Open Water Diver - At Jim's Dive Shop, your Open Water Diver Course consists of classsroom, pool and open water instruction necessary to master the skills that are required to earn your Open Water Diver Certification.

Your Open Water Diver Course includes; student kit (textbook, DVD, dive tables and log book), use of our tanks, regulators, bouyancy compensators, wetsuits and the cost of your open water dives.

Students must provide their own SCUBA quality personal gear; mask, fins, snorkel, weights, weight belt and dive boots or dive socks. Group and private lessons are available to fit even the busiest of schedules. Please give us a call to discuss a schedule that best fits your needs. Get started NOW with SSI's online training program.

Continue your SCUBA education with SCUBA Schools International's wide range of Specialty Courses. Specialty courses include; Night Diving, Wreck Diving, Nitrox, Underwater Photography, Navigation, Deep Diving and Stress & Rescue to name just a few. Specialty courses provide additional training to better prepare yourself for exploration of the underwater world and the individual specilaties allow you to customize your continuing SCUBA eduation.Taking a specific number of specialties and continuing your pursuit of dives allows you to earn higher levels of diver ratings. SSI’s ratings are the only ratings in the industry that combine training and experience requirements, proving that SSI ratings are truly earned.

SSI’s Advanced Diver rating stands alone in the industry with the highest combination of diving knowledge and experience. No other agency’s advanced diver level compares. To earn the certification for Advanced Open Water Diver, you must complete 4 specialty courses and have completed at least 24 open water dives.
Choose from SSI's many Specialty Courses to customize your continuing SCUBA education. Specialty Courses available at Jim's Dive Shop are: Nitrox, Night / Limited Visability, Deep Diving, Wreck Diving, Navigation, Underwater Hunter, Underwater Photography, Fossil Diving and Stress & Rescue. Most courses are offered on a one-on-one basis.

SSI’s Master Diver rating is one of the most elite ratings in diving today. Divers that have completed this level have combined the knowledge, skills and experience to truly call themselves Master Divers. To earn the certification for Master Diver, you must complete 4 specialty courses, Diver Stress&Rescue and have done a total of 50 dives.