SSI SPECIALTY PROGRAMS

SSI Specialty Programs are designed to help divers expand their knowledge, improve their skills, and explore new areas of diving that match their interests. Whether you want to improve your buoyancy, learn underwater navigation, dive deeper, identify marine life, or enhance your underwater photography skills, there is a specialty course for you.

Each specialty focuses on a specific aspect of diving and combines academic learning with practical in-water training. These courses allow you to gain valuable experience while increasing your confidence and comfort underwater. Popular specialties include Perfect Buoyancy, Deep Diving, Nitrox (Enriched Air),

Navigation, Night & Limited Visibility, Wreck Diving, Marine Ecology, and many more.

Specialty programs are a great way to continue your diving education at your own pace while discovering new challenges and adventures. As you complete more specialties and gain diving experience, you can also work towards higher SSI recognition levels, showcasing your commitment and experience as a diver.

Whether you are looking to improve your diving skills, explore new underwater environments, or pursue a particular passion, SSI Specialty Programs offer exciting opportunities to make every dive even more enjoyable and rewarding.

Boat Diving

Boats allow you the opportunity to explore spectacular dive sites far from shore. This program covers the additional knowledge you need to make your first boat diving vacation a true success, and the techniques necessary to dive properly from all sizes and types of boats. Enhance your dive trips!

Perfect Boyancy

Proper buoyancy control can only be mastered with proper training. The Perfect Buoyancy program will improve your swimming position and reduce your effort which will lead to less air consumption. In addition, proper buoyancy control is the best skill for environmental protection.

Wreck Diving

Wrecks are hidden treasure troves lying beneath the waves. Countless man-made vessels have sunk, either intentionally or accidentally, providing unique opportunities to dive among the remains of human history.

These wrecks provide us with endless opportunities for exploration, but they may have hidden hazards. To safely dive on a wreck, a diver must be aware of these hazards, and have additional knowledge and experience to correctly evaluate them.

Navigation

To become a safe and confident diver, it is critical to develop an understanding of navigation. You will learn how to navigate with a compass, and how to apply natural navigation skills, estimate distances, navigate different search patterns, find your way to marking points, and be able to get back to the exit point.

Dry Suit Diving

Make diving a year-round activity by learning the basics of using a dry suit. The Dry Suit Diving program will teach you how to select and properly use your personally fitted dry suit. Aside from your comfort underwater, proper insulation and protection is also important for your safety.

Search & Recovery

Whether it's the gold of a sunken ship or that your buddy lost his/her dive light, there are times when knowing how to search for lost objects would be very beneficial. The Search and Recovery program will teach you different search patterns for use in various conditions and the proper techniques to lift objects.

Underwater Photography

Learn everything you need to know to be a successful underwater photographer! Digital Underwater Photography will teach you the proper photography techniques to get better results instantly and teach you how to optimize your camera system with valuable accessories.

Science of Diving

Science of Diving addresses all the areas of diving knowledge in a detailed and comprehensive manner: Physics, Physiology, Decompression Theory, Aquatic Environment, and Diving Equipment. If you are simply interested in diving or plan to become a Dive Professional - the Science of Diving program is what you need!

Marine ecology

The SSI Marine Ecology program provides an introduction to the fascinating ecosystems that make up our oceans. You will learn how marine organisms interact with each other and their environment, how ocean ecosystems function, and why they are so important to life on Earth.

This specialty is perfect for divers and ocean enthusiasts who want to gain a deeper understanding of marine life, conservation, and the underwater world. By learning more about the oceans

Deep Diving

Many of the more exciting and intriguing dive sites are located in deeper water. Without proper training, this kind of diving can put you at risk. Deep Diving program will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and experience required to make these types of dives safely and comfortably. Explore the big blue!

Night & Limited Visibility

Whether it's day or night, limited visibility can be an adventure. Just because the visibility is limited doesn't mean the opportunities have to be. This program is filled with information about planning and conducting night and limited visibility dives for fun, adventure, and exploration.

Nitrox

You no longer have to make a choice between safety and longer dive times - nitrox is the key. Enrolling in SSI´s most popular specialty program will teach you everything you need to know about Enriched Air Nitrox. This program is also a prerequisite for getting involved in Technical Diving.