SOLO🎖️
While we often hear that "the buddy system is the golden rule of diving," this course is designed for those who recognize that sometimes, your most reliable buddy is the one in the mirror.
Whether you are a photographer tired of being abandoned by your buddy, a parent diving with kids who aren't quite "rescuers" yet, or simply someone who enjoys the meditative solitude of the deep, this course is about total independence.
SSI - INDEPENDENT DIVING 🎖️
The SSI Independent Diving program provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to safely and comfortably dive without a designated dive buddy using redundant gas supplies.
Training Prerequisites:
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Minimum age: 18 years old.
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Minimum 75 open water logged dives totaling 50 hours or more.
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Certifications or proof of experience by showing at least five (5) logged experience dives in each of the following areas:
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Night & Limited Visibility
Course Structure:
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e-Learning + Final Exam.
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1 mandatory pool session
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3 Open water dives
SDI - SOLO DIVER 🎖️
At one point or another, many divers have found themselves alone during a dive, whether it was intentional or not.
SDI Solo Diving is the practice of self reliant scuba diving without a “dive buddy”. Solo diving, once considered technical diving and discouraged by most certification agencies, is now seen by many experienced divers and some certification agencies as an acceptable practice for those divers suitably trained and experienced.
Rather than relying on the traditional buddy diving safety system, solo divers should be skilled in self-sufficiency and willing to take responsibility for their own safety while diving.
Being one of SDI’s most popular courses, the Solo Diver course stresses proper dive planning, personal limitations, and accident prevention, as well as the benefits, hazards, and proper procedures for diving solo.
You will also learn the additional equipment that is required for solo diving including its proper usage and assembly.
This is the perfect course for underwater photography and underwater video divers as well as those diving with their children or buddies that may not be very experienced in scuba diving.
Training Prerequisites:
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Minimum age: 21 years old.
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Minimum 100 open water logged dives.
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Certifications or proof of experience by showing at least five (5) logged experience dives in each of the following areas:
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Night & Limited Visibility
Course Structure:
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e-Learning + Final Exam.
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2 Open water dives
