Courses
Specialties
Boat Diving
This course will introduce you to a variety of boat diving techniques, specialized equipment, equipment stowing, and more. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training dives. ...
Classified Dive Buddy
This program is designed to traindivers to assist a Classified Diver. The dive buddy will undergo special training on how to assist those who need help diving. After the course is completed you ...
Computer Diving
Have you ever been standing at the dive site asking yourself how to correctly set your brand new computer? A lot of scuba divers have been in this situation. This is exactly why the SSI Computer Divin...
Coral Identification
Learn the skills and concepts required to recognize and identify common families of coral species and their role in the ocean’s ecosystems. Includes home-study and academic review.
Deep Diving
Dive to 130 feet in places where only a few have explored before. Learn about descent lines, high-performance regulators, heavier lift BCs, backup tanks, and more. Includes home study, academic review...
Diver Stress & Rescue
Learn accident prevention, how to avoid, recognize and solve problems on land or under the water, and rescue skills. Includes home study, academic review, a pool session, and open water training dives...
Diving First Aid
DAN’s Diving First Aid program prepares you to handle multifaceted accidents with confidence. You will learn CPR and first aid, neurological assessment, emergency oxygen for diving injuries, and...
Dry Suit Diving
Drysuit diving gives you the opportunity to extend your diving to cold water environments. You’ll learn how to use and maintain your drysuit. Includes home study, academic review, a pool session...
Enriched Air Nitrox
Learn how to have longer repetitive dive times with less nitrogen build up in your body. Includes home-study and academic review.
Equipment Techniques
Learn how to fit, adjust, maintain, and make immediate small repairs to your scuba equipment. Includes home-study and academic review.
Fish Identification
Learn the skills and concepts required to identify the common families of the Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, and Red Sea reef fish. Includes home-study and academic review.
Full Face Mask
This program teaches about the increased comfort and safety that diving with a full face mask can offer you as diver, such as breathing in a natural way through the nose, without being bothe...
Ice Diving
This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably dive underneath surface ice. You will learn the special requirements for diving in an overhead environment, the techniq...
Manta & Ray Ecology
This program teaches you about the amazing variety of rays you can find in our oceans, how to recognize ray species by their unique physical characteristics and behaviors, and the vital role rays play...
Marine Ecology
You’ll get a general understanding of the complex and exciting science of marine ecology, the study of how organisms interact with each other and the environment, the flow of energy through comm...
Marine Mammal Ecology
Most people think of whales and dolphins as the stars of the marine mammal world but there are more animals to this group than just these fast swimming cetaceans. Pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), sea ...
Navigation
Learn how to navigate with a compass, estimate distances, identify marking points, return to the exit point, and more. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training dives. Divers must ...
Night & Limited Visibility
When the sun goes down, there’s a whole different side of the underwater world. Learn specialty equipment and communication skills. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training ...
Perfect Buoyancy
Learn to 'fly' underwater! Buoyancy control is the most important skill a diver can learn. In this course, you will perfect your buoyancy, enhance your diving experience. Course includes educa...
Photo & Video
Learn to take consistent, quality underwater photos for diving memories that last a lifetime. Includes home study, academic review, and a pool session. Divers must own a digital underwater camera syst...
Science of Diving
Learn about the theory behind decompression limits, the origins of tides, how to calculate air consumption formulas, and other dive theory topics. If you enjoy STEM, you’ll love this class. Incl...
Scooter/DPV Diving
A DPV (Diver Propulsion Vehicle) is an underwater scooter that allows you to visit a larger area in a single dive than you would be able to without one. With a scooter, for example, you'll ge...
Sea Turtle Ecology
Learn the skills and concepts required to recognize and identify common species of sea turtles, plus their history and role in marine ecosystems, and threats to their survival. Includes home-study and...
Search & Recovery
Learn proper search patterns, how to handle lift bags, and to bring heavy objects securely to the surface. Includes home study, academic review, a pool session, and open water training dives. ...
Shark Ecology
Whether sharks fascinate you or make you a little nervous, this class is a great way to learn what is fact and what is fiction. Learn how sharks and their behavior are often misunderstood and how you ...
Spearfishing
Learn the etiquette and ethics of spearfishing, plus safety procedures, and an intro to spearfishing equipment – how to select, use, and maintain your gear. The class also covers underwater hunt...
Waves, Tides & Currents
Learn the skills and knowledge required to conduct dives from shore, in currents, and in different types of waves. Plus, how water motion can affect your diving experience. Includes home study, academ...
Wreck Diving
Explore shipwrecks firsthand. Learn how to get the most out of each wreck dive with proper techniques, research, and how to locate wrecks. Includes home study, academic review, and open water training...
