98 ft).

1. Day 1: theory + adventure dives 1, 2 and 3
2. Day 2: theory + adventure dives 4 and 5

The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty teaches you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen: longer no-decompression limits, more safety and shorter surface intervals. Especially useful on dive trips and liveaboards, where Nitrox tanks are often included.

1. Class with your instructor + online learning
2. Gas analysis and dive planning with enriched air
3. Optional in-water training

Many of the most exciting dive sites sit in deeper water. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty gives you the ability to plan and conduct dives beyond 18 meters safely and comfortably, down to 40 meters (130 feet), the maximum depth allowed for recreational diving.

1. Academic session on deep diving planning and safety
2. 3 open water dives with progressive depth

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy program teaches you the skills and techniques to maximize your dive experience, increase your comfort in the water and get the most from your equipment: better buoyancy control, lower air consumption and effortless movement above the ocean floor.

1. Class with your instructor + online learning
2. 1 pool or confined water session
3. Optional open water dives

This program gives you the skills and concepts to navigate underwater safely and comfortably. You will learn to use a compass and natural navigation techniques, estimate distance, run basic navigation patterns and leave and return to a designated point.

1. Class with your instructor + online learning
2. 2 open water dives practising compass and natural navigation

React Right is SSI's emergency training program: primary assessment, first aid and CPR skills and primary stabilization techniques, plus two optional components, oxygen administration in diving emergencies and automated external defibrillation basics. In only 1 day you learn what to do, what not to do and in which order.

1. Online learning + class with your instructor
2. Primary assessment, first aid and CPR practice
3. Optional: oxygen administration and AED basics

Stress is a major cause of diving accidents and it makes rescues harder. This course teaches you to recognize and deal with stress, prevent accidents and handle the emergency situations divers face. You finish it as a safer, more confident diver.

1. 2 academic sessions
2. 2 pool / confined water sessions
3. 3 open water dives with rescue scenarios