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 130 feet (40 meters) with limited decompression using your recreational total diving system and a single decompression cylinder. You will learn and practice how to effectively use your dive computer features, including switching gases, gas integration, time-to-reserve, and time-to-surface. Using these computer functions will become second nature, enabling you to safely conduct dives with limited decompression without hours of dive planning.
Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Decompression Diving Specialty certification and be able to explore stunning deep dive sites or larger wrecks without being restricted by the traditional no-decompression limits. The opportunities to expand your diving adventures have just got bigger!
This course requires a minimum of 3 sessions to complete. If additional sessions are required for completion, additional fees will apply.
- Day 1: Academic Session
- Day 2: Pool Session
- Day 3: Open Water Training Dives
Must have the following SSI certifications or an equivalent from a recognized training agency:
- Deep Diving
- Enriched Air Nitrox 40%
This program provides divers with the training necessary to:
- Independently plan and conduct decompression dives in a recreational or sidemount diving system to a max depth of 130 feet, using a breathing gas with a max optimized Nitrox blend of 40%.
- Students will be certified to complete dives with a total accumulated decompression time of 15 minutes based on back gas profile while diving an equally or more qualified buddy.