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Dive Guide

The Course

Love scuba diving? Want to share it with others on a whole new level? Take the SSI Dive Guide course and do what you love to do as a career. This program gives you the skills and experience required to safely lead groups of certified divers, and is the first step towards an exciting career as an SSI Professional without requiring you to complete an instructor program. Professional Dive Guides can work for SSI Training Centers, guiding dives in a variety of environments and conditions.

Working closely with a SSI Instructor, you’ll fine-tune your dive skills, like perfecting the effortless hover, and refine your rescue skills so you anticipate and easily solve common problems. You’ll gain dive knowledge, management and supervision abilities so you become a role model to divers everywhere.

The SSI Dive Guide course is your first level of professional training.Once you’ve obtained the Dive Guide certification, you can later upgrade to SSI Divemaster after completing the SSI Science of Diving specialty course.


Only Rescue Divers who are at least 18 years old may enroll in the professional course. You also need to have:

  • Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months.
  • A medical statement signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
  • At least 40 logged dives to begin the course and 50 dives to earn certification.
  • Certification or equivalent experience in: Navigation, Night & Limited Visibility and Deep Diving.
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As you are completing a Professional level training course, you will be completing multiple dives over multiple days over multiple weeks. It is important you have an insurance policy that covers this type of diving.

About the Course

The SSI Divemaster course teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. Through knowledge development sessions, waterskills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you develop the skills to organize and direct a variety of scuba diving activities. Topics and practical workshops include:

  • The role and characteristics of the Divemaster
  • Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers
  • Diver safety and risk management & environmental awareness
  • Dive setup and management
  • Conducting dive briefings
  • Open water dive site mapping
  • Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive
  • Conducting a scuba review
  • Assisting Discover Scuba programs

40000 THB per personne

What’s Included

DM Crew Pack

DM Crew Pack

Digital Training

Digital Training

Equipment

Equipment

Certification Fee

Certification Fee

10 dives

10 dives

T-Shirt

T-Shirt

Store discount

Store discount

Digital Card

Certification Card

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

Free online training

With the SSI Digital Training  you can study your course materials well before you ever land on the island 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.

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.

Own Speedboat

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

Why divers love us

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Johanna V
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Plongée incroyable à Sail Rock ! Organisation et dive master au top ! Merci à Tan 🙂
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Saranne Maurice
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Really great day out. The whole team were super supportive. Really professional and enjoyable. Thanks!!
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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!
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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:)
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sofia xausa
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Piers Saye
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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.
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Lucas Corte
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Super baptême de plongée, lieux magnifiques et bonne organisation ! Je recommande

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