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. You will be trained to plan dives with up to 15 minutes decompression time with a maximum gas mixture of 40%. The opportunities to expand your diving adventures have just got bigger!

This course includes classroom, pool, and certification dives. Optional destinations for checkout dives include Dive Land Park in Glencoe, Alabama, Blue Water Park in Pelham, Alabama, or Pensacola, Florida.

PREREQUISITES:

MINIMUM AGE: 16 years old

MUST HAVE LOGGED AT LEAST: 24 dives

MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING SSI CERTIFICATIONS OR EQUIVALENT FROM ANOTHER AGENCY: Deep Diving and Enriched Air Nitrox 40%

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: 40 cu.ft. cylinder, O2 clean 1st and 2nd stage regulator, stage bottle rigging