Courses

Learn to Dive!

Try Scuba The SSI Try Scuba program is your introduction to the underwater world. This entry-level program gives you the opportunity to experience the underwater world, in a confined water setting. You will earn the SSI Try Scuba recognition rating.

Referral Diver Your first step in becoming SCUBA certified involves home study (via a free account at diveSSI.com or on the MySSI app), academic workshops at ASTscuba, and time learning and practicing skills in the pool at the YMCA. This globally-recognized certification program is the best way to begin your life-long adventure ...

Snorkel Diver The SSI Snorkeling program may be your first step in becoming a scuba diver. Most people enjoy it so much that they enroll in a dive training program afterwards. Through the SSI Open Water Diver program, you can complete your training and get full credit for what you have already accomplished in your Snorkeli...

Scuba Explorers The SSI Scuba Explorers Program is a club that offers numerous diving activities for children ages 8 - 12. Safety is a top priority and SSI Scuba Explorers programs are only taught by specially trained instructors in a pool, or under confined water conditions in a protected area up to a maximum depth of 3 met...

Open Water Diver - Certification Dives This is the final step in earning you Open Water Diver Certification with ASTscuba. You must have completed your Referral Diver academic & pool sessions and received your instructor's approval before registering for these dives. This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lif...

Basic Freediver The SSI Basic Freediver course is your first step into the peaceful, exhilarating world of freediving. During this entry-level program, you will learn how to freedive safely with a buddy in a pool/confined water up to a depth of five meters. Online training is combined with in-water practice sessions to give you all th...

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