This is a completion of a series of classroom lessons, 5 pool lessons and 5 open water lessons, the award of SSI Open Water Diver prepares the diver to enjoy their diving experience without incurring decompression stops. Kit removal and weight belt removal are included.

Open Water Lessons
5 qualification dives with 5th dive being a pleasure dive. First dive to a Maximum of 12m and subsequent dives to a maximum depth of 18m or 12m if classed as a junior.

From the beginning to end of the course, you will learn the fundamentals of scuba diving, including areas such as dive equipment and techniques that will give you the confidence and skill to become a responsible diver.

The SSI Advanced Diver course expands your underwater boundaries by introducing you to five distinct diving specialties across five open-water training dives.

Deep Exploration: Master the physics, physiology, and safety protocols of diving up to 30 metres.

Underwater Navigation: Learn to use compass patterns, natural landmarks, and kick cycles to find your way.

Specialty Sampling: Complete three elective specialty dives tailored to your personal diving goals.

Skill Refinement: Improve your air consumption, buoyancy control, and situational awareness.

This course is a subset of the SSI Open Water Diver course. If you're short on time but really want to become a diver, the SSI Try Scuba Diving course is the perfect introduction.

The SSI Try Scuba Diving course will teach you all the necessary skills in a controlled environment until you are comfortable and ready to go to the open water.

The SSI Stress & Rescue course develops your ability to prevent diving incidents, manage stressful situations, and respond effectively to emergencies both above and below the surface.

Diver Stress Management: Learn to recognise the signs of stress in yourself and other divers and understand how to prevent stress-related incidents.

Emergency Response: Develop practical techniques for assisting tired, panicked, or distressed divers both at the surface and underwater.

Rescue Techniques: Practise effective rescue procedures, including approaches, assists, exits, and responses to different emergency scenarios.

Accident Prevention: Learn how to identify potential hazards, improve situational awareness, and take action before problems escalate.

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy course helps you master your position and movement underwater, giving you greater control, confidence, and efficiency on every dive.

Buoyancy Control: Learn how to achieve and maintain neutral buoyancy using proper weighting, breathing, and BCD control.

Trim & Positioning: Improve your horizontal body position and movement to become more balanced and streamlined underwater.

Breathing Techniques: Develop controlled breathing patterns to improve buoyancy, air consumption, and overall dive efficiency.

Environmental Awareness: Learn to move through the water without damaging coral, disturbing marine life, or stirring up the seabed.

The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox course introduces you to the benefits of breathing enriched air, allowing you to extend your no-decompression limits and make more efficient use of your time underwater.

Nitrox Theory: Understand the advantages, limitations, and physiological effects of breathing enriched air.

Gas Analysis: Learn how to analyse your cylinder's oxygen content and verify that the mixture is suitable for your planned dive.

Dive Planning: Calculate maximum operating depths and no-decompression limits based on your selected Nitrox mixture.

Computer Configuration: Learn how to correctly program your dive computer for enriched air and monitor oxygen exposure throughout the dive.

The SSI Deep Diving course expands your underwater boundaries by introducing you to the techniques, knowledge, and safety procedures required to explore depths beyond the limits of recreational Open Water diving.

Deep Diving Techniques: Learn how depth affects your body, equipment, buoyancy, air consumption, and dive planning.

Dive Planning: Master the procedures for planning and conducting safe dives to depths of up to 40 metres.

Safety & Emergency Procedures: Develop the skills required to recognise and manage potential problems associated with deeper diving.

Equipment Management: Understand how to configure and use your diving equipment effectively at increased depths.