Why have we chosen SSI?
SSI provides training, scuba diving certification, and educational resources for divers, dive instructors, and dive centers and resorts around the world. Started in 1970, SSI has expanded to include more than 30 regional offices, is represented in more than 110 countries with over 2,400 International locations and has materials printed in 25 languages.
SSI is clearly a name to trust in the diving world and it ensures this through its uncompromising standards and focused methodology.Quality Dealers
SSI Authorized Dealers are carefully selected to meet the highest standards. They only work with full-service, reputable retailers and resorts who run a professional scuba school, sell and service equipment, and offer additional services to meet all your diving needs.
Quality Instructors
SSI is the only agency that requires instructors to affiliate with a full-service Authorized Dealer. SSI Instructors are monitored on-site for adherence to the SSI Training Standards, professional conduct and performance, to ensure that courses are taught right.
SSI’s the Leader in Home Study Training
Home study is the hottest thing in dive training because it allows you to spend more time in the water developing ability and comfort. In 1990s SSI pioneered this technique and is still the leader in the market today.
Comfort Through Repetition
SSI Instructors use a highly-effective water training method called Comfort Through Repetition. Scuba skills become second nature in order for you to relax and enjoy yourself when you go diving.
World-Wide Respect and Recognition
SSI divers are respected all over the world because of SSI’s reputation for training excellent divers. With over 1,900 Authorized Dealers in 90 countries, your SSI certification card will be welcomed anywhere you want to dive.
About our Instructors
Our SSI Dive Leaders are the element of the SSI organization that we are most proud of. Their commitment to high standards along with their unparalleled quality of instruction makes them invaluable members of the SSI Network
Insist on Accountability
You can be confident in the high caliber of an SSI Training Program because its quality assurance program ensures you will receive the best service possible:
- SSI is the only scuba certification agency that requires instructors to affiliate with a full-service authorized dive center.
- SSI is the only agency that requires instructors be monitored on-site for adherence to SSI and industry training standards, professional conduct and performance.
Student Focus
What truly sets our instructors apart is how much control they have over their own teaching style. Within certain parameters, instructors are allowed to adjust their training to their specific location or the special needs of their students. Trusting our Dive Leaders to teach in the way that’s best suited to the student is part of why so many divers are choosing to get their scuba instruction certification through SSI.