Beginner to Professional Training

Learn snorkeling techniques and build your confidence in the water. The Snorkel Diver program introduces you to exploring underwater landscapes and aquatic life.

Experience scuba diving for the first time in confined water with an instructor. Enjoy your first breaths underwater and earn your SSI Try Scuba recognition card at the end of this short program.

Begin your diving journey with the SSI Open Water Diver program. Personalized instruction and in-water practice help you build the skills and confidence needed to earn this globally recognized certification.

Refresh your Open Water Diver skills under the guidance of an SSI Professional. The Scuba Skills Update helps certified divers rebuild confidence after time away from diving or prepare for an upcoming dive trip.

Learn to plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. The Enriched Air (Nitrox) program develops your knowledge of nitrox dive planning and use.

Build on your buoyancy skills with advanced techniques for more relaxed, controlled dives. The Perfect Buoyancy specialty helps you refine this essential skill through focused practice.

Explore full face mask diving, which allows breathing through both your nose and mouth and offers added comfort in colder water.

Build your diving skills with navigation and buoyancy practice, dives to depths of 60 feet, and three specialty dives of your choosing.

React Right is SSI’s emergency first response course. Build the knowledge and skills needed to respond to a medical emergency.

Learn to recognize stress and address minor issues before they become larger problems. The Stress & Rescue course builds your confidence in responding to challenging diving situations.

Start your path toward professional diving with Dive Guide training. Entry requires 40 verified logged dives and certifications in Deep Diving, Navigation, and Night & Limited Visibility, or at least five verified logged dives in each area, plus Diver Stress & Rescue. Successful completion leads to Dive Guide certification.

The Divemaster upgrade requires at least 60 verified logged dives, self-study of the Science of Diving materials, and the Digital Final Exam. Ask us about the training path for guiding certified divers, teaching Ecology programs, or assisting instructors.

Learn to conduct non-penetration dives around wrecks and artificial reefs to a depth of 30 meters. Academic and confined-water sessions introduce the skills, followed by open-water practice. Complete the program to earn your SSI Wreck Diver certification.

The SSI Deep Diving Specialty combines academic sessions and open-water dives to develop skills for diving to depths between 18 and 40 meters.

Build skills for night diving and limited visibility through online learning and open-water training. Practice entering and exiting the water, using specialized equipment, and communicating with your buddy.

Learn search patterns, specialized dive planning, and the use of lift bags, lines, and reels. The Search & Recovery program develops skills for underwater search and recovery dives.

Develop your underwater navigation skills using a compass, natural references, distance estimates, and navigation patterns. Practice combining these techniques to leave and return to a designated point.

Learn to plan and conduct wreck penetration dives within the daylight zone at depths shallower than 40 meters. Training covers specialized equipment, gas management, and buddy-team skills for wreck diving.

Learn the techniques and equipment knowledge needed for dry suit diving. The SSI Dry Suit Diving specialty prepares you for more comfortable cold-water diving and multi-dive days.

Try a full face mask fitted to you, learn basic skills, and experience the equipment during a guided demo.

Learn to capture your underwater experiences with the SSI Photo & Video specialty. The program covers diving with an underwater camera and using, maintaining, and storing your equipment.

Learn to choose, care for, and store your dive equipment with an SSI Professional. The Equipment Techniques specialty explains the components of your Total Diving System so you can make informed choices and get more from your gear.

The SSI Independent Diver program teaches experienced divers to dive without a buddy using redundant equipment and advanced planning. Enrollment requires at least 75 logged dives, a minimum age of 18, and certifications in Navigation, Deep, and Stress & Rescue.

Explore mermaid diving with the PADI Mermaid Program. Designed for people with basic swimming abilities, it combines techniques and equipment from scuba and freediving in a distinct activity. Both divers and non-divers can participate; no prior mermaid diving knowledge is required.