SSI Open Water Diver Becoming a Virginia Scuba Diver is the best way to start your scuba adventure! Our divers receive a worldwide recognized Open Water Diver card from SSI.  Our goal is to prepare you for a lifetime of diving. Virginia Scuba restricts its instructors to 4 Open Water students to ensure that you receive the person... Find Out More

SSI Try Scuba Diving Try Scuba Diving! It’s your opportunity to discover the magical world of colorful fish and living reefs in crystal clear blue and warm water - Scuba Diving! There’s nothing like it. Scuba Diving is much easier than you think and Try Scuba Diving will prepare you to participate in this new sport that awaits ... Find Out More

SSI Scuba Skills Update A Scuba Skills Update provides you with the opportunity to review and practice necessary scuba skills that you learned in your original Open Water Diver program under the guidance of an SSI Dive Professional. The Scuba Skills Update is often a required for continuing your diving training after a long period of time awa... Find Out More

What's Next You are now a diver!   The question we always get asked is "What's Next?" Our answer to that is a combination of skills that we believe ALL divers need regardless of their chosen path in diving. We developed a program designed to give you those skills in one convenient program.  The What... Find Out More

SSI Advanced Adventurer This program allows you to experience five different open water dives from five SSI Specialty programs without requiring you to complete the entire Specialty. If you are unsure of your next step, this is the perfect way to advance your dive skills and experience, and to identify which Specialty programs interest you. Y... Find Out More

SSI Boat Diving The ocean is filled with dive sites, but many of them cannot be reached from shore. This program gives you the skills and knowledge required to safely dive from a boat, allowing you to get the most from your underwater opportunities. You will earn the SSI Boat Diving Specialty certification after completing this progra... Find Out More

SSI Coral Identification Coral reefs are the building blocks of many ocean ecosystems. This program teaches you the skills and concepts required to recognize and identify common families of coral species. You will earn the SSI Coral Identification Specialty certification after completing this program. Find Out More

SSI Deep Diving Dive in places where only a few have explored before! Get the experience of diving on a wreck below 60 feet/18 meters! To do these dives safely, you need the right skills and the right knowledge and that is exactly what DEEP DIVING provides you. Find Out More

SSI Diver Stress & Rescue Stress is a major cause of diving accidents and negatively impacts rescue situations. This program teaches you the skills and knowledge required to recognize and deal with stress, prevent accidents and properly deal with emergency situations encountered by divers. You will earn the SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty... Find Out More

SSI Dry Suit Diving This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably dive while using a dry suit. You will learn the special requirements for dry suit diving, how to use your new equipment, the benefits of a dry suit, and how to deal with emergency situations that are unique to dry suit diving. You will ear... Find Out More

SSI Equipment Techniques The SSI Equipment Techniques teaches you how to choose, maintain and store your Total Diving System. This ensures performance and increases the longevity of your equipment. You will earn the SSI Equipment Techniques Specialty certification. Find Out More

SSI Fish Identification The ocean is filled with fascinating and beautiful fish of every shape and size. This non-diving specialty program teaches you the skills and concepts required to identify the common families of Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, and Red Sea reef fish. You will earn the SSI Fish Identification Specialty certification after compl... Find Out More

SSI 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 techniques and communication methods, and the specialized equipment used for ice diving. You will earn the SSI Ice Diving Speci... Find Out More

SSI Independent Diving This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably dive without a designated dive buddy. You will learn about self-reliance, proper equipment maintenance, and the special considerations and rescue techniques required to dive independently. You will earn the SSI Independent Diving Specialty... Find Out More

SSI Marine Ecology This program provides a general understanding of the complex and exciting science of marine ecology, which is the study of how organisms interact with each other and the environment, the flow of energy through communities, and the link between ocean ecosystems. You will earn the SSI Marine Ecology Specialty certificati... Find Out More

SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably dive at night or in limited visibility conditions. Some of the ocean's most amazing creatures only come out at night, so your dive doesn't have to end when the sun goes down. You will learn how to enter and exit the water, use spec... Find Out More

SSI Photo & Video This program teaches you the skills needed to dive with an underwater camera, and provides the in-depth knowledge and experience required to properly use, maintain and store your equipment. Our goal is help you capture your amazing underwater experiences. You will earn the SSI Photo & Video Specialty certification.... Find Out More

SSI React Right React Right is SSI's emergency training program, consisting of the following basic components: Primary Assessment, First Aid & CPR Skills, Primary Stabilization Techniques, and includes two optional components: Oxygen Administration in Diving Emergencies and Automated External Defibrilation Basics. Students who... Find Out More

SSI Sea Turtle Ecology This program teaches you the skills and concepts required to recognize and identify common species of sea turtles, describes their history and role in marine ecosystems, and threats to their survival. You will earn the SSI Sea Turtle Ecology Specialty certification after completing this program. Find Out More

SSI Seabob Diving This program is unique to the Seabob Scooter/DPV and provides you with skills and concepts required to safely plan and conduct dives using underwater scooters or diver propulsion vehicles (DPVs). You will learn the special precautions for using DPVs, how to maintain buddy contact and control your equipment, and how to ... Find Out More

