Every Course We Teach, In One Place.
From your first breath underwater to advanced technical and professional training, here is the complete SSI course catalog at Tom’s, listed alphabetically, including courses coming soon.
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Every Course, A to Z.
Advanced Open Water Diver
Five real, supervised adventure dives, including Deep and Navigation plus three of your choice.
Altitude Diving
Adjusted dive planning for elevations above 1,000 feet. Essential for mountain lake dive sites.
Assistant Instructor
Step 2 in the Lead / Pro pathway: assist an SSI instructor with academic sessions, pool skills, and select open water training.
Blue Oceans
What is driving the ocean changes you have witnessed, and concrete ways to get involved.
Boat Diving
Giant strides, recall signals, current lines: the logistics shore diving never teaches.
Computer Diving
Learn exactly what your dive computer is telling you, instead of just trusting it.
Coral Identification
Recognize common coral families, reef structure, and signs of health or stress.
Decompression Diving
Plan and execute staged decompression dives past your no-decompression limit, to 132ft.
Deep Diving
The planning that makes going deeper a deliberate, well-prepared decision.
Digital Underwater Photography
Taught privately and built entirely around your own camera and housing.
Dive Guide
The first step toward leading certified divers on guided dives, before Divemaster.
Divemaster
Lead certified divers on guided dives and serve as a certified assistant during training.
Diver Stress & Rescue
Recognize stress in another diver, respond before it becomes panic, and manage an emergency.
Dry Suit Diving
Buoyancy control in a dry suit, thermal management, and cold water diving techniques.
Enriched Air Nitrox
Plan longer no decompression time at common reef depths using higher oxygen gas mixtures.
Equipment Techniques
Hands on with your Total Diving System, so a gear problem becomes something you can diagnose.
First Aid, CPR & AED
Real, scenario based practice built around the emergencies divers actually encounter.
Fish Identification
Identify common fish families by anatomy, behavior, and habitat.
Fresh Water Ecology
The ecosystems, species, and conservation concerns specific to fresh water environments.
Foundations to Recreational
Single back mount configuration, done properly from the start: foundational skills and equipment configuration for single tank recreational diving.
Coming SoonFull Face Mask Diving
Configuration, clearing, and communication systems for full face mask diving.
Manta & Ray Ecology
Behavior, biology, and conservation status of mantas and rays.
Marine Ecology
Learn to actually read a reef: its zones, its residents, and how it all connects.
Marine Invertebrate Ecology
Identification and ecology of the invertebrates that form the foundation of every reef.
Marine Mammal Ecology
Biology, behavior, and conservation of marine mammals: dolphins, whales, and sea lions.
Navigation
Reading a dive site itself, and running a compass heading with confidence.
Night & Limited Visibility
Lights, buddy contact signals, and navigation built for darkness and murky water.
Nudibranch Ecology
Identification, behavior, and ecological role of nudibranchs.
Open Water Diver
Dive safely and independently, so every reef, wreck, and trip becomes a place you can go.
Open Water Instructor
Complete the Instructor Training Course to teach Open Water and continuing education courses.
Oxygen Provider
Recognize the signs of a dive injury and respond with supplemental oxygen.
Perfect Buoyancy
Weighting, trim, and breathing control that turn constant effort into something effortless.
Science of Diving
The physics behind the procedures, so the rules you follow become rules you understand.
Scooter / DPV Diving
Safe DPV operation, handling, and failure procedures for scooter assisted diving.
Scuba Skills Update
Equipment setup, buoyancy, mask and regulator skills, back in one pool session.
Sea Turtle Ecology
Species identification, life history, and how to observe sea turtles without disturbing them.
Search & Recovery
Systematic patterns and lift techniques that turn a lost cause moment into a solvable problem.
Shark Ecology
Shark biology, behavior, ecological role, and conservation status.
Try Scuba
One warm pool session: the gear, the coaching, and your first breath underwater.
Waves, Tides & Currents
Recognize what is actually happening at a site, including real drift diving technique.
Wreck Diving
Structure, history, and marine life that a reef dive alone cannot offer.
XR Foundations
Buoyancy, trim, propulsion, and team habits refined to a technical standard, by assessment.
Every certified diver started with Open Water. Every next step starts with a conversation.
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