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SSI SCUBA Classes

Entry Level Classes

  • SSI Open Water Diver Monday/Wednesday

    This Monday/Wednesday Classroom & Pool schedule is designed to be convenient with your work or school schedule. After completing your digital learning you will join Dolphin on Monday and Wednesday evenings for 2 weeks.

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  • SSI Open Water Diver Tuesday/Thursday

    This Tuesday/Thursday Classroom & Pool schedule is designed to be convenient with your work or school schedule. After completing your digital learning you will join Dolphin on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for 2 weeks.

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  • SSI Open Water Diver Weekend

    Complete your SSI Open Water Diver Classroom & Pool sessions in just one weekend. After completing your digital learning you will join Dolphin for a full weekend of in person learning.

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  • SSI Open Water Diver Certification Dives

    After successfully completing the Open Water Diver Classroom & Pool section, you will take your newly mastered skills into open water. Choose from the local lake, Monterey, or Lake Tahoe options to complete your 4 certification dives.

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  • Try Scuba Diving Class

    The Try Scuba program is your introduction to the underwater world.

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  • Scuba Skills Update Class

    A Scuba Skills Update provides you with opportunity to review and practice the basic scuba skills.

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Continuing Education

  • Altitude Diving Certification

    During the Altitude Diving program, students will learn everything you need to plan a safe dive at a higher altitude.

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  • Boat Diving Certification

    This program gives students the skills and knowledge required to safely dive from a boat.

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  • Classified Dive Buddy Certification

    Do you know someone who has limited mobility that you would like to share your love of scuba? Become a Classified Dive Buddy today!

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  • Computer Diving Certification

    Get the most out of your dive computer and increase your comfort and efficiency underwater.

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  • Decompression Diving Certification

    You will learn and practice how to effectively use your dive computer features, including switching gases, gas integration, time-to-reserve, and time-to-surface.

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  • Deep Diving Certification

    Many of the more exciting, intriguing dive sites are found in deeper water.

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  • Dry Suit Diving Certification

    This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably dive while using a dry suit.

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  • Enriched Air Nitrox Certification

    Enriched Air Nitrox program will teach you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen.

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  • Equipment Techniques Certification

    This program teaches you how to choose, maintain and store your Total Diving System.

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  • Marine Ecology Certification

    Marine ecology is a broad and exciting field that captures our attention and curiosity.

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  • Navigation Certification

    This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably navigate underwater.

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  • Night and Limited Visibility Certification

    This program will give you the ability to safely and comfortably plan and conduct dives beyond 18 meters, and is a prerequisite for some advanced training.

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  • Perfect Buoyancy Certification

    This program teaches you the skills and techniques needed to maximize your dive experience and increase your comfort in the water.

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  • Photo & Video Specialty Certification

    This programs teaches the skills and concepts required to successfully capture amazing underwater photos and videos.

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  • React Right Certification

    React Right is SSI's emergency training program, consisting of the basic components.

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  • River Diving Certification

    Diving in your local river can be a fun and exciting experience.

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  • Science of Diving Course

    This program improves your knowledge of the aquatic environment and the sport of recreational scuba diving, and to ensure that you enjoy every aspect of your diving experience.

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  • Search and Recovery Certification

    This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely plan and conduct search and recovery dives.

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  • Shark Ecology Certification

    Explore sharks, from their biology and behavior to misconceptions and the impact of humans on them, and how this ultimately affects the ocean ecosystem.

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  • Sea Turtle Ecology Certification

    Sea turtles are some of the most wonderful animals to dive with. You will want to dive with them even more after completing the SSI Sea Turtle Ecology Specialty program! This specialty program provides the skills and concepts you need to recognize and identify common sea turtle species.

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  • Fish Identification Certification

    The world’s oceans are home to thousands of fish species, and you will encounter plenty of these fascinating creatures on your dives! In this course, you will be taught all the skills and concepts you need to identify common families of Caribbean, Indo-Pacific and Red Sea reef fish.

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  • Coral Identification Certification

    Coral reefs are prized among divers and rightly so; drifting over a healthy reef filled with bustling marine life is magical. These precious ecosystems are fascinating, and the SSI Coral Identification specialty program is the best way to learn more about coral reefs and get the most out of your reef dives.

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  • Manta & Ray Ecology Certification

    Join the SSI Manta and Ray Ecology specialty program and you will learn how to dive with rays and recognize different ray species. You will be taught how rays contribute to healthy ocean ecosystems and why these precious animals need our protection.

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  • Marine Mammal Ecology Certification

    Do you have a passion to save the ocean and the marine animals that call it their home? Does the thought of diving with whales fascinate you? Do you want to learn more about the ecology, biology, and conservation of marine mammals?

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  • Spearfishing Safety and Training Course

    This class stresses safety, game regulations and hunting techniques in a comprehensive introduction to underwater spear-fishing with Scuba gear.

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  • Stress and Rescue Certification

    Stress is a major cause of diving accidents and negatively impacts rescue situations.

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  • Waves, Tides and Currents Certification

    This program gives you the skills and knowledge required to conduct dives from shore, in currents, and in different types of waves.

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  • Wreck Diving Certification

    This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely scuba dive around wrecks and artificial reefs.

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  • SSI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

    The The SSI Advanced Open Water Diver Course assesses the knowledge and skills if necessary to organize and conduct entry-level scuba training courses and the specialty programs taught by SSI Open Water Instructor.

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Professional Programs

  • Dive Guide/Dive Master Certification

    The Dive Guide program is the entry level to SSI’s Leadership Programs.

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  • Assistant Instructor Certification

    This program provides the skills, concepts, and teaching experience required to become a successful SSI Assistant Instructor.

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  • Instructor Training Course

    This program provides the skills, concepts, and teaching experience required to become a successful SSI Instructor.

