Welcome to Your New Adventure! Becoming a trained, certified diver is your passport to a lifetime of exploration, exotic locations, and amazing color and beauty in the spectacular underwater world. For more than 30 years at Rec Diving, our training has provided a natural learning progression with the goal of developing ability and comfort so you can really enjoy diving. The first step is Beginning Scuba and Open Water Certification. After that, you can advance your Diver Rating to go as far as your passion and enthusiasm take you!
Since certification is for life, it is the diver’s responsibility to maintain proficiency with required skills and knowledge. At Rec Diving, we believe that one of the keys to achieving and maintaining success as a diver is taking the “next step” via continuing education. Each of our specialty courses is based on our Diver Diamond methodology, which focuses on the proper knowledge, skills, equipment and experience required to help you become a proficient diver. Specialties give purpose, add challenge and open up new areas of interest to diving. Start your journey!
Serious divers know that training accelerates the learning process, but there is no substitute for experience. The experience requirement for the Dive Leadership ratings makes you a very comfortable, truly advanced diver, because you put your skills to use in the real world. Dive leadership is a natural extension of the training path. If you have an interest in leading dives or teaching divers, consider advancing your diver rating to Dive Control Specialist or Open Water Instructor. Dive leadership is incredibly rewarding for those dedicated individuals who have a love of adventure and a passion for diving.
Every time you dive you are adding experience, enjoyment and becoming a better diver. Since diving is something you can enjoy for the rest of your life, your ability can progress as far as you want it to. SSI and Rec Diving support 11 levels of experience, representing a progression from beginning diver to professional. Each level is defined by a range of dives. When you achieve a significant level of experience, you are recognized for your milestone. Welcome to your new adventure – innerspace. You can look forward to many memorable diving adventures in the years to come!