SSI
(Scuba Schools International)
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Every Diver Should Know | | Decades
of experience has taught us that there are four requirements to successful diving:
proper knowledge, proper skills, proper equipment, and experience. |
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Proper Knowledge. There are certain safety rules
that must be learned. With a professional teaching system (a manual, video, and
study guide), you can study this information on your own. An Instructor will be
available for assistance. |
Proper Skills. You must develop ability with basic
scuba skills, such as moving in the water and equipment handling. The best way
to learn is from a qualified Instructor at a professional scuba school. Review
and practice time reinforces the skills. |
Proper Equipment. The most comfortable, convenient
and enjoyable way to dive is with your own set of properly-fitted equipment. As
you become familiar with your equipment, your ability level increases. Servicing
your equipment annually improves your equipment's performance, and minimizes malfunctions,
which provides peace mind. |
Experience. While education helps develop knowledge
and skills, the key to becoming a comfortable and confident diver is simply to
dive as much as possible. Your experience increases as you explore different diving
locations, meet new friends, have new adventures, and explore new worlds. That's
why SSI's motto is "serious diving, serious fun!" |
Diver Education
~The SSI Difference~
We make learning to dive as easy as 1-2-3
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STUDY ACADEMIC MATERIALS AT HOME. |
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Start your adventure today with our top-rated home study program. At your convenience, and in the comfort of your own home, you review the text, watch a full-motion video, and complete a simple study guide. |
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COMPLETE ACADEMIC REVIEW & POOL SESSIONS. |
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After your academic and equipment review session, it's off to the pool to become comfortable and proficient with your new scuba skills and equipment under the guidance of a professional SSI Instructor. |
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COMPLETE OPEN WATER CERTIFICATION DIVES. |
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Let's go diving! You will join your Instructor for two exciting days of scuba diving. There you will apply all the knowledge and skills form steps 1 and 2. You can make the dives locally or join a scheduled trip to a diving destination. A referral can also be arranged if you already have a vacation planned. |
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Scuba diving is an exciting, challenging and rewarding experience. The sport continues to grow year after year and more people are being enticed into the underwater world. People form all walks of life are now becoming certified to scuba dive. The days of certifications being help by predominantly the young and strong military men is a bygone era. Now the young the old, male and female are partaking in scuba diving. In the stress and rescue course you will analyze what causes stress, how a normal dive can turn into a rescue situation and what steps could have been taken to prevent the situation from occurring. The stress and rescue program is prevention and solving problems that could turn a situation into a rescue. |
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| Open Water Diver |
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Diving offers a lifetime of exciting adventure. Experience the thrilling sensation of flying underwater, and the wonder and magnificence of inner space. Explore exotic islands, colorful coral reefs, and the waters near your home. Excel at scuba and you'll discover new friends, new worlds, and a new passion for life.
The ideal way to begin your adventure is with SSI's Open Water Diver course. Under the guidance of a professional SSI Instructor, you'll develop the knowledge and skills necessary to enjoy a lifetime of underwater exploration. |
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Proper Knowledge
SSI's modular, six-session teaching system includes a DVD, manual, study guide, DiveLog, and dive tables. Some topics include: |
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Planning enjoyable, exciting dives |
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Appreciating the underwater world |
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Tips on traveling |
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How to make diving a lifetime of adventure |
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Proper Skills
In multiple pool and open water sessions, you'll practice scuba skills with SSI's exclusive Comfort Through Repetition teaching method. Some of the skills are: |
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The easiest ways to get into and out of the water |
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Breathing normally underwater |
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Moving in the water with ease |
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Controlling buoyancy so you neither descend nor ascend |
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Getting water out of your mask |
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Proper Equipment
Since you can't dive without equipment, there is extensive information on scuba equipment, including: |
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Selecting the best diving equipment for your needs and budget |
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Maintaining and adjusting your equipment to extend its life and improve performance |
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EQUIPMENT TECHNIQUES
There are many resources for the sport diver regarding equipment. The equipment techniques class is not to promote certain brand names, but rather to give the diver the ability to be better informed when selecting, maintaining and packing of his or her equipment. |
DEEP DIVING SPECIALTY
Why deep diving?
Deep Diving opens the door to many new dive sites and exciting dives. The new sites could be, deeper reefs, wall diving or wrecks. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty teaches you how to dive safely to depths deeper than 60 ft, giving you the opportunity to explore deeper depths. |
NAVIGATION SPECIALTY
When a diver learns to navigate the way to and from a destination, a new sense of confidence and ability is achieved. Simply knowing that you can find your way back to the boat or shore, relieves the stress from the dive. The ability to be able to find objects, refs and wrecks again makes navigation a very important pat of diving. |
NIGHT/LIMITED VISIBILITY SPECIALTY
Why dive at night or in limited visibility?
Night diving allows divers a new perspective to diving. To be able to explore coral reefs, kelp forests and wrecks at night allows divers to see different types of underwater life not seen during day light hours. By using a dive light it allows you to see all the natural colors normally lost during daylight hours. To be able to dive in limited visibility safely will also reduce the stress before and during your limited visibility diving experience. |
ENRICHED AIR NITROX SPECIALTY
Of all the advances made in the last two decades in recreational diving, non had generated more excitement than diving with enriched air "nitrox". Nitrox give divers the ability to spend more time underwater, therefore giving them more opportunity to explore the other three quarters of the earth that is under water. |
DRY SUIT DIVING SPECIALTY
The ability to dive in cold water opens up an entirely new spectrum of experiences and challenges for the scuba diver. Dry suit diving will allow divers to extend their diving season. Cold water diving also will allow you to explore new sites and see different types of life not seen in tropical waters. In winter the colder waters will also offer better visibility than the warmer waters of summer. |
UNDERWATER DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIALTY
The desire to share our experiences with others is something all divers have in common. Underwater photography provides the best and most enjoyable means to do so. Taking pictures underwater can be a richly satisfying experience. - Having your own underwater Kodak moment. |
COMPUTER DIVING SPECIALTY
One of the greatest innovations of diving equipment is the dive computer. The intent of this specialty is to educate divers to use computers safely and to aid in making an intelligent decision as to which computer would best fit their needs. |
BOAT DIVING SPECIALTY
Boat diving is a different type of diving. Using different type of boats will allow you to explore new venues and dive sites that are not available when doing shore dives. One type of boat diving that is very exciting is the concept of live-aboards, which allows you the ability to travel to exotic dive sites and to dive in areas that are only available when using live-aboards. |
WRECK DIVING SPECIALTY
Learn about the techniques and specialized equipment necessary to explore the sunken vessels of our historic past safely.
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WANT MORE!
Come In And Ask About Becoming An SSI Dive Professional.
You Can Become A
DIVECON or a SCUBA INSTRUCTOR |
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