Continued Scuba Diving Courses
So you have qualified as an Open Water Diver, now is the time to continue your diving adventures and get the skills and experience you need to dive the world’s best dive sites, with our continued training programs. Whatever your passion, we have a course for you. From learning to dive deeper, enjoying longer dives, going night diving and much more, you need to come and see us so we can guide you on your personal diving journey. When you complete a certain number of courses, which you will find below we will automatically upgrade you to a Specialty Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver and you can earn your Master Diver ratings. These courses are where the real dive adventures begin so see what we can offer you below. Cannot find the course you want? Or not sure where to begin then get in touch and we will help you.
Deep Diver
Are you ready to dive a bit deeper and explore deeper wrecks, coral-encrusted walls, reefs and more? Many exciting dive sites lie in deep waters and our Deep Diving Specialty will teach you how to get there – safely and with confidence. You’ll learn how to plan and conduct dives from between 18 and 40 meters deep and earn your Deep Diving Specialty certification.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
As a deep diver, you’ll get to discover some of the world’s best dive sites and most sought-after marine life. Our deep diving qualification 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.
You’ll learn to plan and safely complete your deep diving adventures and use computers and gas consumption calculations to get the most from your deep dives.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM YES
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 5 (these may be combined)
OPEN WATER DIVES 3
MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 40M/130FT
DRY SUIT DIVING
One of our most popular courses and an absolute must for UK diving. Our Dry Suit course is the best way to extend your dive season, keep warm and explore cold water dive sites with ease. In our dry suit course you will learn all you need to safely and comfortably dive in a dry suit, manage dry suit emergencies, experience diving with a Dry Suit and earn our Dry Suit Certification.
As a dry suit diver, you can dive all year, in cold waters and still stay warm. This type of diving opens up a world of opportunities including diving remote Arctic destinations and cold-water dive sites teeming with life, which otherwise wouldn’t be possible.
Dry suit diving is also a great way to keep warm on multi-dive days when you don’t want to spend your time getting in and out of a cold wetsuit. On our course you will learn how to use your dry suit and how to handle emergencies – which are unique to this type of diving.
Our Dry Diver Certification includes:
All kit hire
All Pool Fees
Air Fills
Instructor time
Lifetime Certification
Our pool sessions usually take place on a Tuesday Evening from 19:15pm and our Open Water dives usually take place over a weekend at Stoney Cove or an alternative suitable location. For dates or to see more courses visit our events page.
Minimum Age - 12
Prerequisites - Open Water Diver or completing Open Water Diver Certification
Academic Session - Online Learning
Pool/Confined Water Sessions - 1
Open Water Dives - 2
Maximum Open Water Depth Limit - 30M/100FT
Maximum Open Water Depth Limit for 12 - 14 year-olds - 18 Metres
ENRICHED AIR NITROX LEVEL 2 (40%)
One of our most popular courses! Do you want to extend your dive time, shorten your surface intervals and explore the dive sites you love for longer? Then our Enriched Air Nitrox Certification is for you.
Here you will learn all you need to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen, plus earn your Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty certification.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
If you want to shorten your surface intervals and extend your dive time, then become a Nitrox diver. As a Nitrox diver, you can increase your bottom times and safety margins, plus shorten your surface intervals - so you can spend more time exploring the dive sites you love and less time waiting to dive. It’s the perfect course to get the most out of your dive time, especially on multi-dive days, and helps minimize diver fatigue. In this program, you’ll learn new skills and increase you diving knowledge whilst learning how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen.
Upon completion, you’ll earn your Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM YES
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 3 (these may be combined)
MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 30M/100FT
EQUIPMENT TECHNIQUES
Choosing and buying your dive equipment is one of the biggest and most important investments you’ll make as a diver, but it’s easy to get it a bit wrong. We want you to choose the right dive kit for your needs and know how to look after it properly. Working with an experienced Professional, you’ll learn in-depth information about diving equipment maintenance and practice basic preventative maintenance on your kit leaving you with a thorough understanding of your diving equipment.
Get the most from your diving equipment investment. Earn your Equipment Techniques Specialty.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
With the right knowledge, you can get the most from your investment and enjoy safe and comfortable dives for years to come.
The Equipment Techniques Specialty is the best dive equipment specialty to learn how to choose and store your dive kit, plus learn all about dive equipment maintenance to ensure you get maximum performance and longevity from your dive kit.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM Yes
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 4 (combined)
MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 30M/60ft
NAVIGATION
Underwater navigation is a crucial dive skill, but it doesn’t need to be difficult. Become a better, more confident diver who always knows where they’re going, with the SSI Navigation Specialty. You’ll learn how to use a dive compass, natural navigation techniques and more.
Upon completion, you’ll earn your Navigation Speciality certification.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
In this specialty program, you’ll gain the advanced skills and knowledge you need to safely and confidently navigate underwater. You’ll 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. You will also be taught how to combine navigation techniques to enhance your diving experience. All of which hones your underwater observation skills, improves your dive safety and helps you to get the most out of every dive.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM YES
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 5 (these may be combined)
AMOUNT OF OPEN WATER DIVES 2
MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 30M/100FT
NIGHT DIVING AND LIMITED VISIBILITY
A good course for those diving in the UK or wishing to dive at night abroad. Complete our Night Diving and Limited Visibility Specialty program and you’ll learn all you need to dive safely at night or in limited visibility.
Upon completion, you’ll earn your Night Diving and Limited Visibility Specialty Certification.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
Night diving requires different skills from diving during the day. Our Night Diving and Limited Visibility Specialty is the best way to learn about night diving and practice the techniques you’ll need to become a safe and confident night diver or to dive confidently if visibility becomes poor.
