Join the ranks of elite freedivers with SSI If you are a passionate, experienced SSI Performance Freediving Instructor, you are ready to advance to the ultimate level of instructor training. Make your mark by creating the top SSI freediver instructors in the industry. Just as your SSI freediving instructor trainer influenced you to become your best, now is your chance to influence others and teach the highest levels of breath-hold training. Learn to run professional courses, crossovers, and specialty seminars. Start your freediving career today! Discover Local Course Dates Find your next diving adventure on Scubago - whether it's near you or at your travel destination - and book directly with the center of your choice. Powered by Sort by: Date ascending Date ascending Date descending Price ascending Price descending Distance ascending Distance decending View on Map Automatic 50 km 100 km 500 km Worldwide The SSI Freediving Challenge is a series of structured freediving events designed to turn training into measurable performance. Divers earn points through skill-based games, and those results are recorded here to create clear rankings across events. The format is recreational, standardized, and built around fairness, consistency, and safety. Learn more about the concept on the SSI Freediving Challenge page. Start teaching to further your career Learning never stops! Continue your career by qualifying further in other training categories like Mermaid, Swim, Lifeguard and/or Scuba Diving. Additional qualifications will provide you with more diversity and flexibility as well as at the same time opening up new income options. Mermaid InstructorStart a new career and become a mermaid instructor. Work your fairy tale job and go mermaid swimming in the most beautiful places in the world. Your professional SSI Mermaid Instructor certification is recognized worldwide!24-32Suggested duration (h)Lifeguard InstructorTake the next exciting step in your Lifeguard career and learn how to be a lifeguard trainer! Train professional lifeguards. Become an SSI Lifeguard Instructor now with this internationally recognized course. Start making a difference today!40-56Suggested duration (h)Swim Teacher AdultDo you want to inspire lifetime swimmers? Make a career out of swimming? Become a professional swimming teacher with SSI! Learn to teach babies, children or adults to swim, plus beginners up to competitive swimmers. Make a difference! Start today!20-24Suggested duration (h) Facts and Training Standards Amount of Academic Sessions 10Amount of Pool/Confined Water Sessions 3Amount of Open Water Sessions 3Maximum Training Depth 25 m / 75 ftSuggested duration (h) 70-80Certification Prerequisites Complete Candidate Water Fitness Evaluation, Performance Freediving Instructor, 100 Freediving certifications issued, 50 Pool Freediver or Freediver certifications issued, 25 Advanced Freediver certifications issued, 5 Performance Freediver certifications issuedSSI Standards Languages English English US (imperial) ελληνικά Italiano 日本語 Русский Discover the Wonders of the Deep with SSI's Blog Join us on an exciting journey of discovery and learn more about exhilarating diving adventures, dedicated conservation initiatives, and innovative educational opportunities that will help you illuminate the extraordinary beauty of the underwater world. 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Discover 10 kid-friendly destinations with colorful reefs, shore diving, and family fun. © iStock-LunamarinaFloridaThe Sunshine State Florida offers many great and divers dive sites from the tropical Florida Keys to deep shipwrecks and crystal clear freshwater springs.Learn more © iStock-Art WagerHawaiiEvery possible type of adventure can be found in ’tropical paradise’ Hawaii including dramatic jagged cliffs, active volcanoes and clear turquoise waters.Learn more © iStock/amriphotoGreeceGreece makes for an excellent diving location where you can explore waters with incredible visibility, see a whole variety of marine life and discover wrecks.Learn more © AdobeStock/RadekMozambiqueMozambique has amazing offshore marine parks such as Quirimbas National ParkLearn more © iStock/daniloviPhilippinesThe Philippines is an archipelago composed of over 7,000 islands in three main regions: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.Learn more © iStock/mvaligurskyFijiThe archipelago of Fiji is as the Soft Coral Capital of the World, for its 80 different soft coral species that can be found by divers from all over the world.Learn more