Technical Diving / Extended Range Specialty Classes:

Below are some of the technical diving / extended range specialties that our student divers ask for. If you do not see a class that you are interested in, please contact us, and we will be happy to help you explore your interests. We offer your choice of classes through PADI or SSI certifying agencies.

• Extended Range - Advanced Wreck: In the advanced wreck diver course, you will gain the knowledge, experience, and skills needed to penetrate the wrecks beyond the recreational dive limits. You will learn safety and buddy team considerations, how to plan advanced wreck penetration dives, manage your gas supply and how to identify and manage risks associated with this type of diving, to safely conduct wreck penetration dives allowing you to go further into shipwrecks than ever before, opening up a whole new world of exciting exploration.

 

• Cavern Diving: During the cavern diving course under the guidance of one of our experienced instructors, students learn how to plan and execute cavern dives, manage the risks associated with cavern diving and practice running lines, lost line and silt-out drills, buddy communication.

 

• Extended Range Nitrox Diving: The Extended Range Nitrox Diving certification means that you have the knowledge and skills to dive longer and deeper than recreational divers typically can, giving you access to more dive sites throughout the world! Extended Range programs provide avid divers with the needed training, knowledge and skills to experience the excitement of tec diving. Explore caves, enjoy extended bottom times, and experience the thrill of diving deep reefs and wrecks. Go deeper and further with advanced nitrox / Extended Range programs like Extended Range Trimix, Semi-Closed Rebreather Diving, Extended Range Cavern Diving, Closed-Circuit Rebreather Diving, and more. The SSI Extended Range specialties are apex programs that give you the highest level of diving skill and knowledge. Once you have completed your training, you will be the best of the best. SSI offers the most comprehensive range of tec diving programs in the industry, including professional tec diving programs. Go farther, deeper, and beyond your limits with SSI Extended Range.

 

• Gas Blender: In the Gas Blender course, you will learn how to design safe air fill / blending stations, how to mix enriched air nitrox and helium-blend gases using multiple blending methods. If you are an Enriched Air Diver and are at least 18 years old, you can enroll in a Gas Blender course.

 

• SCR / Rebreather Diver: Rebreathers used to be only for technical diving, but not any more. New recreational rebreathers are lightweight, easy-to-transport and have sophisticated electronics to simplify their use. Join the exciting world of rebreather diving! Learn to go no-decompression diving with a semi closed rebreather (SCR). Diving a rebreather gets you longer no stop limits, reduced gas consumption because you reuse most of your exhaled gas, and unmatched wildlife encounters because you don't release annoying bubbles. The Rebreather Diver course introduces you to rebreather diving and lets you experience things you never imagined possible as a scuba diver.

 

• Extended Range / Intro to Tec Sidemount, Tec 40 Open or Closed Circuit: The Tec Sidemount / Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational scuba diving to technical diving. It is a great place to build your knowledge, skills and buoyancy control to help you advance through your technical diving journey. The Tec Sidemount Diver / Tec 40 courses bridge the gap between no stop diving and full technical deep decompression diving. You gain experience and begin building the knowledge and skills you need to continue your tec diver training. You will qualify to make limited decompression dives to 40 metres/130 feet while learning technical / self-reliant diving skills, finning techniques how to manage redundant air sources and extended range dives.