The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will teach you everything you need to dive to depths between 18 and 40 meters through a complex of academic sessions and open water dives. You will learn how to safely plan and complete your deep diving adventures and how to use computers and gas consumption calculations to get the most out of your deep dives.
As a Nitrox diver, you can increase your bottom times and safety margins, as well as shorten your surface intervals. In this course you will learn new skills and increase your diving knowledge, learning how to plan and dive safely with air mixtures enriched up to 40 percent oxygen. Upon completion, you will earn an SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification.
Night diving requires different skills than day diving. The SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility specialty is the best way to learn how to conduct night dives and practice the techniques, which you will need to become a safe and comfortable night diver.. With a combination of online learning and open water training dives, you will learn how to get in and out of the water, use specialized equipment, and how to easily communicate with your buddy at night or in limited visibility conditions.
In this specialty program, you will gain the advanced skills and knowledge needed to navigate underwater safely and confidently. You will learn how to use the compass and natural navigation techniques, how to estimate distance, how to leave and find a designated point, as well as basic navigation patterns. All this sharpens your underwater observation skills, improves your dive safety, and helps you get the most out of every dive.
Many of the ocean’s best dive sites are shipwrecks. These impressive structures attract unusually high densities of marine life, and give you a chance to immerse yourself in living history as you dive. There is nothing like wreck diving and the SSI Wreck Diving Specialty to teach you all the techniques and knowledge you need to become a safe and knowledgeable wreck diver. you will be taught how to safely conduct penetration-free dives around wrecks and artificial reefs.
The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty is the best way to improve your buoyancy and get the most out of every dive. Buoyancy is an essential skill for diving, but any diver will tell you that it takes time to perfect. The Perfect Buoyancy specialty will teach you advanced buoyancy skills and techniques so that you can master it more quickly and enjoy more relaxed diving adventures. With better buoyancy control, you will soon be able to hover with ease and take the underwater photographs you dream of!