Become an Extended Range Professional

Teach Extended Range diving and become an ambassador for this exciting sport. SSI has a broad range of professional SSI courses, meaning you can follow your passion and meet your personal goals. Depending on your experience and training, you can become an instructor in overhead, rebreather, or open-circuit courses. You will teach divers how to plan and conduct dives in new environments, with new equipment, and beyond the decompression limit. As you lead certified technical divers and run different levels of Extended Range courses, you can explore the world’s best technical dives and truly immerse yourself in SSI scuba diving.

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Explore SSI’s range of professional open-circuit courses

With SSI’s Extended Range open circuit programs, there is no limit to your tec diving ambitions! Your first step is to become an SSI Extended Range Instructor and teach others the thrill of diving up to 45 meters deep. When you are ready, get certified as an SSI Technical Extended Range Instructor and teach decompression diving up to 60m deep. Take the ultimate step as an open-circuit instructor and dive to 100m deep as an SSI Hypoxic Trimix Instructor.

Extended Range Nitrox Diving Instructor

Go deeper for longer and learn the skills all technical courses are based on. The SSI Extended Range Nitrox Diving Instructor certification is the first step in your technical instructor journey. Start this essential nitrox diving course now!

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Extended Range Foundations Instructor

Take your SSI Pro dive career to the next level as an SSI Extended Range Foundations Instructor. Teach divers in a workshop environment the ultimate mastery of technical scuba diving skills. Start this essential tec diving course online today!

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Extended Range Trimix Instructor

Go deeper, explore further, and develop your SSI Professional dive career. Become an SSI Extended Range Trimix Instructor and teach others the thrill of Extended Range. Start this technical dive training online today!

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Extended Range Sidemount Instructor

Do you love sidemount diving? Do you want to develop your diving career and enjoy global job opportunities? Become an SSI Extended Range Sidemount Instructor and share the exhilaration of sidemount diving. Start this sidemount diver course online today!

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Technical Extended Range Trimix Instructor

Hone your technical diver skills and grow your professional diver career. Become an SSI Technical Extended Range Trimix Instructor and teach two gas switch decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 60 meters. Start this SSI dive certification now!

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Hypoxic Trimix Instructor

Discover unlimited depth and hone your trimix scuba skills. Become an SSI Hypoxic Trimix Instructor and teach multiple-gas switch, multiple-stop, decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 100 meters. Start this scuba diving instructor course now!

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Extended Range Cavern Diving Instructor

Grow your SSI career and share the thrill of diving cenotes and caverns. Become an SSI Extended Range Cavern Diving Instructor and get certified to teach all SSI cavern diving and cenote dive courses. Start this dive instructor course online today!

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Extended Range Instructor Trainer

Inspire the next generation of dive professionals. Become an SSI Extended Range Instructor Trainer for open circuit, rebreather, and overhead environment diving. Start this ultimate SSI scuba certification and hone your diving trainer skills today!

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Share the silence – Become an SSI rebreather professional

Share the silent world and enhance your career with SSI’s range of professional rebreather courses. Get started with the SSI SCR Diving Instructor course and teach no-decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 30 meters using the Mares Horizon semi-closed rebreather (SCR). Extend your range! As an SSI SCR Extended Range Instructor, you can train divers to conduct decompression dives up to a maximum depth of 40 meters using the Mares Horizon SCR.

Are you passionate about closed-circuit rebreather (CCR) diving? The SSI CCR Diving Instructor course certifies you to teach no-decompression dives to a maximum depth of 30 meters using a CCR. Challenge yourself and become a CCR Extended Range Trimix Instructor to teach mixed gas decompression dives to a maximum depth of 45 meters. Is that no longer enough? Teach unlimited decompression diving to 60 meters as a CCR Technical Extended Range Instructor. Are you ready to take it all the way? Become a CCR Hypoxic Trimix Instructor and teach decompression diving to depths of up to 100 meters.

Leave the daylight behind – SSI Cave Instructor courses

Become an SSI Extended Range Cavern Diving Instructor to certify SSI Recreational Cavern/Cenote Diving and Extended Range Cavern Diving courses. Ready to leave the daylight behind and explore further? Become an SSI Cave Diving Instructor. You will teach others how to safely penetrate caves with a single navigation decision and deal with problems in this extreme environment. Take the ultimate step and join the ranks of elite dive instructors – become an SSI Full Cave Diving Instructor! You will train divers to dive the most challenging environments there are and undertake the ultimate in overhead environment training.

