
Healthy mangrove forests help reef fish
by DiveSSI - 14th November 2019
Healthy mangrove forests help reef fishA new study shows how healthy mangroves can help some reef fish cope with the…

Help needed in quest to study deepwater coral reefs
by DiveSSI - 12th September 2016
It is not all doom and gloom for the world’s coral reefs. While things are indeed dire for those in…

Sustainable fishing helps both animals and people, says WWF on World Food Day
by DiveSSI - 20th October 2015
On World Food Day on October 16th, the WWF reiterated its warning about the impact of overfishing on man and…

How To Make Dive Travel Fit Your Budget
by DiveSSI - 26th November 2020
If a diver's first love is the underwater world, then their second is travel. Most divers dream of far off,…

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…

10 Ways to Increase Your Child’s Dive Safety
by DiveSSI - 19th November 2020
Diving as a family is one of the most rewarding activities for any avid diver. Not only does scuba diving…

New MySSI App Features
by DiveSSI - 3rd November 2020
1. MySSI App Feature: Copy Existing Dives It is common to dive the same site several times, whether you are…

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…

Celebrating 50 Years of Diving Excellence with Aquatic Sports
by DiveSSI - 8th October 2020
Aquatic Sports Has Been with SSI Since the Beginning As SSI celebrates its 50th Anniversary, we also celebrate the relationships…

Updated Job Offers Page
by DiveSSI - 2nd October 2020
SSI is strongly supporting the creation of new SSI Professionals with the currently running “We Want You” crossover campaign. However,…

Decompression Gas Switch
by DiveSSI - 17th September 2020
How to Perform a Safe Gas Switch The gas switch is one of the most hazardous parts of any extended…

MyDiveGuide Launches Local Dive Sites Series
by DiveSSI - 2nd September 2020
Travel may still be widely restricted across the globe, but SSI is not going to let that get its divers…

Explore Greece’s First Underwater Museum
by DiveSSI - 17th August 2020
What could be more thrilling than diving through crystal clear waters to explore an ancient shipwreck covered in historic amphorae?…

Sea Survival
by DiveSSI - 3rd August 2020
Sea Survival - How to safely plan and conduct sea dives The Background It was on a warm sunny day…

Join the Blue Oceans community
by DiveSSI - 31st July 2020
Blue Oceans Offers FREE Programs to Both Divers and Training Centers to Further Ocean Conservation In a world where plastic…

Looking for SSI Professionals
by DiveSSI - 28th July 2020
One of the issues that we repeatedly run into is the lack of SSI Professionals available and willing to work…

Translation of MyDiveGuide
by DiveSSI - 28th July 2020
MyDiveGuide is the internet’s most powerful dive travel tool, assisting divers around the world in planning their next diving adventure.…

5 Tips to Make Boat Diving Easier
by DiveSSI - 27th July 2020
As the world slowly starts to open back up from our seemingly endless Covid-19 lockdown, what better way to celebrate…

SSI contributes $3.5 Million Dollars in Free Digital Kits to support their Training Centers
by DiveSSI - 30th June 2020
SSI contributes $3.5 million dollars in free Digital Kits to support Training Centers survive COVID-19 through their No Water, No Problem…

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…

Top tips and tricks for diving on a Liveaboard
by DiveSSI - 9th June 2020
The world is full of fascinating dive destinations. With easy to get to locations like the Caribbean, Red Sea, and…

Start Dreaming your next Trip – Travel Planning during and after Covid-19
by DiveSSI - 8th June 2020
While everyone has been stuck at home, SSI has been busy making sure divers worldwide don't forget their favorite hobby.…

8 Reasons Why Freediving Is So Amazing
by DiveSSI - 6th May 2020
Few things can make you feel as free and at one with the world around you as freediving. The act…

Others provide just words, SSI provides solutions!
by DiveSSI - 30th April 2020
The diving industry is one of the strongest hit by the current crisis. Tourism is suffering from lockdowns and travel…

Double Pro Rewards – SSI Supports Professional Renewal Fees
by DiveSSI - 30th April 2020
Double Pro Rewards - Over the last few weeks, as we all faced a global shutdown, SSI, our dedicated Training…

