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Specialty Courses

Advance your skills with SSI Specialty courses

As a diver you will continuously find new goals to pursue while diving. Staying up to date and continuing your diving education is a very important step towards becoming a true underwater master!

As an SSI Diamond Dive Center we are proud to offer a large range of specialty diving activities, from deep diving to mastering your buoyancy skills. We have listed some of the most popular courses offered at The Life Aquatic below, however we are happy to assist you with any of the other specialties offered by SSI.

The academic portion of specialty program is digital and easily accessed online or offline with the DiveSSI app whenever and wherever you want. The academic section of the course consists of a series of online videos and knowledge review sessions.

You will complete 2 open water dives and have the chance to experience everything you learned online. After successful completion of your specialty dives and final exam you will receive your digital specialty card.

Boat diving

The ocean is filled with dive sites, but many of them cannot be reached from shore. This program gives you the skills and knowledge required to safely dive from a boat, allowing you to get the most from your underwater opportunities.

7900 THB per person

Computer diving

Dive computers make scuba diving safer and easier if you know how to set and use it correctly. The SSI Computer Diving specialty is your chance to learn and understand diving computers.
Get 50% off this course when buying a dive computer at The Life Aquatic !

7900 THB per person

Deep diving

Many exciting dive sites are located in deeper water. Without proper training, this kind of diving puts you at risk. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will give you the ability to safely and comfortably plan and conduct dives beyond 18 meters, and is a prerequisite for some advanced training.

13 900 THB per person

Enriched Air Nitrox

The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox program will teach you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. Diving with enriched air can increase your no-decompression limits, increase your safety, and reduce the required length of your surface intervals when compared to air.

9900 THB per person

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Equipment Techniques

The SSI teaches you how to choose, maintain and store your Total Diving System. This ensures performance and increases the longevity of your equipment.

Get 50% off this course when buying your Total Diving System at The Life Aquatic !*

7900 THB per person

Navigation

This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably navigate underwater during a dive. You will learn how to use a compass and natural navigation techniques, estimate distance, basic navigation patterns and how to leave and return to a designated point.

7900 THB per person

Perfect Buoyancy

Do you want to increase your buoyancy control, minimize your breathing gas consumption, or move effortlessly above the ocean floor? The SSI Perfect Buoyancy program teaches you the skills and techniques needed to maximize your dive experience, increase your comfort in the water, and get the most from your equipment

7900 THB per person

Photo & Video

This program teaches you the skills needed to dive with an underwater camera, and provides the in-depth knowledge and experience required to properly use, maintain and store your equipment. Our goal is help you capture your amazing underwater experiences.

7900 THB per person

Search & Recovery

This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely plan and conduct search and recovery dives. You will learn about search patterns, specialized dive plans, underwater communication, and how to recover small to medium-sized objects using specialized equipment like lift bags.

9900 THB per person

Stress & Rescue

Stress is a major cause of diving accidents and negatively impacts rescue situations. This program teaches you the skills and knowledge required to recognize and deal with stress, prevent accidents and properly deal with emergency situations encountered by divers.

13900 THB per person

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Stress & Rescue emergency training bundle

Learn how to recognize and deal with stress, prevent accidents and properly manage emergency situations if they occur by combining the Diver Stress and Rescue program with the SSI React Right program.

13900 THB per person

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Wreck diving

Many of the ocean’s best dive sites have artificial reefs, or wrecks that have sunk through the ages. This program gives you the skills and knowledge required to safely scuba dive above and around these underwater treasures.

13900 THB per person

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About the Course

The academic portion of specialty program is digital and easily accessed online or offline with the DiveSSI app whenever and wherever you want. The academic section of the course consists of a series of online videos and knowledge review sessions.

You will complete 2 open water dives and have the chance to experience everything you learned online. After successful completion of your specialty dives and final exam you will receive your digital specialty card.

Recognition Ratings

FREE RECOGNITION CARDS

Complete your specialty programs with the applicable SSI specialty certification card and receive the SSI recognition ratings – FREE:

Specialty Diver (2 specialties + 12 dives),
Advanced Open Water Diver (4 specialties + 24 dives),
Master Diver (4 specialties + Diver Stress & Rescue + 50 dives).

What’s Included

Hotel Transfer*

Equipment

Digital Training

Certification Fee

(*): please read our Terms & Conditions for more information.

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Free online training

With the SSI Digital Training you can study your course materials and complete the classroom portion at your own pace – anytime, anywhere – there is no need to spend valuable time in a classroom whilst on vacation!

