10 Dive Travel Essentials for XR Divers
by DiveSSI - 9th July 2021
Holiday time has finally arrived, and you have a week of XR diving or a place on a technical liveaboard…
Top 10 Red Sea Dive Sites for XR Divers
by DiveSSI - 1st February 2021
The Red Sea is a classic dive destination with warm waters and vibrant reefs that attract divers from around the…
Mares XR Backplate
by DiveSSI - 19th November 2020
Assembly Guide Mares Backplate Divers’ who have purchased their twinset total diving system which includes a backplate and a harness…
What is XR Diving The Real Story
by DiveSSI - 9th October 2020
There are many reasons why people learn to dive and so it is impossible to list them all here. Some…
Add JJ CCR Rebreather too SSI CCR Programs
by DiveSSI - 8th June 2020
SSI, the world’s largest professional dive business-based training agency, added the JJ Closed-Circuit Rebreather (JJ CCR) to the list of…
Dive Panic: Why it Happens and How to Prevent it.
by DiveSSI - 18th February 2021
I am not a detective and I do not want to suggest what has been the cause of historical and…
Extended Range Foundations Program
by DiveSSI - 3rd November 2020
The Extended Range Foundations program first made its first appearance in the plethora of XR programs around 6 years ago…
Free Extended Range Sidemount Certification
by DiveSSI - 2nd January 2020
It has been requested that it would be great if the Extended Range Sidemount certification card could be issued automatically…
Extended Range Instructor Training
by DiveSSI - 23rd February 2017
Welcome to Los Angeles International, this is your captain speaking. We’re going to be sitting on the tarmac for a…
Surface Marker Buoys 101 – All you need to know
by DiveSSI - 3rd May 2021
SMB OR DSMB – WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? There are two types of marker buoy that are commonly used by…
SSI Decompression Diving – All You Need To Know
by DiveSSI - 14th April 2021
SSI launches a new Decompression Diving Specialty for recreational divers to get a taste of what decompression diving is like, without…
Deco Diving 101 – Stage Bottle Rigging
by DiveSSI - 13th April 2021
In this blog, we look at the components of stage bottle rigging and how to set up a stage bottle…
Deco Diving: Which Buoyancy Compensator is Best?
by DiveSSI - 16th March 2021
The equipment you choose has a significant impact on your performance and comfort when you go decompression diving. The right…
Go Beyond – Extended Range Sidemount Diving
by DiveSSI - 11th January 2021
Discover SSI Sidemount Diving. SSI has long had a Recreational Sidemount Diving specialty program available, but it is only in recent years…
SSI SCR Diving
by DiveSSI - 9th December 2020
Background and Intent The SCR range of programs are one of the most recent additions to the XR family of…
Local Diving – The Best Way to Dive More
by DiveSSI - 23rd July 2020
Travel may still be widely restricted, but don't let that get you down. Sure, your idea of diving may be…
MySSI App Leads the Industry in Connecting Divers with Training Centers
by DiveSSI - 30th June 2020
The newly updated MySSI App is the strongest, most comprehensive tool for divers in the industry today. This impressive, FREE…
Is Freediving the new Scubadiving ?
by DiveSSI - 8th November 2016
Many years ago Scubadiving had been one of the great adventures in Life. Of course there has also been sports…
