Try Scuba Try Scuba is a pool only program which will give customers an introductory scuba experience with a Florida Springs Scuba Dive Professional. Minimum Age – 8 years old Find Out More

Basic Diver Begin your scuba diving journey with Florida Springs Scuba and SSI! In the SSI Basic Diver program, you will learn the skills and knowledge you need to try diving up to 40ft deep with an SSI Professional. It is a great way to explore the underwater world more fully as you try diving. The entire Basic Diver prog... Find Out More

Open Water Diver The Open Water Diver program provides students with the knowledge and training necessary to dive autonomously with an equally- or more-qualified buddy, in environments equivalent with their training and to depths shallower than 60 feet. After completing your Online Training, confined water/pool training, and final exa... Find Out More

Referral Diver Check out Dives - Complete your Open Water training dives with Florida Springs Scuba Once you have completed your academic sessions, confined water/pool training and final exam with your local dive center, come to the gorgeous and peaceful Florida Springs to complete your Open Water Training. Our experienced instructors will coach you through the final evaluation dives of the course and insure you are ... Find Out More

Scuba Skills Update It's common for diving skills to become rusty and for you to lose confidence with time away from the water. Our Scuba Skills Update is designed to swiftly get you back into diving with confidence. This refresher course lets you revisit and practice the scuba skills from your Open Water Diver program, with the ... Find Out More

Advanced Open Water Course The Advanced Open Water Course is an opportunity for divers to gain more experience and is designed to give divers the skills and experience needed to participate when training beyond your Open Water certification is required by the dive operations or liveaboard dive boats. The Nitrox Diver Course is the perfect compan... Find Out More

Boat The ocean is filled with dive sites, but many of the best ones can only be accessed by boat. If you want to discover these incredible dive sites, become an SSI boat diver. It is the best way to learn how to dive from different types of boats safely and with confidence.  Find Out More

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Decompression Diver Do you want to diver deeper and longer? The SSI Decompression Diving Specialty will teach you how to dive beyond the no-decompression limits. You will learn to plan and conduct dives to a maximum depth of 40 meters with limited decompression using your recreational total diving system and a single decompression cylinde... Find Out More

Deep The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will teach you all you need to dive to depths between 18 and 40 meters, through a mixture of academic sessions and open water dives. You will learn to plan and safely complete your deep diving adventures and use computers and gas consumption calculations to get the most from your deep... Find Out More

Diver Stress & Rescue The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. Find Out More

Dry Suit Does the idea of shivering your way through a dive make you want to stay on dry land? Drysuit diving opens up a world of opportunities, including diving remote Arctic destinations and exploring cold-water dive sites teeming with life. Find Out More

Night/Limited Visibility Night diving requires different skills from diving during the day. Thw SSI night Diving and Limited Visibility specialty is the best way to learn about night diving and practice the techniques you will need to become a safe and confident night diver.    Find Out More

Nitrox As a Nitrox diver, you can increase your bottom times and safety margins, plus shorten your surface intervals.     Find Out More

Perfect Buoyancy Perfect Buoyancy is our passion. The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty is the best way to improve your buoyancy and get the most from every dive. Buoyancy is an essential dive skill, but any diver will tell you it takes time to perfect.   Find Out More

Photo & Video Underwater photography has some challenges not found on land, but with the SSI Photo & Video specialty program, you will soon learn how to capture your amazing underwater experiences. Find Out More

React Right/First Aid React Right is SSI’s emergency first response course and provides you with the training and knowledge you need to act as a first responder in a medical emergency. Find Out More

Advanced Wreck Advanced wreck Find Out More

Recreational Cavern & Cenote Recreational Cavern & Cenote Find Out More

Sidemount In this sidemount diving course, you’ll learn all you need to go single or two-cylinder sidemount diving up to a maximum depth of 30 meters or to your certification depth, whichever is deeper. Find Out More

Waves, Tides and Currents Diving in currents opens up a world of new dive sites that often host the most spectacular marine life. But wave, tides and currents can impact your dives and affect your safety if you do not know how to handle them. Find Out More