SSI Search & Recovery This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely plan and conduct search and recovery dives. You will learn about search patterns, specialized dive plans, underwater communication, and how to recover small to medium-sized objects using specialized equipment like lift bags. You will earn the SSI Search a... Find Out More

SSI Shark Ecology Many humans fear sharks, but is that reputation deserved? By taking the SSI Shark Ecology program, you will learn how sharks and their behavior are often misunderstood, and how you can safely observe them in their natural habitat. You will earn the SSI Shark Ecology Specialty certification after completing this program... Find Out More

SSI Waves, Tides & Currents Water motion can have a tremendous effect on your diving experience This program gives you the skills and knowledge required to conduct dives from shore, in currents, and in different types of waves. Students completing this program earn the SSI Waves, Tides and Currents Specialty certification after completing this pr... Find Out More

SSI Wreck Diving Many of the ocean's best dive sites have artificial reefs, or wrecks that have sunk through the ages. This program gives you the skills and knowledge required to safely scuba dive above and around these underwater treasures. You will earn the SSI Wreck Diving certification after completing this program. Find Out More

SSI Enriched AIr Nitrox - Tom's TEST DESCRIPTION The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox program will teach you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. Diving with enriched air can increase your no-decompression limits, increase your safety, and reduce the required length of your surface intervals when compared to air. You will ... Find Out More

Recreational Decompression Diver Perfect for the diver that would like to spend a little extra time on a wreck or particular deep dive site, but doesn't want to don a full Extended Range configuration.  This course allows you to extend your bottom time with limited decompression in a recreational single tank configuration with only an additio... Find Out More

SSI Extended Range Nitrox Diving This program provides the knowledge and experience required to independently plan and conduct limited decompression dives to a maximum depth of 40 meters, using nitrox mixtures up to 50%. This entry-level program introduces you to the Extended Range training techniques and skills, and can be completed wearing a standar... Find Out More

SSI Cavern Diving This program provides you with the knowledge and experience required to independently plan and conduct cavern penetration dives within the light zone at depths shallower than 40 meters. You will learn how to use specialized cavern diving equipment, gas management concepts and buddy team skills to safely conduct cavern ... Find Out More

SSI Gas Blender Nitrox & Trimix Instructor Kit This program teaches the skills and concepts required to safely blend nitrox and helium-based trimix blends for mixed-gas diving. This is a non-diving program that is open to certified and uncertified divers, and teaches the mathematics, physics and techniques required to safely blend breathing gases. You will earn the... Find Out More

SSI Advanced Wreck Diving This program allows limited penetration within the daylight zone into wrecks with an overhead environment. The training required for this type of diving is overhead buoyancy control, new finning techniques, optional laying safety line and the proper use of a light. The program can be completed wearing a single cylinder... Find Out More

SSI Extended Range Foundations The SSI Extended Range Foundations program provides you with a workshop environment to improve your skills to a high level using a Total Diving System and procedures. All training dives are completed in a pool/confined water environment at depths less than 12 meters/40 feet. You will earn the SSI Extended Range Foundat... Find Out More

SSI Extended Range The SSI Extended Range program qualifies you to dive to a depth of 45 meters / 145 feet using nitrox mixtures of up to 100%. The program can be completed wearing a complete Extended Range Total Diving System, appropriate for single gas switch, accelerated decompression diving. You will earn the SSI Extended Range certi... Find Out More

SSI Technical Extended Range The intent of the SSI Technical Extended Range program is to provide divers with the training necessary to independently plan and conduct two-gas switch, multiple-stop decompression dives to depths of up to 60 meters / 200 feet, using specialized diving equipment and procedures with an equally-qualified dive buddy. You... Find Out More

SSI Hypoxic Trimix This is the pinnacle of technical diving. Here you will use all the knowledge, skills, equipment and experience from all of your previous training and push your limits to the extreme. There are two pathways; one takes you to 80 meters / 265 feet ,and the other to 100 meters / 330 feet using the same Extended Range Tota... Find Out More

SSI Full Cave Diving SSI Full Cave Diving allows complex navigation as you learn how to traverse, jump, tee and gap within a cave system. You will learn even more about a lost line, lost light, gas sharing and lost diver procedure. The Full Cave Diving program is the highest level overhead environment program, providing all the tools neede... Find Out More

SSI Cave Diving Cave Diving allows you to conduct penetrations on a single line with basic navigation. You will learn techniques to deal with problems in this most unforgiving of environments. Safety is the number one concern, and you will increase confidence by spending hours in the environment with your Cave Instructor. You will ear... Find Out More

SSI Technical Wreck Diving This program allows unlimited decompression wreck penetration to a maximum depth of 60 meters (during training). Like the other overhead programs, the training required for this type of diving requires high-level buoyancy control, finning techniques, laying line and the proper use of a light. You will also learn about ... Find Out More

TDI Advanced Wreck Diver The TDI Advanced Wreck course is the next step for any diver that has taken a wreck diver course. During this course, your TDI Instructor will teach you the proper techniques for locating and planning a penetration dive. The advanced wreck course is commonly taught with other popular TDI course such as advanced nitrox,... Find Out More