Taste the history – Become a Wreck Instructor

Indulge your passion for wreck diving and teach others to conduct wreck penetration dives. Start by becoming an SSI Extended Range Wreck Diving Instructor and certify divers to conduct wreck penetration dives within the daylight zone to depths of up to 40 meters. Take the next exciting step in your SSI scuba diving career and become an SSI Technical Wreck Diving Instructor. You will get certified to teach divers to conduct complex navigation wreck penetration dives.

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Explore career opportunities for dive professionals worldwide

Stop waiting, start exploring the world and turn your passion into a career! MyDiveGuide is a unique dive site database with over 10,000 dive sites, thrilling specialist dives, and featured destinations. These are the places where instructors have great careers! Ready to live your ultimate dream? Check out MyDiveGuide and find your dream scuba diving jobs today with SSI!

Scotland

On the western coast of Scotland is the Firth of Lorne. Lorne is a now-defunct region of Scotland that a firth is a Scottish term for a long estuary or fjord. This watery area became a Special Area of Conservation in 2005 and has become a great place for diving in western Scotland. On the North Sea and just over the border from Scotland’s neighbor to the south, England, sits the county of Berwickshire. This is a place that is home to approximately 115,000 people and covers an area of 1,184 square kilometers (457 square miles). There are many coastal towns where diving is done throughout the east coast of Scotland but as the water gets colder further north, these spots are fewer and further between. These locations are as far north as Dundee and extend down to Berwickshire with spots in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Burntisland, and North Berwick among a few others. As for the diving, you can expect to explore reefs and dramatic walls, kelp forests where crab, lobster and tinny critters hide out. Then there are the larger animals, from mink whales to basking sharks and hundreds of species of fish, starfish and sun stars. The best spot to dive here is a small fishing village called St Abbs, with its fantastic shore diving opportunities. The east coast in general is dotted with gullies and archways, spectacular marine life and colorful anemones. There is plenty of soft coral to spot as well, not to mention rushing tides and sheer cliffs, then there are the wrecks, the time capsules waiting to be explored on the seabed. The dive season runs from April to October and although you can

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Mexico

Mexico, a country with breathtaking landscapes, is surrounded by the world’s two largest oceans, the Pacific and the Atlantic, which makes it a perfect country for diving. Mexico is also known for its rich culture and some of the world’s most delicious food. You will also find beautiful beaches, friendly people, tequila, mariachi bands and a lot of celebrations such as “Día de Muertos”. The Mayan and Aztec ruins are some of the places that you must explore during your visit to Mexico, along with amazing diving spots.

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Florida

When you think of diving in Florida, also known as “The Sunshine State,” the tropical Florida Keys are probably what comes to your mind. However, there are many great and diverse dive sites in this state. Dive among colorful coral reefs abundant with diverse marine species, discover artificial and real deep shipwrecks and swim in crystal clear freshwater springs and intricate cave systems. Marine life in Florida is widely varied. You can expect to see coral reefs abundant with colorful fish, sharks, rays, turtles, manatees, dolphins, and even the occasional whale shark. Be prepared to dive in one of the world’s largest coral reefs in the world, The Great Florida Reef, which is said to be around 7,000 years old. During winter head to the Crystal River Springs, an area well-known for its abundance of manatees. Diving in Florida, you will also be able to explore ancient cave structures rarely seen by men. Some of the most important cave diving spots in “The Sunshine State” include Ginnie Springs, Peacock Springs State Park, Devil’s Den, Manatee Springs State Park, Blue Grotto, and Morrison Springs County Park. Another must-visit place is John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, a beautiful undersea park with great biodiversity. Florida is the perfect destination for all kinds of diverse as it offers many different types of adventures.

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Italy

Italy is the 4th most populated member of the European Union with over 60 million people. It had the eighth largest economy in the world today and ranks as the 6th richest nation in the world. Italy consists of 20 separate regions, five of which have certain levels of autonomous governing authority. It is also known for its beautiful, temperate Mediterranean climate.

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Philippines

Only a small portion of the more than 7,000 islands that compose the Philippines are inhabited. This is a unique country, multiculturally diverse and with an extraordinary cuisine. Tagalog is the official language of The Philippines; however, the majority of the inhabitants also speak English. This region has the best diving conditions from July to March. From shipwrecks and impressive marine life to idyllic beaches, this country offers incredible adventures for everyone.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has a modern history that goes back 3,000 years and scientists have found evidence that prehistoric people have inhabited the island for 125,000 years or more. Sri Lanka was colonized by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British over the years and gained independence in 1948. The island has a warm and tropical climate and is home to an amazing range of land animals and marine life.

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