Advanced Scuba Training

Continue your adventures and get the skills and experience you need to dive the world’s best dive sites, with SSI advanced training programs. Whatever your passion is, we have an SSI Specialty for your needs, because you can choose from over 20 individual programs.

When you complete a certain number specialties, you’ll also automatically earn the SSI Specialty Diver, SSI Advanced Specialty Diver and SSI Master Diver ratings. These ratings display your competency and build a solid base for more adventures to come.

Become an advanced diver

If you can’t decide which Specialty programs are the best choice for you, take SSI’s Advanced Adventurer program! SSI´s Advanced was created so that you can try out 5 Specialty Programs before you commit to completing one or more full programs. It’s a great way to experience what advanced training is all about with the option to receive credit towards the full Specialty certification any time after.

Save with our popular Divemaster Specialty bundle. This enticing bundle is a great way to get certified to dive deeper, enjoy longer dives, go night diving and more – ensuring you are on the right track to qualify for the coveted SSI Divemaster rating and got the necessary qualifications to fully explore the world’s most iconic dive sites.

Advanced Open Water Diver

The SSI Advanced Open Water Diver is the best way to try out 5 different Specialty programs without committing to a full program. Continue your education to become a more confident diver, lower your air consumption and discover the areas of diving you love most - Start today!

Wreck Diving

Do you want to explore iconic towering shipwrecks and dive World War airplanes covered in vibrant marine life? Discover the world of wreck diving and get started today with the SSI Wreck Diving Specialty program.

DPV Diving

Enjoy longer dives, explore further and cover a larger area on every dive. Become an SSI DPV Specialty Diver. Get started today.

Photo & Video

Learn how to take underwater photos that capture your dive highlights and incredible marine life encounters with the SSI Photo & Video Specialty program. Get started online today.

Recreational Sidemount Diving

Ditch the heavy tank on your back and discover the benefits of sidemount diving. You’ll improve your streamlining and trim, gain better buoyancy control and enjoy easier, relaxed dives. Become a certified SSI Recreational Sidemount diver now!

Science of Diving

Immerse in physics, physiology, decompression theory and the aquatic environment with the online SSI Science of Diving Specialty. You will be halfway to earning your Divemaster rating. Get started now!

Decompression Diving

Do you want to learn how to safely perform a decompression dive while still using your recreational total diving system? Are you interested in using your dive computer’s advanced features? Learn how to go beyond no-decompression limits with the SSI Decompression Diving Specialty certification.

Perfect Buoyancy

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty is the best way to improve your body position for relaxed dives, lower your air consumption and increase your bottom times. Take control of your enjoyment. Start online now!

Boat Diving

Discover pristine dive sites that cannot be reached from shore and experience the excitement of liveaboard diving. Learn all you need to dive from boats with the SSI Boat Diving Specialty. Start today!

Deep Diving

Many exciting and iconic dive sites lie in deeper waters. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will get you there - safely and with confidence. Learn how to plan and conduct dives to between 18 and 40 meters deep with SSI.

Waves, Tides & Currents

Take control of your dives no matter the conditions with the SSI Waves, Tides and Currents specialty. Learn all you need to go diving in currents, waves and rivers, enjoy shore diving and learn about the environmental conditions that affect dive sites.

Search & Recovery

Make lost items a thing of the past with the SSI Search & Recovery specialty program. You will learn all you need to plan and conduct search and recovery dives, so you can find lost items with ease.

Navigation

Become a better, more confident diver who always knows where they are going. Learn how to use a dive compass, natural navigation techniques and more. Join the SSI Navigation specialty today!

Night Diving & Limited Visibility

Diving does not end when the sun goes down! Become a night diver and meet the incredible marine life that only comes out at night. Join the SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility specialty program.

Equipment Techniques

Learn about diving equipment maintenance and how to choose and store your kit for maximum performance and longevity. Get the most from your dive kit investment with the Equipment Techniques Specialty.

Enriched Air Nitrox

Extend your dive time, shorten your surface intervals and spend more time exploring the dive sites you love, with the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty certification program.

Dry Suit Diving

Become a dry suit diver and dive all year, anywhere in the world. Join the Dry Suit Diving specialty today and learn all the knowledge and skills you need to safely and comfortably dive in a dry suit.

Stress & Rescue

Learn to identify stress, prevent accidents, and learn rescue diver skills with this essential Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty program. Help yourself and other divers to stay safe. Get started now!

Computer Diving

Learn the ins and outs of using a dive computer correctly to increase your efficiency and safety while diving. Get the most out of your dive computer investment with the SSI Computer Diving specialty.

React Right

Learn how to manage emergencies and act as a first responder with the SSI React Right specialty. This is the best emergency first response course there is and includes first aid, CPR skills, oxygen administration and much more. Start today!

Gas Blender Nitrox/Trimix

Are you interested in the art of mixing gasses for your dive adventures? The SSI Gas Blender program will provide you with the knowledge and skills to blend nitrox and helium-based mixed gas blends and enhance your technical diving knowledge.

Dive Guide | Divemaster

Do you want to lead certified divers underwater, begin the path toward becoming a scuba diving professional, improve your skills, or get closer to the coveted Divemaster rating? Become a Dive Guide and upgrade to Divemaster today!

Make a career in diving and turn your passion into profession

Get started by scheduling a counseling session with your preferred SSI Training Center today. You can also find a center using the Training Center Locator in the MySSI App or online at our Website.

Or directly check your Instructor Training Course options.

Divemaster

Do you want to lead certified divers underwater, improve your skills, teach Ecology Specialties yourself, or begin the path toward becoming a scuba instructor? Become a Divemaster!

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ITC Completion

The SSI Instructor Training Course (ITC) is the next step on the scuba instructor pathway after becoming a Divemaster. Qualify as an Open Water Instructor and start teaching beginners and various specialties. Begin your life-changing journey and become a dive professional today!

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Instructor Evaluation

The Instructor Evaluation (IE) is the first step in your instructor training journey. Show your ability to teach beginner and specialty courses in real live scenarios, and qualify as an SSI Open Water Instructor. Take your professional dive career to the next level today!

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Open Water Sessions

Featured destinations that are ideal for advanced scuba diving

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With 10,000+ dive sites and detailed wildlife information, divers can find and book experiences at locations that match their dream encounters. The database is built on 20+ million logged dives and grows daily through the Digital DiveLog integrated in the SSI, MARES, AQUA LUNG and APEKS apps.
Using QR code technology, the Digital DiveLog connects dive sites, buddies, instructors, centers, and resorts, and supports multiple dive computer brands for seamless dive downloads.
Get inspired by featured destinations, combine your next adventure with SSI advanced training, and continue learning, logging, and sharing your dives while exploring the world’s best dive sites.

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Mexico

Diving in Mexico is a breathtaking, world-class experience. This country offers many adventures and a landscape full of natural wonders.

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Florida

The Sunshine State Florida offers many great and divers dive sites from the tropical Florida Keys to deep shipwrecks and crystal clear freshwater springs.

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Croatia

A historically rich country in Southeast Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, Croatia is called “the country of a thousand islands”.

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Honduras

Compared to other Caribbean diving hot-spots, Honduras is just as good and even better than some sites, but with the advantage that it is cheaper.

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Indonesia

Indonesia is considered one of the best diving destinations in the world with more than 17,500 islands distributed over 5,000 kilometers.

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Italy

Italy is a peninsula in southern Europe, famously shaped like a boot that is surrounded by three parts of Mediterranean - offering various dive sites.

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