Open Water Diver   Open Water Diver Certification ​This class gives you the life-long opportunity to dive locally or globally!   ​THE ADVENTURE BEGINS HERE!   Want to learn how to SCUBA dive but have little to no experience? You’re in the right place. At Scuba Divers Paradise, we maintain t...

Advanced Open Water Diver

Perfect Boyancy The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty is the best way to improve your buoyancy and get the most from every dive. Buoyancy is an essential dive skill, but any diver will tell you it takes time and practice to perfect the skill. With a combination of online learning and training dives, you will learn how advanced buoyancy s...

Night & Limited Visibility Night diving requires different skills from diving during the day. The SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility specialty is the best way to learn about night diving and practice the techniques you will need to become a safe and confident night diver. In this program, you will be provided with all the knowledge and skil...

Navigation In this specialty program, you will gain the advanced skills and knowledge you need to safely and confidently navigate underwater. You will learn how to use a compass and natural navigation techniques, estimate distance, how to leave and return to a designated point, plus basic navigation patterns. With a combination o...

Boat Diving The ocean is filled with dive sites, but many of the best ones can only be accessed by boat. If you want to discover these incredible dive sites, become an SSI boat diver. It is the best way to learn how to dive from different types of boats safely and with confidence. You can experience the excitement of liveaboard di...

Scuba Skills Update It is easy for dive skills to get rusty and to lose confidence when you have not dived for a while. With the SSI SCUBA Skills Update, we will get you back in the water and diving with ease in no time. This SCUBA refresher course allows you to review and practice SCUBA skills you learned in your Open Water Diver program...

Altitude Diving The SSI Altitude Specialty course will provide students the skills and confidence to dive at higher altitudes. During the course, students will learn techniques and concepts needed to safely plan dives at higher altitude. Students will earn the SSI Altitude Diving specialty certification upon the completion of the cour...

Deep Diving The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will teach you all you need to dive to depths between 18 and 40 meters, through a mixture of academic sessions and open water dives. With a combination of online learning and training dives, you will learn how to plan and safely complete your deep diving adventures and use computers and ga...

Diver Stress & Rescue The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. You will learn how to identify stress, how to prevent accidents and be taught practical techniques to conduct rescues and provide emergency care. With a combination of confined water and open water pr...

Enriched Air Nitrox As a Nitrox diver, you can increase your bottom times and safety margins, plus shorten your surface intervals - so you can spend more time diving and less time waiting! In this program, you will learn new skills and increase your diving knowledge whilst learning how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of...

Equipment Techniques Choosing and buying your dive equipment is one of the biggest and most important investments you will make as a diver. We want you to choose the right dive kit for your needs and know how to care for it properly. Working with an experienced and trained SSI Professional, you will learn in-depth information about the com...

React Right (First Aid, CPR, AED and O2) React Right is SSI’s emergency first response course and provides you with the training and knowledge you need to act as a first responder in a medical emergency. You will learn about  primary assessment, first aid, CPR and primary stabilization techniques. You can also learn about oxygen administration in d...

Search and Recovery In this fascinating program, you will learn all the skills you need to safely and confidently conduct search and recovery dives. With a combination of online learning and training dives, you will learn how to use search patterns, specialized dive plans and equipment such as lift bags, lines and reels. By developing you...

Science of Diving Join the SSI Science of Diving specialty and you will develop a complete understanding of the underwater world and its effects on the human body. This specialty is required training for most SSI Professional programs, as well as some Extended Range programs, and is an essential way to expand your dive knowledge. Earn y...

Wreck Diving Many of the ocean’s best dive sites are wrecks. These impressive structures attract unusually high densities of marine life and give you the chance to immerse in living history as you dive. There is nothing quite like wreck diving and the SSI Wreck Diving specialty will give you all the skills and knowledge you n...