Our specialty courses are for divers who are looking to get better experience.
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Advanced Buoyancy
Introducing a diver to the benefits of controlling his buoyancy usually has a great positive effect, an effect that will enhance the diver’s sense of enjoyment.
Basic Hogarthian Skills Diver
Discover the elegance of minimalism beneath the waves with our SDI Basic Hogarthian Skills Diver course. This specialty class is designed for divers seeking a streamlined, efficient approach to scuba diving, emphasizing the use of a backplate harness and wing BCD.
Boat Diver
Boat diving occurs every day around the world; whether it’s a lake, in the Caribbean or Red Sea, divers can explore the underwater world located off-shore.
Computer Nitrox
Nitrox is a breathing gas that has a lot of benefits for both new and experienced divers. This course will cover the use of nitrox mixtures from 22 to 40 percent oxygen
Deep Diver
SDI’s Deep Diver Course is a must for any diver wishing to explore a little more, go a little deeper, and learn the risks and benefits associated with deep diving.
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
The SDI Diver Propulsion Vehicle Diver Course is designed to train divers in the use of a Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) and familiarize them with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, and hazards of using a DPV.
Dry Suit Diver
The SDI Dry Suit Diver Course will open up a whole new world of diving to you. Many of the diving environments around the world are better experienced in a dry suit.
Equipment Specialist
This course is designed to give an in-depth look at how dive equipment works. It will cover general repairs and maintenance of various types of exposure suits, BCD’s, regulators, and other accessories.
Full Face Mask Diver
Divers often have a need, or want, to effectively communicate underwater. The SDI Full Face Mask Course is the perfect starting point.
Night/Limited Visibility
Many divers find that night diving is their favorite type of diving. As with all specialty diving applications, procedures are different than those associated with open water diving.
Search & Recovery Diver
The Search and Recovery Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more: Navigation, Compass use, Estimating distances, Natural navigation, Limited visibility diving…
Sidemount Diver
This course is designed to teach certified divers how to safely utilize sidemounted primary cylinders as an alternative to the traditional back-mounted configuration.
Solo Diver
At one point or another, many divers have found themselves alone during a dive, whether it was intentional or not. SDI’s Solo Diving is the practice of self reliant scuba diving without a “dive buddy.”
Underwater Navigation
Your SDI Underwater Navigation Specialty course will help you overcome the obstacles inherent to finding your way underwater.
Underwater Photography
The SDI Underwater Photographer Diver Course is designed to introduce divers to the equipment, techniques and procedures necessary to take underwater photographs
Underwater Video Diver
Most divers have a desire to bring home the sights and sounds of being underwater. Underwater video makes it possible to save our underwater experiences and share them with others.
Wreck Diver
Wreck diving can be one of the most exciting aspects of sport diving. The SDI Wreck Diver Course will discuss the equipment and techniques commonly employed while wreck diving.
International Training Visual Inspection Procedures
This Cylinder Inspection Course is designed to promote safety in the care and maintenance of high-pressure scuba cylinders.
