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SSI Explorers – The brand-new program for young aquatic enthusiasts

SSI Explorers – The brand-new program for young aquatic enthusiasts

This program allows children starting at age six to go underwater and sample the different ways they can explore the aquatic world around them.

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SSI Center Locator & Search – find your training center for all your upcoming underwater adventures!

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SSI Job Board - Explore Job and Internship opportunities worldwide!

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Become an SSI Professional and join our global network now!

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SSI Job Board - Explore Job and Internship opportunities worldwide!

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Southern Indiana Scuba

Southern Indiana Scuba

Instructor Training Center
6500 S Empire Rd, Bloomington, IN 47401, United States
SOUTHERN INDIANA SCUBA has been in business since 1975. The company was started to fill a need for professional training in a fast growing scuba diving market. Southern Indiana Scuba is committed to provide every customer with the finest dive equipment, dive education, service and dive travel, all with unequaled personal service. We consider our divers as family and we enjoy having them stop by for a visit or joining us on our trips! We welcome all to our family of divers.
SOUTHERN INDIANA SCUBA and its excellent team is dedicated to your success and to make diving a lifetime adventure through high quality training. Your Instructor will guide you at your own pace to a level of proficiency that ensures your continued enjoyment of the sport. We ensure your enjoyment of scuba diving by providing small class sizes, and flexible program schedules.
SOUTHERN INDIANA SCUBA is here to help you make informed purchasing decisions that enable you to attain your personal diving goals. With frequent diving activities both local and international, and the concept of safe diving combined with the best services and hospitality has proved to be the right approach. Cooperating with handpicked manufacturers, and dive resorts - simultaneously guaranteeing a fair value for the money - has already led to consistently favorable feedback from satisfied customers. Visit our Course and Trip Calendar frequently - there is always something new to do!
We guarantee our service and our equipment, you can dive with confidence at SOUTHERN INDIANA SCUBA! Visit our website or join us on Facebook/Instagramm to stay connected!

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Southern Indiana Scuba

Southern Indiana Scuba

Instructor Training Center
6500 S Empire Rd, 47401, Bloomington
Email www

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Monday10:00 - 19:00
Tuesday10:00 - 19:00
Wednesday10:00 - 19:00
Thursday10:00 - 19:00
Friday10:00 - 19:00
Saturday10:00 - 17:00
Sundaynot opened
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  • Try Scuba

    Try Scuba

    The SSI Try Scuba program is the best way to try scuba diving for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this short course, you will have earned your SSI Try Scuba recognition card and undoubtedly want to go diving again. Endless scuba diving adventures are waiting for you and this course is where it all begins. Start today!

    October 17, 2026 +97 More
    $45.00
    Open Water Diver

    Open Water Diver

    This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification.

    October 17, 2026 +2 More
    $495.00

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    Mermet Springs Inc, 62908 Belknap

    Mermet Springs, Southern Illinois (★4.3)

    Mermet Springs is a full-service dive site and scuba training facility that offers on-site scuba instruction. This site strives for excellence and caters to dive shops, instructors, students, and certified scuba divers of all experience levels and certifying agencies.

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    Pennyroyal Blue Springs, Hopkinsville, Kentucky (★4.3)

    Pennyroyal started with a single attraction back in 1994. Our 1941 Dodge firetruck has been a staple attraction for nearly 25 years. Over the years, several items have been acquired for dive sites. Some of the larger sites such as the Yacht wreck, Motorhome, Scuba Bus are just to name a few.

    Southern Indiana Scuba, 47401 Bloomington

    Half Moon Beach (Quarry)Not Open to Public (★4.5)

    Private quarry NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC in Mitchell, IN. Maximum depth of 55 feet, shore entry, platforms, lines, statues, and sunken boats/objects for training participants to enjoy. This quarry used to be a public beach in the 1960s, and steadily became more exclusive as ownership changed hands.

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