Gas Blender Correctly mixing gasses is essential to being able to breathe safely underwater. The SSI Gas Blender program teaches you the skills and concepts required to safely blend nitrox and helium-based trimix gases.  Find Out More

Search & Recovery In this fascinating program, you will learn all the skills you need to safely and confidently conduct search and recovery dives. Find Out More

Underwater Navigation In this specialty program, you will gain the advanced skills and knowledge you need to safely and confidently navigate underwater.  Find Out More

VIP Inspection This Cylinder Inspection Course is designed to promote safety in the care and maintenance of high-pressure scuba cylinders.    Find Out More

Wreck There is nothing quite like wreck diving and the SSI Wreck Diving specialty will give you all the skills and knowledge you need to become a safe and confident wreck diver.  Find Out More

SSI Shark Ecology Kit Become a certified SSI Shark Ecology diver In the SSI Shark Ecology program, you will learn how to interpret shark behaviours, why they are often misunderstood and how dive with sharks. This is a perfect course for shark fans and for divers who are nervous about sharks but want to overcome their fear. Upon completio... Find Out More

SSI Marine Ecology In the SSI Marine Ecology specialty program, you will learn how ocean organisms interact with each other and their environments. You will be taught how energy flows through communities and the links between different ocean ecosystems.  With your new found knowledge, you will appreciate the marine life you dive ... Find Out More

SSI Sea Turtle Ecology Become a certified SSI Sea Turtle Ecology diver Sea turtles are some of the most wonderful animals to dive with. You will want to dive with them even more after completing the SSI Sea Turtle Ecology Specialty program! This specialty program provides the skills and concepts you need to recognize and identify common s... Find Out More

SSI Science of Diving Join the SSI Science of Diving specialty and you will develop a complete understanding of the underwater world and its effects on the human body. Immerse in physics, physiology, decompression theory and the aquatic environment with the online SSI Science of Diving Specialty. Then join us at Florida Springs Scuba f... Find Out More

Independent Diving Independent Diving The purpose of this course is to expand the skills and knowledge of the diver to make a safe dive without the direct assistance of a buddy. Also what kind of equipment is necessary for performance and safety and how it is used. Divers like photographers and diveleaders often find themselves in ... Find Out More

Mares Horizon Semi-Closed Rebreather Welcome to the world of rebreather diving. What is the SSI SCR Diving program? If you are looking to try SCR rebreather diving with a training approach and system that is easy to use, natural to dive with, safe, and designed for all levels of diver, the SSI SCR Diving program is for you. In this rebreather diving... Find Out More

Basic Freediver The SSI Basic Freediver course is your first step into the peaceful, exhilarating world of freediving. During this entry-level program, you will learn how to freedive safely with a buddy in a pool/confined water up to a depth of five meters. Find Out More

Extended Range Foundations The SSI Extended Range Foundations program provides you with an opportunity to enhance your advanced diving skills in a workshop environment. Learn more about using tec diving gear with any total diving system you are certified to use and build upon your basic skill set to master buoyancy, trim, finning techniques, pos... Find Out More

Extended Range Sidemount The Extended Range Sidemount program trains you to dive in a sidemount configuration, and the techniques required to use multiple stage cylinders carried for decompression diving efficiently and effectively. Improving your diver trim and streamlining by using a sidemount configuration allows you to explore more constri... Find Out More

Extended Range Nitrox The SSI Extended Range Nitrox program provides a thorough introduction to the concepts, techniques, and procedures required for decompression diving with nitrox. Designed as either a stand-alone program or a stepping-stone to become an SSI Extended Range Trimix diver, this enriched air diving program provides foundatio... Find Out More

Extended Range SSI’s Extended Range program provides avid divers with the training they need to experience the excitement of tec diving. Explore caves, enjoy extended bottom times, and experience the thrill of diving deep reefs and wrecks Find Out More

