SSI: Scuba Schools International

SSI - Scuba Schools International provides training, scuba diving certification, and educational resources for divers, dive instructors, and dive centers and resorts around the world. Started in 1970, Scuba Schools International has expanded to include more than 30 Regional Offices, is represented in more than 110 countries with over 2,400 International locations and has materials printed in 25 languages.

Scuba Schools International is clearly a name to trust in the diving world, and we attribute that success to our uncompromising standards and focused methodology.

We do have competitors, but here's how we're different:

• Bona fide dive center based to ensure the quality of training worldwide;

• Scuba Schools International Certification is well respected around the globe so you can be confident that your diving credentials will be recognized wherever you want to dive;

• Signature training model "The SSI Diver Diamond" that provides the 4 key ingredients to becoming a comfortable confident diver;

• Instructors can only teach through authorized Dive Centers and Resorts;

• Hundreds of Scuba Schools International Dive Center and Resort locations worldwide;

• Member of RSTC (Recreational Scuba Training Council) and in Europe, WRSTC and the EU (European Standards— EN 14153-1-3 for divers and 144413-1-2 for scuba instructors);

• Signature training method "Comfort through Repetition" developed over more than 30 years of continued cultivation;

• Regular monitoring of all Dive Centers and Dive Leader.

International Headquarters is where the important standardization of Scuba Schools International certification and education happens. This is where Training Standards are written, and where the skills and techniques for courses are created.

Headquarters is also where we produce educational materials and, with the help of our Regional Centers, translate them into many languages.

Area Offices/Dive Centers - These facilities operate a scuba diving school for diver and dive leader training, as well as provide a variety of diving vacations both local and destination for their customer.

Scuba Schools International networks of Dive Centers around the world, where you can learn how to scuba dive or further your diving education and experience, is extensive.

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