TDI Intro To Tech Diving The TDI Intro to Tech Course is an introductory course that expands on recreational training by improving dive planning methods, in-water skills, and streamlining existing gear configurations in a controlled and fun learning environment. Find Out More

TDI Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures Our preference is to teach Advanced NITROX and Deco together because in most cases the use of increased O2 is going to be used during decompression, rebreather diving or both. Advanced Nitrox The TDI Advanced Nitrox Course qualifies divers to use enriched air nitrox from EAN 21 through EAN 100 within your current... Find Out More

TDI Advanced Nitrox and Helitrox The TDI Helitrox Diver Course examines the theory, methods, and procedures for planning staged decompression dives utilizing helium in the breathing mixture to reduce the effects of inert gas narcosis.  Helitrox is normally taught in conjunction with TDI Advanced Nitrox. Find Out More

TDI Extended Range Diver Certain areas of the world provide spectacular dives at depths deeper than 39 metres/130 feet but you may not have access (or very limited access) to helium. The TDI Extended Range course teaches you the proper techniques for utilizing compressed air as a breathing gas, and with a maximum depth of 55 metres/180 feet, s... Find Out More

TDI Trimix Diver As your motivation to explore progresses you will find that you may want to go deeper to dive that wreck that is part of history or that cave system that you have read so much about. One of the major limiting factors of going deeper is narcosis; TDI’s Trimix Diver course shows how to minimize the effects of narco... Find Out More

SSI Science of Diving This program provides an in-depth and detailed study of physics, physiology, decompression theory, the aquatic environment and diving equipment. It is required training for most SSI Dive Professional programs, as well as some Extended Range programs. You will earn the SSI Science of Diving Specialty certification after... Find Out More

SSI Dive Guide This program gives you the skills and experience required to safely lead groups of certified divers, and is the first step towards an exciting career as an SSI Professional without requiring you to complete an instructor program. Professional Dive Guides can work for SSI Training Centers, guiding dives in a variety of ... Find Out More

SSI Divemaster Instructor Divemaster Instructor (DMI) is the next instructor level after Advanced Open Water Instructor (AOWI). In addition to the duties performed by an active status Advanced Open Water Instructor, active status Divemaster Instructors may conduct the Divemaster Crossover program for candidates from other recognized scuba train... Find Out More

SSI Instructor Crossover The intent of the SSI Dive Professional Crossover program is to provide an orientation to SSI philosophies and procedures to dive professionals from other recognized scuba training agencies. It provides the knowledge and skills needed to conduct SSI programs equivalent to their existing qualifications in a safe and en... Find Out More

SSI Divemaster Crossover The intent of the SSI Divemaster Crossover program is to provide an orientation to SSI philosophies and procedures to dive professionals from other recognized scuba training agencies. It provides the knowledge and skills needed to conduct SSI programs equivalent to their existing qualifications in a safe and enjoyable... Find Out More

SSI Assistant Instructor This program provides the skills, concepts, and teaching experience required to become a successful SSI Instructor. You will learn the SSI Teaching System and philosophy, how to assist Instructors in training and how to independently teach a variety of SSI training programs. Candidates who complete this program can ear... Find Out More

DAN - Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid (BLS) This fundamental course prepares you to provide proper care for life-threatening illnesses or injuries until professional emergency medical care is available. The life-support skills taught in this course include one-person CPR, use of automatic external defibrillators, bleeding management, assisting a choking victim a... Find Out More

DAN - Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries (EO2) Administering emergency oxygen is the preferred first aid for scuba diving injuries, and early administration can drastically improve the outcome for an injured diver. The DAN Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries course teaches you how to administer life-saving oxygen first aid to divers who may be suffering from... Find Out More

DAN - First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries (HMLI) Whether you venture into the ocean or simply consume food from it, hazardous marine life injuries can happen. Learn how to properly assess and handle these situations if they occur despite your efforts to prevent them in DAN’s First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries course will give you the knowledge you nee... Find Out More

DAN - Neurological Assessment (Neuro) DAN’s Neurological Assessment course teaches you how to properly manage injuries with neurological implications. You will learn to recognize these injuries and properly perform a neurological assessment. You’ll also learn what information to collect and relay to emergency medical services. Recognizing sympt... Find Out More

DAN - Diving Emergency Management Provider (DEMP) People who are interested in understanding first aid care for a variety of diving scenarios are encouraged to take the Diving Emergency Management Provider course. This course focuses specifically on diving injuries and provides divers and their surface support teams with first aid training for interim care until emerg... Find Out More

DAN - CPR: Health Care Provider with First Aid (HCP) Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, and witnessing a cardiac emergency in a diving context or your daily life is not unlikely. Taking the DAN CPR: Health Care Provider with First Aid course will help prepare you to handle these events and other life-threatening incidents. This course ... Find Out More

DAN - Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA Pro) Professional divers have unique responsibilities and a duty to respond to unique situations; their first-aid training should not be any less unique. DAN’s Diving First Aid for Professional Divers course is designed for commercial, professional, aquarium and scientific divers, and it provides knowledge and first-a... Find Out More