SSI offers you many specialties to enrich your scuba diving experience
By becoming a diver, you’ve embarked on one of the greatest adventures of your life.
Your beginner-level certification has given you the skills and knowledge to begin exploring the final frontier: the ocean.
The Open Water Diver Course is just the beginning of the journey.
There are many dive sites that require skills, knowledge, experience, and equipment that go beyond the scope of the Open Water Diver Course.
To meet these needs, SSI has created specialty courses for nearly every underwater environment, every equipment configuration, and every personal passion you may have.
Choose your next specialty course
This is the most requested and appreciated course by divers around the world.
With the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox course, you will be certified to breathe oxygen-enriched gas mixtures with 32% or 40% oxygen.
As a certified SSI Enriched Air Nitrox diver, you will be able to:
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Increase your bottom time and safety margins
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Decrease your surface intervals
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Reduce nitrogen narcosis symptoms
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Spend more time diving
In this course, you will learn:
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New skills and expand your scuba knowledge
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How to plan and dive safely with oxygen-enriched air mixtures up to 40% oxygen
Upon completion, you will receive an SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification.
Take your course with us in the Portofino Marine Protected Area!
Buoyancy is crucial for a more comfortable, safe dive, and for respecting the environment around you.
The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty is the best way to improve your buoyancy and get the most out of every dive.
Buoyancy is an essential skill for diving, but it takes time to perfect it.
In this course, you will learn:
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Advanced buoyancy techniques
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New skills that protect the environment
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The correct buoyancy to avoid contact with the seabed
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A correct trim that makes you more hydrodynamic
At the end of the training, you will receive the SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty certification.
With better buoyancy control, you’ll soon be able to hover effortlessly and take the underwater photos you’ve always dreamed of!
If you want to dive at night or in low visibility conditions, such as in lakes, this course is for you.
In this course, you will learn:
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How to conduct night dives and practise techniques to dive safely
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How to enter and exit the water at night
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How to use specialized equipment
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How to communicate with your buddy at night or in limited visibility
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The correct technique for conducting a dive in low visibility conditions
Once you’ve completed the course, you will receive the SSI Night Diving and Limited Visibility Specialty certification, and you’ll be ready to dive safely and comfortably at night.
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The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty course teaches you the necessary procedures to protect yourself and other divers.
You will learn:
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How to identify stress
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How to prevent accidents
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The procedures to perform rescues and provide emergency care
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How to manage emergency and recovery situations
At the end of this amazing course, you will receive the SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty certification. Sign up now!
With the SSI Deep Diving Specialty, you will be able to dive safely to a maximum depth of 40 meters.
You will learn:
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How to plan your dive
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How to calculate your gas consumption
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How to use the dive computer to stay within no-decompression limits
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How to complete your deep dive adventures safely
Once the course is completed, you will receive your SSI Deep Diving certification and be ready to explore deep dive sites in our beautiful Portofino Marine Protected Area!
Dive into living history!
Many of the best dive sites are wrecks. These impressive structures attract unusually high densities of marine life.
The SSI Wreck Diving Specialty teaches you all the techniques and knowledge you need to become a safe and conscious diver on wrecks.
You will learn:
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How to safely dive, without penetration, around wrecks, up to a depth of 30 meters
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How to plan proper procedures with your buddy
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How to manage your dive profile
Once you’ve completed the Wreck Diving course, you can pursue your passion for wrecks around the world!
Take the course with us on the Mohawk Deer wreck in the Portofino Marine Protected Area!
Become a Sidemounter too!
This configuration is ideal for all divers who want to dive with greater comfort and safety.
Sidemount diving is already a common practice for wreck, mine, and cave divers, but now the benefits can be enjoyed by a greater number of recreational divers.
The benefits are numerous:
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2 tanks on the sides
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Increased air supply
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Optimized redundancy
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Easy access to valves and regulators for any emergency
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Improved hydrodynamics
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Ability to wear tanks underwater
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Climb onto the boat without tanks, thus without weight on your back
The course is divided into two parts:
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The first part focuses on equipment configuration and dry procedures
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The second part involves shallow water exercises to learn all the necessary procedures for optimal diving
Sign up for the Sidemount course with Diving Group Portofino! We have excellent Sidemount Instructors who will make you fall in love with this diving philosophy!
Diving with a dry suit opens up a world of opportunities!
You’ll be able to book dives in remote Arctic destinations and explore cold-water dive sites teeming with life.
The dry suit keeps you warm even in the coldest waters.
You will learn:
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How to use the dry suit properly
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How to manage air during descent and ascent
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How to handle emergencies
The SSI Dry Suit Diving Specialty course teaches you all the techniques you need to dive safely and comfortably in a dry suit.
Take your course with us in the Portofino Marine Protected Area!
PHOTOGRAPHY with Marcello di Francesco
If photography is your passion, sign up for the SSI Photography Course with Marcello Di Francesco, SSI Instructor.
With him, you will learn:
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Underwater photography techniques
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How to choose the best equipment for your needs
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How to post-process your photos (an essential technique for underwater photos)
Learn how to take amazing photos in our beautiful Portofino Marine Protected Area.
Visit Marcello Di Francesco’s website and book your Underwater Photography course at Diving Group Portofino.