The DiveSSI App is the “all-in-one” tool for your diving adventures. All the features you love are FREE – certification cards, videos, hand signals and much more. You can also access your training materials and digital DiveLog right on the app !

Why Choose Us

Free digital training

Complete all the theory online in your own time – there is no need to spend valuable time in a classroom whilst on vacation!

Experienced Instructors

You will receive expert instruction from our highly experienced multilingual instructors.

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Top rated dive center

We are one of the highest rated dive schools on the Island and winners of the 2016 LTG Award for Best Dive Center in Koh Samui.

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Own Speedboat

We are one of the few dive schools on Samui who operate our own purpose-built speedboat.

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TERMS & CONDITIONS

Why divers love us

    
 
 
         
   Johanna V 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Plongée incroyable à Sail Rock ! Organisation et dive master au top ! Merci à Tan :)
  
 
        
   Saranne Maurice 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Really great day out. The whole team were super supportive.  Really professional and enjoyable. Thanks!!
  
 
        
   Jill Camenzind 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Ich durfte bei „The Life Aquatic“ meine Open-Water-Zertifizierung absolvieren. Mein Tauchlehrer Tan war klasse. Er hat uns genau angeleitet und uns bei Problemen sofort geholfen. Die Atmosphäre war immer entspannt und wir konnten viel Spass haben. Bei ihnen das Tauchbrevet zu machen, war die beste Entscheidung. Nach dem dreitägigen Kurs sind mein Freund und ich noch zweimal mit Jo und Tan tauchen gegangen. Beide Male waren wir beim Sailrock. Am letzten Tag konnten wir dank Jo sogar zweimal einen Walhai sehen. Sein Können und Wissen haben uns an diesem Tag viele Vorteile erbracht. Ich würde jederzeit wieder mit ihnen tauchen gehen! Vielen Dank für diese tolle Erfahrung!
  
 
        
   Dario Habegger 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Jederzeit wieder, ich absolvierte das Advanced während zwei Tagen und machte noch zwei Tagestrips zu Sailrock zusätzlich. - Perfekt geplant - Abholung am Hotel - Joe und Tan sind sehr freundlich - kostenlose Erfrischungsgetränke & Essen - Top Ausrüstung - Wahlhai gesehen Mehr kann man nicht erwarten:)
  
 
        
   sofia xausa 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Io e mia sorella abbiamo svolto il corso di scuba diving quest'estate ed è stata un'esperienza fantastica. Il nostro istruttore Claudio è stato super! Sempre disponibile, molto preparato e divertente! Abbiamo fatto delle immersioni bellissime a koh tao e siamo riuscite anche a vedere lo squalo balena a Sail Rock. Sono stata felice di tutto, dal viaggio in barca, equipaggio, cibo, luoghi e preparazione di tutti. Consiglio a tutti questo centro e queste esperienze!
  
 
        
   Stuart Pemble 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Our son had two brilliant dives with the Life Aquatic. Easy to book on WhatsApp, easy pick up from hotel, smooth admin and just a superb day. He said it was easily the most fish he had ever seen diving.
  
 
        
   Marie-Ouobo Diatta 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Une très belle expérience de plongée, pleine de simplicité et de bonne humeur. Jo, notre moniteur, a tout de suite su nous mettre à l’aise avec son sourire et son énergie positive. Il prend le temps d’expliquer chaque étape et on sent qu’il met vraiment du cœur à nous faire vivre une belle experience. Pouvoir échanger en français a rendu l’expérience encore plus fluide et rassurante. Nous avons eu la chance de plonger en petit comité, juste ma copine, Jo et moi sous l’eau, ce qui a rendu le moment encore plus spécial. Le centre est très réactif aux messages et compte plusieurs dive masters parlant différentes langues, ce qui permet à chacun de se sentir accueilli. Un moment simple, authentique, et une plongée que je garderai en mémoire.
  
 
        
   Sebastian Nieto 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Did the advanced open water course, I really enjoyed it! The speedboat was excellent, dive sites were beautiful and our instructor, Jo, was fantastic. I couldn't recommend it more!
  
 
        
   Piers Saye 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great company - highly recommended. Great team, very friendly and professional. Solid equipement (only minor grip my reg had a worn nub on one side but that wasn't an issue once under water). Best lunch we've had diving anywhere globally. We were lucky enough to see a whale shark direclty beneath us as we started the first dive at sail rock.
  
 
        
   Lucas Corte 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Super baptême de plongée, lieux magnifiques et bonne organisation ! Je recommande

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