Hypoxic Trimix Hypoxic Trimix Find Out More

Technical Wreck Technical Wreck Find Out More

Technical Extended Range  During this Extended Range diving program, you will go beyond the no-decompression limit by increasing your dive depth and duration. Using either a sidemount or twinset configuration, the Technical Extended Range Trimix gas diving program provides avid underwater explorers with the training necessary to independe... Find Out More

Extended Range Cavern Extended Range Cavern Find Out More

Extended Range Cave Explore further than ever before and learn how to dive in the most demanding underwater environments. The SSI Cave Diving program teaches adventure seekers the correct procedures and protocols to conduct cave penetration dives with a single navigational choice. Depending on your certifications, you can use either a sid... Find Out More

Extended Range Full Cave SSI Full Cave Diving teaches you complex underwater navigation skills as you learn how to manage a traverse, jump, tee, and gap within a cave system. Performing advanced cave dives is as technical as it gets and will take you to exciting dive locations worldwide.   [widget=2177]   Find Out More

Divemaster When your interest is to turn your passion into a profession by guiding certified divers, teaching Ecology programs, assisting instructors or even becoming an instructor yourself, your next step is the Divemaster.  Find Out More

Assistant Instructor The intent of the Assistant Instructor Training program provides candidates with the knowledge and training necessary to perform the duties of an Assistant Instructor.  Find Out More

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Specialty Instructor Seminars We offer specialty instructor seminars for many of the courses you want to teach. We specialize in coaching professionals on the diver and instructor level through courses that bridge them to the XR world. We will train user level if needed and then help you level up your diving career. With these successfully complete... Find Out More

Decompression Diver Instructor Seminar Expand your passion, depth and credentials with the Decompression Diving Instructor Seminar.  Prerequisites: Decompression Diver User Level Certification.  Deep Divng Instructor, Enriched Air NItrox Intructor, Science of Diving Instructor. (These seminars are also available.)   Find Out More

Recreational Sidemount Instructor Open your diving opportunities with Sidemount Diving. Find Out More

Deep Diving Instructor Seminar Deep Diving Specialty Instructor Seminar Find Out More

Mares Horizon SCR Diver Instructor    Benefits of rebreather diving for SSI Professionals. There is a growing demand for committed, passionate SCR Diving instructors and the Mares Horizon is a game-changer in rebreather diving. Training centers are seeking out SCR Diving instructors in order to be able to add SCR training programs t... Find Out More

XR Foundations Instructor Become an Extended Range Foundations Instructor The SSI Extended Range Foundations Instructor tec diving course provides all you need to conduct the SSI Extended Range Foundations course in any equipment configuration you are certified to teach in. As an Extended Range Foundations Instructor, you will teach diver... Find Out More

SSI XR Professional Training Get Started Here:   Become an Extended Range Instructor or Instructor Trainer with Florida Springs Scuba. International Training Director Kevin Tate conducts Instructor Training Courses that will take your diving career to the next level. Some of the courses available:  Extended Range Foundation In... Find Out More

Curso de buceo en aguas abiertas The Open Water Diver program provides students with the knowledge and training necessary to dive autonomously with an equally- or more-qualified buddy, in environments equivalent with their training and to depths shallower than 60 feet. After completing your Online Training, confined water/pool training, and final exa... Find Out More

SSI Science of Diving Join the SSI Science of Diving specialty and you will develop a complete understanding of the underwater world and its effects on the human body. Immerse in physics, physiology, decompression theory and the aquatic environment with the online SSI Science of Diving Specialty. Then join us at Florida Springs Scuba f... Find Out More

Classified Diver Course What is the SSI Classified Diving program? The SSI Classified Diving program provides adaptive training for students with limited mobility and/or sensory disorders, allowing them to dive with one or more Classified Dive Buddies, or a Classified Dive Professional. Through this program, individuals with disabilit... Find Out More

Classified Dive Buddy Become the ultimate dive buddy. Learn how to support classified divers with the Classified Dive Buddy Certification. Please note that First Aid, CPR, and O2 Provider (React Right) and Diver Stress and Rescue are a pre-requisite for the course.  Find Out More