How to Plan the Best Family-Friendly Dive Vacation
by DiveSSI - 14th April 2020
Nothing beats spending time with the ones you love most, your family. As the summer quickly approaches, are you dreaming…

Mares full-face snorkel masks SEA VU DRY + become CPAP respirators
by DiveSSI - 8th April 2020
Lack of respirators is an ongoing issue the entire world seems to struggle with, in the face of the current…

Diving the Alien Ocean: Game “In Other Waters”
by DiveSSI - 7th April 2020
Dive on Gliese 667Cc - unusual computer game"In Other Waters" is set on an exoplanet completely covered by an ocean.…

Coronavirus: Full face masks to ease respirator overload
by DiveSSI - 30th March 2020
Full face snorkeling masks before possible use in the health care sectorThe lack of respirators respectively the overload of respirators…

Expansion of Universal QR Code Scanner
by DiveSSI - 26th February 2020
SSI is continually working to improve the MySSI app, expanding it with new helpful features. In the past, logged dives…

10 Animals Every Diver Should Have the Goal to See
by DiveSSI - 25th February 2020
Dive with the most fascinating animals under water. Here you can find out which animals you should go diving with…

Lanzarote: Angel Shark Project
by DiveSSI - 10th February 2020
The Canary Islands are the home of the Angelshark, and if you want to meet this beautiful shark species, you…

Cyprus: Aphrodite’s home
by DiveSSI - 9th January 2020
According to legend, the goddess Aphrodite was born off the coast of Cyprus from the foam produced by Uranus's genitals,…

How are Dragonets, Weever and Hooknoses?
by DiveSSI - 7th January 2020
New evaluation method shows the impact of fishing on “by-catch species”A new method for assessing fish stocks for which little…

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…

Blue boats are reef robbers – the new maritime threat for the Asia Pacific?
by DiveSSI - 12th December 2019
Illegal fishing on a large scale by Vietnamese wooden boatsA flotilla of Vietnamese fishing boats with crews working in harsh…

Volcano “F” is the origin of the floating stones
by DiveSSI - 9th December 2019
Researchers publish study on pumice raft in the Southwest PacificSince August 2019, a huge cluster of pumice stones in the…

Marine mammals threatened worldwide
by DiveSSI - 1st December 2019
World Wildlife Conservation Day on December 4, 2019On the occasion of the World Wildlife Conservation Day on December 4, 2019,…

Diving Yap – Goofnuw Channel
by DiveSSI - 29th November 2019
This dive site is also called "Valley of the Rays" by the Diveguides, as it is the hotspot for encounters…

Hawaii: Scuba divers document state of corals
by DiveSSI - 28th November 2019
Scientists rely on the help of scuba divers and snorkelers Between 2014 and 2015, roundabout 50 to 90 percent of…

Liveaboard Diving Holiday – 10 best tips to make it a success
by DiveSSI - 31st October 2019
Whether you’re new to liveaboard diving or a seasoned cruiser, the last thing you want is a packing disaster when…

5 Incredible Ways Whales are Saving the Oceans
by DiveSSI - 11th October 2019
Love whales? These incredible animals have fascinated humans for a very long time and rightly so. Swimming or diving with whales…

Ice diving at its best in the East of Greenland
by DiveSSI - 7th October 2019
The wind blows streaks of powdery snow over the ice, forming wave patterns, elevations and valleys as one would expect…

Hunting corals
by DiveSSI - 19th September 2019
Corals feed differently than expectedWhen it comes to nutrition, corals have a few tricks. Most of their nutrients come from…

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Cephalopod Sex
by DiveSSI - 18th September 2019
How Squid, Octopus & Co. do it…The sex life of cephalopods is diverse and idiosyncratic. In a recent paper in…

Mermaids: Can you work as a mermaid?
by DiveSSI - 13th September 2019
Many people, especially the coming generations, dream of finding their dream job. Whereas boys often dream of astronauts or secret…

Lack of marine protection in Europe
by DiveSSI - 11th September 2019
WWF report: EU misses goals to protect marine biodiversityA new WWF report shows significant deficiencies in the protection of Europe's…

New method for monitoring CO2 sources on the seaground
by DiveSSI - 30th August 2019
Researchers studied natural gas leaks in the Mediterranean off ItalyThe storage of carbon dioxide in the seabed is one of…