In this program, you’ll be provided with all the knowledge and skills you need to safely and comfortably dive at night or in limited visibility conditions. With a combination of online learning and open water training dives, you’ll learn how to enter and exit the water, use specialized equipment, and how to communicate with your buddy easily at night or in limited visibility.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM Yes
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 5 (combined)
OPEN WATER DIVES 2
MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 30M/60ft
PERFECT BUOYANCY
Learn to glide through the ocean effortlessly, extend your dive time, reduce your air consumption and more with our Perfect Buoyancy certification. No matter what your diving interest, having perfect buoyancy is the key to successful and more enjoyable diving.
With this essential program, you’ll learn all you need to master your buoyancy and earn our Perfect Buoyancy Specialty certification.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
Buoyancy is an essential dive skill, but any diver will tell you it takes time to perfect. Our Perfect Buoyancy specialty will teach you advanced buoyancy skills and techniques so you can master your buoyancy more quickly and enjoy more relaxed dive adventures. With improved body position in the water and better buoyancy control, you’ll reduce your air consumption, increase your bottom times, hover with ease, take the underwater photographs you dream of and explore the ocean effortlessly.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM YES
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 4 (these may be combined)
AMOUNT OF POOL/CONFINED WATER DIVES 2
MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 30M/100FT
SCIENCE OF DIVING
Expand your dive knowledge and gain a better understanding of your equipment, physics, the aquatic environment and more with our online Science of Diving Specialty. After completing this dive science program, you’ll be halfway to earning the coveted SSI Divemaster rating.
Start your Science of Diving Specialty certification online today. Contact us for more information and support.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
Our Science of Diving Specialty is the best program to learn in-depth information about diving physics, physiology and your dive equipment. With this program, you’ll develop a complete understanding of the underwater world and its effect on the human body.
You’ll acquire the knowledge you need to begin your dive professional career and earn the Science of Diving Specialty certification. Required training for most SSI Professional programs, as well as some Extended Range programs, it is an essential way to expand your dive knowledge. Available online, you can earn your Science of Diving Specialty certification from home.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM Yes
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 5 (combined)
SEARCH & RECOVERY
Losing a piece of equipment is annoying, but here is a course which might help you find the lost item or a missing diver. By doing our Search & Recovery Specialty Certification we will show you all you need to safely and confidently conduct search and recovery dives and communicate underwater, so you can find lost items or divers with ease.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
Make lost items a thing of the past with our Search & Recovery Specialty Certification. On this course you will learn all the skills you need to safely and confidently conduct search and recovery dives.
You will be taught how to use search patterns, specialized dive plans and underwater communication skills and you’ll practice using new equipment like lift bags, lines and reels. By developing your search techniques and practicing searches in a dive team, you’ll become a confident search and rescue diver should the need arrive.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM YES
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 4 (these may be combined)
AMOUNT OF POOL/CONFINED WATER DIVES 1
AMOUNT OF OPEN WATER DIVES 2
MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 30M/100FT
STRESS & RESCUE
Diver stress is a major cause of diving accidents, but it can easily be prevented and resolved. We believe that with the right skills and approach you can help yourself, and others in need and stay safe. Our Stress and Rescue course will help you learn to identify stress, prevent accidents, and we will show you rescue diver skills.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
Our Stress and Rescue Specialty Certification is the best course for learning the skills needed to protect yourself and other divers. You’ll 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 pool and open water practice sessions, you’ll become well prepared and confident at handling emergency and rescue situations and alot of our students say that they enjoy this course despite the serious issues covered.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM Yes
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 6 (combined)
AMOUNT OF POOL/CONFINED WATER DIVES 3
AMOUNT OF OPEN WATER DIVES 3
MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 30M/100FT
WRECK DIVING
Do you want to explore iconic towering shipwrecks? Or dive over World War airplanes covered in vibrant marine life? Discover the world of wreck diving and get started today with our wreck diving course.
You’ll learn all you need to dive above and around wrecks and artificial reefs, plus earn your SSI Wreck Diving Specialty certification.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
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 our Wreck Diving Specialty will give you all the skills and knowledge you need to become a safe and confident wreck diver.
With a combination of academic and confined water sessions, you’ll be taught how to safely conduct non-penetration dives around wrecks and artificial reefs, up to a depth of 30 meters. You’ll also get to practice your wreck diving skills during open water training dives. All of which will ensure you can enjoy wreck diving with confidence and get the most out of every dive.
Upon completion of this program, you will earn your Wreck Diving Specialty certification. Continue your adventures and become a wreck diver. Get started online today.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 15
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM YES
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 4 (these may be combined)
AMOUNT OF OPEN WATER DIVES 2
MAXIMUM TRAINING DEPTH 30M/100FT
REACT RIGHT - COURSE COMBINATION (FA, CPR, AED, O2)
Learn how to manage dive emergencies and treat injuries as a first responder with our React Right Specialty. In this emergency first response course, you’ll learn about first aid and CPR skills, stabilization techniques, oxygen administration, Automated External Defibrillation basics and more.
Earn our React Right Specialty certification and help other divers in need now.
FACTS AND TRAINING STANDARDS
React Right is an emergency first response course and provides you with the training and knowledge you need to act as a first responder in a medical emergency. If you want to help other divers and know how to manage emergencies, this is the best course for you.
In this flexible dive program, you can choose which subjects you want to learn about, including primary assessment, first aid, CPR and primary stabilization techniques. You can also learn about oxygen administration in diving emergencies and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) basics. Using a combination of academic sessions and practical training scenarios, this program will give you the tools and confidence you need for emergency response.
By the time you’re certified, you’ll be able to act as an emergency first responder, provide first aid and CPR, administer oxygen and provide AED support in a medical emergency.
MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION 12
AVAILABLE AS JUNIOR PROGRAM Yes
AMOUNT OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS 6 (combined)