International Recognition
Since June 1, 2010, Scuba Schools International is one of the few training agencies who qualified for a Global ISO Certification. 7 SSI Programs, 5 for divers and 2 for instructors, have certifications that meet the International Standards – ISO 11121 for Try Scuba Diving, ISO 24801-1 to -3 for Scuba Diver to Dive Guide, ISO 11107 for Enriched Air Nitrox and 24802-1 and -2 for Dive Control Specialist and Open Water Instructor. Due to that the SSI C-Cards for the appropriate ratings will carry the ISO quality label in the future.
Discover our exclusive SSI courses in Jandía, Fuerteventura:
SSI - TRY SCUBA
The SSI Try Scuba program is the best way to try scuba diving for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this short course, you will have earned your SSI Try Scuba recognition card and undoubtedly want to go diving again. Endless scuba diving adventures are waiting for you and this course is where it all begins. Start today!
SSI - SCUBA DIVER
Using online learning, confined and open water dives, the SSI Scuba Diver program is a perfect foundation to become a confident and safe diver. You will learn all you need to scuba dive in open water up to 12 meters deep with an SSI Professional. In this program, you will complete almost half of the Open Water Diver course training and can upgrade your certification easily. You just need to complete the remaining academic and confined water sessions, plus two open water training dives.
• Requirements: Minimum age 10 years, Medical Certificate
• Online educatión: Yes
• Pool Sessions: 3
• Open Water Sessions: 2
• Max Depth Training: 12 mt
• Recommended duration: 10-16 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - DIVING SKILLS UPDATE
It is easy for dive skills to get rusty and to lose confidence when you have not dived for a while. With the SSI Scuba Skills Update, we will get you back in the water and diving with ease in no time. This scuba refresher course allows you to review and practice scuba skills you learned in your Open Water Diver program, under the guidance of an SSI Professional. This is a great course to take just before a dive holiday, so you spend less time worrying about your skills and more time admiring the marine life. If you are a non-certified Open Water Diver student, a Scuba Skills Update is ideal for practicing your dive skills before your open water training dives. With no fixed course duration, you can take your time and focus on the skills you need help with.
• Requirements: Minimum age 10 years + OWD + Current medical certificate
• Online educatión: Yes
• Pool Sessions: 1
• Open Water Sessions: 1
• Max Depth Training: Varies by age
• Recommended duration: 6-10 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - OPEN WATER DIVER
If you want to dive anywhere you want, with anyone you want, join the Open Water Diver program. This is your international certification to become part of an exclusive group of underwater explorers that most people only dream about joining! Learning to dive is much easier than you think. Join the SSI Open Water Diver program now! This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification.
• Requirements: Minimum age 10 years, Medical Certificate
• Online educatión: Yes
• Pool Sessions: 6
• Open Water Sessions: 5
• Max Depth Training: 18 mt / 12mt
• Recommended duration: 16-32 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - ADVANCE AVENTURER
Continue exploring the oceans, extend your dive times, reduce your air consumption and more with the SSI Advanced Adventurer program. During the Advanced Adventurer Program, you will try out 5 different specialties. You will complete one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. With this trial program in specialty diving, you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full specialty programs any time in the future and credit your Advanced Adventurer training towards them.
• Requirements: Minimum age 10/12 years
SSI - ADVANCE OPEN WATER DIVER
During the Advanced Adventurer Program, you will try out 5 different specialties. You will complete one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. With this trial program in specialty diving, you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full specialty programs any time in the future and credit your Advanced Adventurer training
• Requirements: Minimum age 10/12 years + OWD
• Online educatión:Yes
• Pool Sessions: Max. 5
• Open Water Sessions: Max. 5
• Max Depth Training: It varies
• Recommended duration: 6-10 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - DIVER STRESS & RESCUE
The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. You will learn how to identify stress, how to prevent accidents and be taught practical techniques to conduct rescues and provide emergency care. With a combination of pool and open water practice sessions, you will become well prepared and confident at handling emergency and rescue situations. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty certification.
• Requirements: Min age 12 years + OWD + first aid & CPR
• Recommended: SSI React Right
• Online educatión: Yes, 1 specialty
• Pool Sessions: 2
• Open Water Sessions: 3
• Max Depth Training: 30 mt
• Recommended duration: 10-15 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - SPECIALTY DIVER PACK
ssi - master diver PACK
ssi - dive guide
The Dive Guide program is the first step on an exciting journey. Learn to safely lead certified divers in various environments and conditions. By giving dive briefings, doing site evaluations, and leading dives, you will become a confident Dive Guide in no time. Begin your diving career working as a Professional Dive Guide or continue the qualifications for Divemaster.
• Requirements: Min age 15 (18 Active St.) Cert. Deep + Navigation + Night + Stress & Rescue + 40 logged dives.
• Online educatión: Yes, 1 Advanced Course
• Pool Sessions:It varies
• Open Water Sessions: Min 10
• Max Depth Training: 40 mts.
• Recommended duration: 35 – 40 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
ssi - DIVE MASTER
• Pool Sessions:It varies
ssi - assistant instructor
The Assistant Instructor rating is the next step after becoming a Divemaster along the scuba instructor pathway. It allows you to collect valuable teaching experience, practice briefings, teach academics, and conduct in-water training. If you want to further your career as a dive professional, you can finish the Instructor Training Course, pass the Instructor Evaluation, and become an Open Water Diving Instructor.
