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Try Scuba is your chance to get wet and experience what scuba diving is all about. Signing up for a Try Scuba is a great way to decide whether getting a scuba diving certification is right for you. We know that once you come in and try it, you’ll love it!

Try it in one of two ways. Pick the one that you feel most comfortable doing.

SSI Try Scuba — pool experience. Spend one to two hours in a pool getting a taste of the scuba diving experience in the safety of a familiar setting.

SSI Try Scuba Diving — confined water experience. Spend three to four hours in a body of water that has good visibility and conditions and get a feel for the excitement of scuba diving. You will have an SSI Instructor as your personal escort and prior to your dive they will provide you with an overview of the proper knowledge and skills required to take your first look at the underwater world.

Once you have completed your TRY SCUBA Program you will be awarded a TRY SCUBA certificate – SSI and your Instructor congratulate you for this achievement. Ask your instructor to register you in our online system so you can experience and actively participate in the SSI World online.

Try Scubas are available through your local SSI Dive Center and SSI Resorts

 

 

Becoming an SSI Open Water Diver is the best way to start your scuba adventure!

We make sure you are truly comfortable with the skills and equipment you will use. Getting started is easy! Sign up for an Open Water course or get your feet wet with the SSI Scuba Diver program.

SSI Training is designed so you can learn the academics at your own pace when it is convenient for you. We will support you by colored manuals, DVDs and free Online Training offers to make sure you have enough training options.

For your pool and open water training your instructor will fit you to your scuba equipment so you will become comfortable in your “second skin.” You will get enough practice time to adapt yourself to the underwater environment before you start with your open water training dives.

Once you have completed your initial training you will be a certified SSI Diver. SSI certification is recognized world wide so your diving experiences will be limitless.

Short on time? Get your scuba diving certification started while on vacation and finish up when you get home!

Scuba Diver is the perfect course for those who do not have time to complete an entire Open Water Diver Program. The content of this program represents about half of a complete scuba diving certification program (SSI Open Water). You can then complete the second half and become a certified diver at another time, anywhere that is convenient for you.

This program allows you to get out there and experience diving to the fullest. You will be trained in the proper skills, knowledge, equipment and experience required to feel safe and confident during your open water dives, as well as have an SSI Instructor as your escort to guide you on your adventures.

Certified Scuba Divers are entitled to go diving under the direct supervision of a Dive Leader up to a maximum depth of 40 feet/12 metres.

When you decide to complete your certification, the Scuba Diver Program can be fully credited to your course. This way you will not have to redo any part of the program twice. After a short skill update you can complete your Open Water Diver rating.

At the end of the program you will receive your SCUBA DIVER Certificate indicating the successful completion of this program. This certificate entitles you to take part in guided dives all over the world. If you ever decide to continue your training and become a certified diver just contact your local SSI Training Facility for details on how to complete your SSI OPEN WATER DIVER rating.

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Recapture the feeling of total confidence after a longer period without diving by updating the skills learned in your Open Water Diver course.

Knowledge. Your Scuba Skills Update Dive Leader will review the knowledge you learned in your Open Water Diver class as well as cover any new material. You will review dive planning, dive tables and dive execution to keep you safe during future diving activities.

Skills. In the Scuba Skills Update you will have the opportunity to practice and review the scuba skills you learned in your open water diver class and learn techniques that may have changed. You will have the opportunity to refresh your memory and motor coordination, as well as practice your self-aid skills - all under the guidance of a dive leader.

Equipment. The scuba skills update is a great opportunity to re-learn your current equipment, or the perfect time to learn about and adjust your new equipment with the guidance of a dive leader.

With this type of preparation you will be able to experience more relaxed dives.

 

 

SSI's Advanced Adventurer program was created so you can try out a variety of specialty courses before you commit to completing a full course. It's a great way to experience what advanced training is all about and how valuable it can be to your diving adventures.

During the Advanced Adventurer Program you will have the chance to try out 5 different specialties. You will complete one open water training dive per specialty and if you decide to take a full course in any of the specialties you tried, the dive you took can be applied to your advanced certification.

Here are the options to select from:

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• Deep Diving
• Enriched Air Nitrox 

Boat Diving

• Perfect Buoyancy
• Search & Recovery

Dry Suit Diving

• Night/Limited Visibility
• Wreck Diving

Shark Diving

• Digital Underwater Photography
• Equipment Techniques

Waves, Tides & Currents

 

SSI’s Advanced Diver rating stands alone in the industry with the highest combination of diving knowledge and experience. No other agency’s advanced diver level compares.

