Speciality Courses
Continue your adventures and get the skills and experience you need to dive the world’s best dive sites, with SSI advanced training programs. Whatever your passion is, we have an SSI Specialty for your needs, because you can choose from over 20 individual programs. When you complete a certain number specialties, you’ll also automatically earn the SSI Specialty Diver, SSI Advanced Open Water Diver and SSI Master Diver ratings. These ratings display your competency and build a solid base for more adventures to come.

Deep Diving
Many exciting and iconic dive sites lie in deeper waters. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will get you there - safely and with confidence.
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Enriched Air Nitrox
Extend your dive time, shorten your surface intervals and spend more time exploring the dive sites you love, with the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty certification program.
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Navigation
Become a better, more confident diver who always knows where they are going. Learn how to use a dive compass, natural navigation techniques and more.
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Stress and Rescue
Learn to identify stress, prevent accidents, and learn rescue diver skills with this essential Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty program.
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Perfect Buoyancy
The SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty is the best way to improve your body position for relaxed dives, lower your air consumption and increase your bottom times.
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Night & Limited Visibility
Diving does not end when the sun goes down! Become a night diver and meet the incredible marine life that only comes out at night.
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Waves, Tides & currents
Take control of your dives no matter the conditions with the SSI Waves, Tides and Currents specialty.
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Search & Recovery
Make lost items a thing of the past with the SSI Search & Recovery specialty program.
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Science Of Diving
Immerse in physics, physiology, decompression theory and the aquatic environment with the online SSI Science of Diving Specialty.
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Wreck Diving
Do you want to explore iconic towering shipwrecks and dive World War airplanes covered in vibrant marine life?
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React Right
Learn how to manage emergencies and act as a first responder with the SSI React Right specialty.
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Photo & Video
Learn how to take underwater photos that capture your dive highlights and incredible marine life encounters with the SSI Photo & Video Specialty program.
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