Scuba Diver
A short-cut to enjoy the first steps of scuba diving. No diving experience is required. If you always wanted to try the joys of diving but didn’t find the time yet to do so – here is your chance: In only 2 days you will be able to dive in the open sea and discover the “real underwater fun”. This is your chance to slip on some fins, strap on a mask and experience an intense adventure. The Scuba Diver course is a pre-entry level certification that is perfect for vacationers.
The training consists out of the following course-sessions:
- 4 theory sessions (about 40min each)
- 4 confined water sessions (often combined together)
- 2 open water dives (2 per day)
The Scuba Diver rating allows you to get certified quickly and easily because it’s a subprogram of the Open Water Diver course. With the Scuba Diver certification you can dive under the direct supervision of a Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor to a maximum depth of 12 meters. This Program is a wonderful opportunity to explore the underwater world with the comfort and safety of having an experienced guide with you at all times.
As soon as you have the chance you can continue your diving-education in any SSI dive center and become an Open Water Diver. In order to fulfill the requirements for the Open Water Diver certification, as a scuba diver, all what you need to do, is another two theory lessons, two pool sessions and two sea dives.
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Open Water Diver
Now is the time to dive into the Open Water Diver course, the most popular dive course in the world!
Throughout the course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of scuba diving, including everything you need to know about the dive equipment and techniques.
You will also earn an Open Water Diver certification that is recognized worldwide. As a certified Open Water Diver you have the freedom to dive with a buddy without a diving professional accompanying you.
The warm and clear waters of Crete, the brand new equipment reserved for you and our team of professional diving instructors guarantee an enjoyable and exciting training period.
This course takes 3 days and consists of:
- 6 theory sessions (about 40min each)
- 6 confined water sessions (often combined together in 2 dives)
- 4 open water dives (2 per day and at least one or two from the boat)
If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is a Junior Open Water Diver course available.
The price of the package also includes full use of the diving equipment rental, transport to the dive sites with our boats and the certification card. All training days start at 09.30 and end at 15.30-16.00.
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Specialties
We also offer a selection of Specialty Courses, which you can do as an Open Water Diver or higher level.
Please contact us for more information if you are interested in one of the specialties below.
- Deep Diver (3 Dives )
- Night Diver (2 Dives)
- Nitrox Diver (no dives required)
- Peak Performance Buoyancy (2 Dives)
- Search and Recovery (3 Dives)
- U/W Navigator (2 Dives)
- U/W Digital Photographer (2 Dives)
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle (2 Dives)
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Advanced Open Water Diver
If you are a certified diver Open Water Diver, CMAS Level 1, BSAC Novice, etc. and are looking for new experiences, skills and fun, then the Advanced Open Water Diver course is just for you.
The Advanced Open Water Diver course fine tunes your dive skills and allows you to explore all that diving has to offer.
This course offers you a structured program where you gain additional experience and skills under the guidance of an SSI Professional.
Training lasts for 2 to 3 days and involves:
- 5 Specialty Dives
- The mandatory Specialty Dives are the Navigation Dive and the Deep Dive
- For the final three Specialty Dives you can choose out of the following options: Night Dive, Search & Recovery, Boat Dive, U/W Photography, U/W-Naturalist, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Fish ID.
All in all five dives are required to complete the course and each dive lasts approximately three hours including briefing, equipment preparation and practice. After getting certified as an AOW Diver you will get a certification allowing you to dive to a maximum depth of 30 meters.
So what does the Advanced Open Water Diver course offers you? New experiences, new skills, lots of diving and thrilling adventures. Minimum age for the Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification is 12 years and for the Advanced Open Water Diver is 15 years.
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Stress & Rescue Diver
Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver. It’s challenging, yet very rewarding.
The Stress & Rescue Diver course develops your knowledge and skills so you can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and give first aid. Stress & Rescue Diver course is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver. In spite of the tight training schedule, the course is awesome fun from start to finish.
It’s a 3-4 day course which covers: self-rescue and diver stress, diving first aid, emergency management and control, swimming and non swimming assists, panicked diver response, underwater problems, missing diver procedures, surfacing the unconscious diver, in-water artificial respiration, egress (exits), first aid procedures for pressure related accidents, dive accident scenarios.
To get into the Stress & Rescue Diver course, you have to be certified as an Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent and must be at least 15 years old.
You’ll also need to have successfully completed the React Right course or a sanctioned program in first aid and CPR within the past 24 months.
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React Right Specialty
Take a step toward emergency preparedness and meet the Stress & Rescue Diver prerequisites with the React Right specialty.
React Right is a First Aid course that specializes in teaching these lifesaving skills – and they’re for anyone, not just divers.
As one of the foremost international CPR and first aid training companies, SSI’s React Right gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies — not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers too.
The fun part about React Right training is learning serious medical emergency response skills in an upbeat, positive environment. You gain the confidence that you are prepared to help in an emergency.
To enroll in this course, you must care about other people and want to be able to assist them in a medical emergency.
What You Learn in the React Right Course:
- BLS (Basic Life Support) CPR and rescue breathing at the layperson level
- AED (automated external defibrillator) use (optional)
- Preventing and caring for shock
- Spinal injury management
- Use of barriers to reduce disease transmission risk
- Basic first aid and first aid kit considerations
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