Courses
SSI ENTRY LEVEL DIVER
SSI Snorkel Diver
The SSI Snorkel Diver program is the first step towards discovering your inner mermaid. It is the best way to learn how to snorkel and develop your confidence in the water, so you can go snorkeling and explore the mesmerizing landscapes and marine life of the ocean. You do not need to be a proficient swimmer to partici...
Try Scuba
Try Scuba Class – A Beginner's Adventure!
All you need to bring for this three-hour course is your swimsuit and a towel—everything else is provided!
In our Try Scuba classes, we keep the group size small, with a maximum of four students per class, ensuring you receive personalized instruction ...
SSI Open Water
This is the Confined Water portion of the SSI Open Water Diver Certification.
You need to have all of the on-line course work completed before your confined water class date. We must have a completed Medical Wavier from you before your confined water class date, (either the on-line form, or a pa...
SSI Scuba Skills Update
Has it been a little while since you've been scuba diving? Want to back into diving, but are a little nervous? Our one-on-one scuba refresher classes are a great way to ease back into it with personalized attention from an expert!
SSI SPECIALTY COURSES
SSI Advanced Open Water Diver
Start your SSI Advanced Open Water Diver today!
If you cannot decide which specialty programs are the best choice for you, join the SSI Advanced Open Water Diver program! You will try Deep Diving and Navigation plus a variety of 3 more specialty areas of choice before committing to full specialty training. It is a g...
SSI 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. It is the best way to learn how to dive from different types of boats safely and with confidence. As a boat diver, you will be able to explore offsh...
SSI Deep Diver
The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will teach you all you need to dive to depths between 18 and 40 meters, through a mixture of academic sessions and open water dives. You will learn to plan and safely complete your deep diving adventures and use computers and gas consumption calculations to get the most from your deep dive...
SSI Dry Suit Diving
Drysuit diving opens up a world of opportunities, including diving remote Arctic destinations and exploring cold-water dive sites teeming with life. Dry suit diving also keeps you warm on multi-dive days when you do not want to spend your time getting in and out of a cold wetsuit. The SSI Dry Suit Diving specialty prog...
SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 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 new skills and increase your diving knowledge while learning how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtur...
SSI Equipment Techniques
Choosing and buying your dive equipment is one of the biggest and most important investments you will make as a diver, but it is easy to get it a bit wrong. We want you to choose the right dive kit for your needs and know how to look after it properly. With the right knowledge, you can get the most from your investment...
SSI Full Face Mask Diver
This is an Instructor led class that requires classroom instruction and 2 confined water dives. If you buy the Full Face Mask from Deep Blue Divers, we will include this course for free.
Medical Waiver
SSI Navigation Diving
In this specialty program, you will gain the advanced skills and knowledge you need to safely and confidently navigate underwater. 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. You will also be tau...
SSI Night and Limited Visibility
Night diving requires different skills from diving during the day. The SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility specialty is the best way to learn about night diving and practice the techniques you will need to become a safe and confident night diver. In this program, you will be provided with all the knowledge and skil...
SSI Perfect Buoyancy
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 ...
SSI Photo and Video
Underwater photography has some challenges not found on land, but with the SSI Photo & Video specialty program, you will soon learn how to capture your amazing underwater experiences. This program provides the in-depth knowledge you need to dive with an underwater camera and properly use, maintain and store your eq...
SSI Science of Diving
SSI Science of Diving class.
This class addresses all areas of diving knowledge. (Physics, Physiology, Decompression Theory, Aquatic Environment, and Diving Equipment.)
SSI Scooter/DPV Diving
If you want to make the most of your bottom time and have more fun on your dives, try underwater scooter or diver propulsion vehicle (DPV) diving.
In this underwater scooter and DPV course, you will learn the skills and concepts you need to safely plan and conduct dives using scooters or DPVs. You will learn the speci...
SSI Waves, Tides, and Currents (Drift Diving)
Diving in currents opens up a world of new dive sites that often host the most spectacular marine life. Go shore diving and you will discover the simplicity of just walking off the beach and exploring your favourite dive sites with ease. But wave, tides and currents can impact your dives and affect your safety if you d...
SSI 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. There is nothing quite like wreck diving and the SSI Wreck Diving specialty will give you all the skills and knowledge you n...
SSI EMERGENCY TRAINING SPECIALTY PROGRAMS
SSI React Right / EFR
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. In this flexible dive program, you can choose which subjects you want to learn about, including primary assessment, first aid, CPR and primary stabiliz...
SSI Stress/Rescue
The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue 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. With a combination of pool and open water practice ses...
SSI PROFESSIONAL DIVER
SSI Divemaster
Become a Certified Divemaster with SSI
The Divemaster program is the first step on an exciting journey. Earn the respect of your dive buddies and become an ambassador for diving by taking the Divemaster program. All you need to get started are 40 verified/logged dives and certifications in Deep Diving, Navigation, N...
SSI Assistant Instructor
Become an SSI Assistant Instructor Trainer Today
Assistant Instructor Trainers prepare Assistant Instructors to teach academics and conduct in-water training. As an Assistant Instructor Trainer, you are also qualified to assist Instructor Trainers, giving you valuable experience along your scuba diving instructor pa...
SSI Open Water Diver - EAN Nitrox Bundle
Package both SSI Open Water and SSI Enriched Air Nitrox and save $70.00.
If you purchase the SSI Open Water class ($495.00) and add on SSI Nitrox class ($230.00) at the time of purchase, we will give you the bundle price of $655.00. Saving you $70.00 towards the price of your Ope...
SSI Master Diver Challenge
SSI's MASTER DIVER CHALLENGE
SSI is excited to announce its Master Diver Challenge for 2025! The SSI Master Diver program not only allows divers to explore various types of diving, enabling them to discover what may be their underwater passion, but it also creates safer, more experienced divers in the proc...
PADI Classes
PADI Open Water Certification
PADI Open Water Diver is the first level of scuba diving certification offered by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). It is a globally recognized certification that allows divers to explore underwater environments safely.
Here’s a breakdown of what the course typically involves:
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Other Courses and Programs
Private Class
Need to do a Class in a timly manner or on your own time? No problem, with the Private Class you can do just that.
A private class is required for all 10 & 11 year old student certifications. This price is in addition to the course price.
