This course does not include the use of our rental equipment (BCD, Regulator, Weights, Cylinders, and Wetsuit), but they will be available to rent. You are required to purchase/have the essential equipment listed below:

• The basics** :

  • Mask
  • Snorkel
  • Fins
  • Hood
  • Boots
  • Gloves
  • 2 Mouthpieces

We recommend purchasing your equipment at Aquatic Specialties so we can personally fit the equipment to you and your body type. We have many different brands, styles, and sizes, and having equipment that fits well will enhance your performance in the water and make your dive experience more enjoyable! We offer our students a 10% discount* on any required equipment that is purchased while actively enrolled in a course! Every customer matters and your support of your local dive shop is the backbone to our success. Your patronage motivates us to keep improving, and allows us to be able to provide you with the services that we do today - together, we will dive into great things!

*Some restrictions apply on select products

**The list of basic equipment would have been purchased for your Open Water certification and is not included in our rentals due to sanitation and fit. 

The course fee ($350) includes the following:

• Digital learning material, course registration, and certification fees for SSI
  • Lifetime access to SSI's digital learning material, digital logbook, digital certification cards, dive tables, and more

• 1 in-person classroom session 
  • Students must complete the online material and exam prior to attending
  • Allows students to ask questions in real-time and engage more directly with the subject matter
  • Develop a genuine connection with your classmates and instructor
  • Facilitates collaborative work and learning
  • Learn how to identify and manage diver stress before it becomes a problem
  • Self-rescue techniques and emergency preparedness

• 3 pool sessions
  • Learn how to assist tired, panicked, or unresponsive divers at the surface and underwater
  • Practice effective communication and leadership in crisis situations

• 3 Open Water Dives
  • Practice real-world open water rescue scenarios
  • Develop situational awareness, the ability to evaluate the scene, and act appropriately without compromising the safety of yourself or others

Check out some of our other courses we have available for our certified Open Water students to advance their skills!

Search and Recovery (Ages 12+): In this fascinating program, you will learn all the skills you need to safely and confidently conduct search and recovery dives. You will be taught how to use search patterns, specialized dive plans, and equipment such as lift bags, lines, and reels. By developing your search and communication techniques and practicing searches in a dive team, you will become a confident search and rescue diver in no time. 

React Right (Ages 12+): This is an emergency response course that teaches primary assessment, CPR, first aid, and O2 administration. It prepares divers and non-divers to respond confidently and effectively in medical emergencies!

Nitrox (Ages 10+): The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox program provides students with basic knowledge and skills needed to safely dive using breathing gas with enriched gas mixtures. Have you ever dreamed of having longer no-decompression limits to take pictures or explore a wreck? Did you ever want to be safer while diving concerning the potential risk of decompression sickness? Nitrox is the key. In your enriched air nitrox class, you will learn all of the necessary rules for planning dives with nitrox and using nitrox in a safe way.

Please note: Some courses have other prerequisites or required equipment that is necessary to complete the class. Please see the "prerequisites" and "required equipment" tabs for each individual class for more details.