• Minimun age: 18
• Cetification prerequisites: Not applicable / mandatory
• Amount of Academic Sessions: 6
• Amount of Pool/Confined Water Sessions: 4
• CAmount of Open Water Dives: 2
• Maximum Training Depth: Not applicable / mandatory
International Recognition
Since June 1, 2010, Scuba Schools International is one of the few training agencies who qualified for a Global ISO Certification. 7 SSI Programs, 5 for divers and 2 for instructors, have certifications that meet the International Standards – ISO 11121 for Try Scuba Diving, ISO 24801-1 to -3 for Scuba Diver to Dive Guide, ISO 11107 for Enriched Air Nitrox and 24802-1 and -2 for Dive Control Specialist and Open Water Instructor. Due to that the SSI C-Cards for the appropriate ratings will carry the ISO quality label in the future.
Discover our exclusive SSI courses in Fuerteventura:
SSI - TRY SCUBA
The SSI Try Scuba program is the best way to try scuba diving for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this short course, you will have earned your SSI Try Scuba recognition card and undoubtedly want to go diving again. Endless scuba diving adventures are waiting for you and this course is where it all begins. Start today!
SSI - SCUBA DIVER
Using online learning, confined and open water dives, the SSI Scuba Diver program is a perfect foundation to become a confident and safe diver. You will learn all you need to scuba dive in open water up to 12 meters deep with an SSI Professional. In this program, you will complete almost half of the Open Water Diver course training and can upgrade your certification easily. You just need to complete the remaining academic and confined water sessions, plus two open water training dives.
• Requirements: Minimum age 10 years, Medical Certificate
• Online educatión: Yes
• Pool Sessions: 3
• Open Water Sessions: 2
• Max Depth Training: 12 mt
• Recommended duration: 10-16 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - DIVING SKILLS UPDATE
It is easy for dive skills to get rusty and to lose confidence when you have not dived for a while. With the SSI Scuba Skills Update, we will get you back in the water and diving with ease in no time. This scuba refresher course allows you to review and practice scuba skills you learned in your Open Water Diver program, under the guidance of an SSI Professional. This is a great course to take just before a dive holiday, so you spend less time worrying about your skills and more time admiring the marine life. If you are a non-certified Open Water Diver student, a Scuba Skills Update is ideal for practicing your dive skills before your open water training dives. With no fixed course duration, you can take your time and focus on the skills you need help with.
• Requirements: Minimum age 10 years + OWD + Current medical certificate
• Online educatión: Yes
• Pool Sessions: 1
• Open Water Sessions: 1
• Max Depth Training: Varies by age
• Recommended duration: 6-10 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - OPEN WATER DIVER
If you want to dive anywhere you want, with anyone you want, join the Open Water Diver program. This is your international certification to become part of an exclusive group of underwater explorers that most people only dream about joining! Learning to dive is much easier than you think. Join the SSI Open Water Diver program now! This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification.
• Requirements: Minimum age 10 years, Medical Certificate
• Online educatión: Yes
• Pool Sessions: 6
• Open Water Sessions: 5
• Max Depth Training: 18 mt / 12mt
• Recommended duration: 16-32 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - ADVANCE AVENTURER
Continue exploring the oceans, extend your dive times, reduce your air consumption and more with the SSI Advanced Adventurer program. During the Advanced Adventurer Program, you will try out 5 different specialties. You will complete one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. With this trial program in specialty diving, you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full specialty programs any time in the future and credit your Advanced Adventurer training towards them.
• Requirements: Minimum age 10/12 years
SSI - ADVANCE OPEN WATER DIVER
During the Advanced Adventurer Program, you will try out 5 different specialties. You will complete one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. With this trial program in specialty diving, you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full specialty programs any time in the future and credit your Advanced Adventurer training
• Requirements: Minimum age 10/12 years + OWD
• Online educatión:Yes
• Pool Sessions: Max. 5
• Open Water Sessions: Max. 5
• Max Depth Training: It varies
• Recommended duration: 6-10 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - DIVER STRESS & RESCUE
The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. You will learn how to identify stress, how to prevent accidents and be taught practical techniques to conduct rescues and provide emergency care. With a combination of pool and open water practice sessions, you will become well prepared and confident at handling emergency and rescue situations. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty certification.
• Requirements: Min age 12 years + OWD + first aid & CPR
• Recommended: SSI React Right
• Online educatión: Yes, 1 specialty
• Pool Sessions: 2
• Open Water Sessions: 3
• Max Depth Training: 30 mt
• Recommended duration: 10-15 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
SSI - SPECIALTY DIVER PACK
ssi - master diver PACK
ssi - dive guide
The Dive Guide program is the first step on an exciting journey. Learn to safely lead certified divers in various environments and conditions. By giving dive briefings, doing site evaluations, and leading dives, you will become a confident Dive Guide in no time. Begin your diving career working as a Professional Dive Guide or continue the qualifications for Divemaster.
• Requirements: Min age 15 (18 Active St.) Cert. Deep + Navigation + Night + Stress & Rescue + 40 logged dives.
• Online educatión: Yes, 1 Advanced Course
• Pool Sessions:It varies
• Open Water Sessions: Min 10
• Max Depth Training: 40 mts.
• Recommended duration: 35 – 40 hours
• Certifications obtained: 1
ssi - DIVE MASTER
• Pool Sessions:It varies
ssi - assistant instructor
The Assistant Instructor rating is the next step after becoming a Divemaster along the scuba instructor pathway. It allows you to collect valuable teaching experience, practice briefings, teach academics, and conduct in-water training. If you want to further your career as a dive professional, you can finish the Instructor Training Course, pass the Instructor Evaluation, and become an Open Water Diving Instructor.
• Minimun age: 18
• Cetification prerequisites: Not applicable / mandatory
• Amount of Academic Sessions: 6
• Amount of Pool/Confined Water Sessions: 4
• CAmount of Open Water Dives: 2
• Maximum Training Depth: Not applicable / mandatory