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  • Instructor Evaluation Course

    The Instructor Evaluation assesses the knowledge and skills if necessary to organize and conduct entry-level scuba training courses and the specialty programs taught by SSI Open Water Instructor.

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  • Professional Crossover Program

    There is a strong demand in the recreational scuba industry for passionate individuals who can share their love of the sport and the underwater world with others.

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  • ERDI Public Safety Diver Technician Level

    Technician The final step requires the participant to complete the required number of practical training sessions under the supervision of an ERDI Instructor.

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  • Veterans Readiness & Employment Program

    Veterans are able to utilize benefits through the Veterans Readiness & Employment - Chapter 31 program for use in our dive training programs.

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Just for Kids

  • SCUBA Explorers

    The mission of Scuba Explorers is simple: To involve children in SCUBA diving so they can experience the excitement of water exploration! The first certification of the Explorer series, this course will take SCUBA Explorers from the classroom to the pool in a safe, engaging, and energetic environment.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Perfect Buoyancy

    For certified SCUBA Explorers, the Perfect Buoyancy specialty certification will help students master breathing, weighting, and inflation techniques while also streamlining their SCUBA equipment. Perfecting buoyancy can help Explorers extend their pool bottom times by not wasting air and feel more confident underwater by being in control of their equipment at all times.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Enriched Air Nitrox

    For certified SCUBA Explorers, this program teaches you the information students need to make educated decisions about diving with Nitrox, including calculating adjusted bottom times, maximum depths, and correct surface intervals depending on the Nitrox mixture used.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Navigation

    For certified SCUBA Explorers, the Navigation class will instruct students on the use of different compasses underwater as well as using natural navigation to stay on the right path!

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  • SCUBA Explorers Search & Recovery

    For certified SCUBA Explorers, students will learn all the skills needed to safely and confidently conduct search and recovery dives. Students will be taught how to use search patterns, specialized dive plans, and equipment such as lift bags, lines, and reels.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Night & Limited Visibility

    For certified SCUBA Explorers, Night and Limited Visibility Explorers will learn about how the ocean changes at night and what kinds of equipment and skills divers use after the sun goes down. We will explore the world of bioluminescence and learn how to use UV lights on our simulated reef during our night dive experience.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Rescue

    For certified SCUBA Explorers, students will learn to identify an emergency situation, learn to initiate the rescue chain, and practice the duties of each member of the chain. They will learn the additional steps involved when the emergency involves a diving accident, and how to include the Divers Alert Network.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Boat

    For certified SCUBA Explorers, students will learn how to identify at least three types of dive boats and how they differ from each other, plan and manage a boat dive trip using a Boat Checklist procedure. In the pool, Explorers will practice simulated boat dives!

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  • SCUBA Explorers Marine Ecology

    For certified SCUBA Explorers, students will learn to identify characteristics, behaviors, and habitat of many species of marine animals including mammals, fish, sharks and rays, corals, sponges, and more. They will then explore our own simulated underwater reef to get an idea of what kinds of wonders are awaiting us underwater!

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  • SCUBA Explorers Fish Identification

    A continuation of the SCUBA Explorer program: The world’s oceans are home to thousands of fish species just waiting for you to discover!

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  • SCUBA Explorers Invertebrate Ecology

    A continuation of the SCUBA Explorer program: Invertebrates lack a vertebral column and were the first animals to exist on Earth over 500 million years ago, and make up most of the life on Earth.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Manta and Ray Ecology

    A continuation of the SCUBA Explorer program: You will be taught how rays contribute to healthy ocean ecosystems and why these precious animals need our protection.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Marine Mammal Ecology

    A continuation of the SCUBA Explorer program: Do you have a passion to save the ocean and the marine animals that call it their home? Does the thought of diving with whales fascinate you? Do you want to learn more about the ecology, biology, and conservation of marine mammals?

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  • SCUBA Explorers Monofin Program

    Your Freediving Explorer program was just the beginning. The Monofin Explorer experience introduces the monofin, which can help you swim faster and further.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Nudibranch Ecology

    A continuation of the SCUBA Explorer program: This course will help explore the world of nudibranchs and deepen your understanding of these extraordinary creatures.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Photo & Video Program

    A continuation of the SCUBA Explorer program: Do you want amazing photos or videos of yourself being a mermaid or merman? Are you ready to wow your family and friends?

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  • SCUBA Explorers Sea Turtle Ecology

    A continuation of the SCUBA Explorer program: You will want to dive with sea turtles even more after completing the SSI Sea Turtle Ecology Specialty program!

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  • SCUBA Explorers Shark Ecology

    A continuation of the SCUBA Explorer program: In the SSI Shark Ecology program, you will learn how to interpret shark behaviors, why they are often misunderstood, and learn information that will dispel common myths, and help you overcome your fears.

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  • SCUBA Explorers Underwater Communication Program

    Communication is an important part of being an Explorer. The Underwater Communication Explorer experience shows you some hand signals and communication techniques that will help you interact with your buddy or instructor

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  • SCUBA Explorers Underwater Model Program

    Learning to move comfortably and smoothly underwater is an important part of every Explorer program. The Underwater Model Explorer experience shows you how to look your best when you pose for the camera.

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Apnea Classes

      • Try Mermaid Class

        Mermaids have gained popularity in recent years, with numerous mermaid stories depicted in cinema and television.

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      • Try Freediving Class

        This program provides you with an introduction to the concepts and skills used by recreational freedivers.

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      • Snorkel Diver Class

        Learn to safely snorkel in our crystal clear, heated pool! A great skill to learn before a trip or low impact exercise.

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      • Basic Freediver

        Learn how to safely breath hold and use specialized, streamlined freediving equipment.

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