To earn the certification for Advanced Open Water Diver, you must complete 4 specialty courses and have done a total of 24 dives.

Here are the options to select from:

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• Deep Diving
• Enriched Air Nitrox

Boat Diving

• Perfect Buoyancy
• Search & Recovery

Dry Suit Diving

• Night/Limited Visibility
• Wreck Diving

Shark Diving

• Digital Underwater Photography
• Equipment Techniques

Waves, Tides & Currents

• Stress & Rescue

 

SSI’s Master Diver rating is one of the most elite ratings in diving today. Divers that have completed this level have combined the knowledge, skills and experience to truly call themselves Master Divers.

To earn the certification for Master Diver, you must complete 4 specialty courses, Diver Stress&Rescue and have done a total of 50 dives.

SSI’s Master Diver rating is one of the most elite ratings in diving today. Divers that have completed this level have combined the knowledge, skills and experience to truly call themselves Master Divers.

To earn the certification for Master Diver, you must complete 4 specialty courses, Diver Stress&Rescue and have done a total of 50 dives.

Here are the options to select from:

Navigation

• Deep Diving
• Enriched Air Nitrox

Boat Diving

• Perfect Buoyancy
• Search & Recovery

Dry Suit Diving

• Night/Limited Visibility
• Wreck Diving 

Shark Diving

• Digital Underwater Photography
• Equipment Techniques

Waves, Tides & Currents

• Stress & Rescue

 

 

Looking for extreme action or just a dive beyond the limits? Check out SSI’s Extended Range and Technical Extended Range Programs!

Extending Your Range

Ever wonder what happens when you exceed a no decompression limit or what is just inside that shipwreck or cavern?

Would you like to know – but not if you have to wear 4 scuba tanks and complete 2 hours of decompression time? If so welcome to the world of extended range diving. Many divers are surprised to discover that many “technical” dives can be completed with minor modifications to their recreational diving systems.

If you are interested in learning what Technical Divers know about increasing safety when a NDL is exceeded or you would like to see what a shipwreck looks like from the inside out – all while managing your risk and using your current Total Diving System then Extended Range Diving is for you! A complete listing of Extended Range Courses with descriptions is below.

Xtreme Excitement

Some divers just want more – more depth, more time underwater, more penetration. If that describes you then the extreme programs in the SSI TechXR Range are for you!

If it is extreme you want - we have it: Extreme Depth? Down to 100 meters in our Hypoxic Trimix Course.

Extreme Penetration? Did you prefer a full on Cave or Wreck penetration course – either way TXR has you covered.

Extreme Time Underwater? Advanced Deco Procedures will let you hang underwater as long as your gas allows.

Extreme Big Animal Exposures? We got that too, a TXR CCR course will give you the ability to dive deep and silent enough to get up close and personal.

Whatever your current diving ability or aspirations Extended Range or Technical Extended Range Diving will challenge you with environments, depths, bottom times, procedures, and equipment not commonly encountered by recreational divers.

You will be experiencing advanced levels that require extensive knowledge, enhanced diving skills, and considerable experience and you will do it with an Apex Expert, your SSI XR or TXR Instructor at your side.

Xtreme Training

SSI provides world class support for your journey with these specific learning tools: a manual, interactive CD-ROM, Technical DiveLog and Technical Dive Slates. In addition, your instructor may also require you to have a personal copy of an advanced dive planning software program.

The following programs are available:

XR PROGRAMS:

• Cavern
• Advanced Wreck
• Advanced Nitrox
• Intro to Cave
• Extended Range
• Extended Range
• Extended Range

TXR Programs

• Technical Wreck Diver
• Decompression Procedures
• Basic Cave
• Advanced Decompression Procedures
• Cave
• Normoxic Trimix 
• Hypoxic Trimix 

  

You can take each of these courses individually or combine programs to make your training time more efficient.

You will develop confidence and comfort with these new skills through repetition and supervised experiences. Training will be designed to match your goals and objectives. SSI’s signature training methods the "SSI Diver Diamond "and "Comfort Through Repetition" have been applied to keep the programs consistent and provide the same high quality education as other SSI products.

Xtreme Flexibility

The SSI TechXR program is designed to meet your needs. The instructor can formulate training around your individual goals and objectives. If you are just seeking training on how to perform safely if you accidentally exceed a decompression limit or if you want to walk the entire path through to become an EXTREME TECH DIVER, SSI TechXR is the right program to satisfy your needs!