SSI Specialty & Professional Courses
Beyond Open Water Diver
Once you're certified, these are the courses we teach next — from core skills to full professional levels.
How it works
The training pathway
After Open Water Diver, SSI's system branches out from specialty courses into extended-range and professional tracks. Here's where each course we teach sits in that bigger picture — the courses below are the ones we currently offer in La Paz.
Specialty courses
Build your skills, one dive at a time
Take these in any order that fits your goals and schedule — most can be combined with a regular fun-dive day.
01 — Perfect Buoyancy
Fine-tune trim, weighting and control — the skill that improves every other dive.
02 — Navigation
Natural and compass navigation, so you can find your way — and back — underwater.
03 — Deep Diving
Extend your depth range safely, with the planning and gas-management skills it requires.
04 — Night & Limited Visibility
Dive after dark and in low-visibility water, with the right lights and communication skills.
05 — Enriched Air Nitrox
Longer bottom times and shorter surface intervals, diving on enriched air blends.
06 — Science of Diving
The physics and physiology behind diving — useful background for any advanced diver.
07 — Diver Stress & Rescue
Recognize and manage diver stress, and respond effectively in an emergency.
08 — React Right
First aid and CPR for the water and boat environment — pairs well with Rescue.
09 — Marine Ecology
Understand the reefs and marine life you're diving with — my own background as a marine scientist.
Take it further
Professional level
For divers ready to guide others underwater.
10 — Leadership
Dive Guide
Learn to lead certified divers on guided dives — the first step into professional diving.
Get in touch
Which course is right for you?
Message me and we'll figure out the best next step together.
La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico