We offer the following courses :
This is a course for those of you, who want to experience what it's like to be underwater for the first time. SDI's Scuba Discovery program gives you an opportunity to see what you can expect from the underwater world and what you'll learn next on SDI's Open Water Scuba Diver course. Under the watchful eye of an experienced SDI instructor, you'll learn basic safety procedures, necessary for a safe and fun dive. You will learn diving skills such as ear pressure equalization, equipment inspection, basic buoyancy control and underwater communication. During the program you will be instructed in basic diving equipment and techniques, after which you will take an underwater walk in a nearby aquatic environment. If you like this first attempt, the next step for you is the SDIOpen Water Scuba Diver course
The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver course is an entry level certification, created, to provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to safely dive in open water. Some of the many skills, which you will learn during the course include controlling buoyancy, correct determination of weights, protection of the water environment, assembling the diving equipment, planning the dive, maintenance and operation of the equipment, etc. During the training within the course, while trainees are trained to perform the most important skills underwater, basic knowledge of diving equipment is covered, physiology and the underwater environment. The course is the first step, with which to start exploring diving destinations around the world or in your country.
You have successfully completed the Open Water Diver course and are now ready to expand your knowledge, but first you would like to know what the options are. The SDI Advanced Adventure Diver course will give you an overview of five selected SDI specialties. Two of them are the SDI Deep Diver and the Navigation Diver, which form the basis of further diving training. The other specialties include:
• Advanced Buoyancy Control
• Altitude, Boat
• Computer Nitrox
• Drift
• Marine Ecosystem Awareness
• Many other
The purpose of the course is to introduce you to each of the five majors, without exhausting them entirely. One dive from each of the selected specialties may be used towards certification in the respective specialty
While doing the Open Water Scuba Diver course, you learn the basics of how to control and use your buoyancy. If you continue with the SDI Advanced Buoyancy control course (Advanced Buoyancy Control) you will make your diving even easier, without effort and you will really enjoy the lack of gravity. Some of the tricks, which you will learn from your SDI instructor are:
• Breath control;
• Correct determination of weights;
• Placing weights for balance;
• Body position and balance;
• Aerodynamic equipment;
• Factors, which affect buoyancy
SDI's Advanced Diver Development program has been developed, to train really advanced divers. During the course, your SDI instructor will teach you four SDI specialties (for example, deep diving, navigation, photo, video etc.), covering all skills and subjects, so that you finally feel comfortable performing each dive with its respective characteristics. Once you log your 25th dive (this may include any training dives) visit your nearest SDI dive center with your logbook and four SDI Advanced Diver Development specialty cards and you will receive your SDI Advanced Scuba Diver certificate. Once you have received such a certificate, you will improve your ability and comfort in the water and be ready for the next step, SDI Rescue Diver level.
Once it's safe, that diving is your sport, you have successfully completed and received your Open Water Scuba Diver certificate, Advanced Scuba Diver certificate , Rescue Diver certificate and you have recorded (registered) total 50 diving, you are ready for the next step. The SDI Master Scuba Diver Development program is that, which you deserve and is the highest non-professional level, which you can get. Visit your nearest SDI dive center, bring with you all your diving achievements and don't forget your 50 dive log book and our friendly team will reward your hard work with your Master Scuba Diver certificate. What's next after you already hold a certificate for the highest non-professional level of certification? You can continue to take SDI majors, that interest you as a Computer Nitrox course, курс Diver Propulsion Vehicle Specialty, Dry Suit Diver course and many more or sign up for the first professional level of SDI Divemaster training.
SDI's Deep Diver course is designed for those of you, who want to explore the greater depths and will reveal to you the risks and benefits of deep diving. Many of the interesting objects lie at more than 18 m depth as wonderful underwater sheer walls, sunken ships and creatures, which do not go out into shallower waters. During the course, your SDI instructor will train you in the following skills:
Proper descent;
How to use the air optimally, which you have;
The effects of nitrogen narcosis;
Dive planning.
At the end of the course, your knowledge will have expanded and your level of calmness and comfort underwater will have increased. The Deep Diver course is for a depth of up to 40 m, the recommended limit for sport diving.
Some of the best diving takes place in currents, where the water is rich with food and marine life. Whether you plan to dive downstream or cross a passage, the Drift Diver course (diving in the presence of current) of SDI will teach you the safe techniques for doing so. The course covers:
• Inflows, ebbs and flows;
• Partnership procedures;
• Entries from moving boats;
• Navigation;
• Buoyancy control.
SDI's Dry Suit Diver course will open up a whole new world of diving possibilities for you. A dry suit is more suitable for diving in most of the world's waters. These waters are characterized by a great abundance of marine life, which expects to be seen and photographed. Drysuits are also used when diving in tropical waters during the colder months. Your SDI instructor will train you to:
• Selection of a dry suit;
• Suit maintenance;
• Emergency procedures;
• Correct determination of weights;
• Buoyancy control.
There are a lot of things, which you as a diver should know, to service your diving equipment and the Equipment Specialist course (equipment specialist) is the best way to absorb them. This course covers ballast compensators, regulators, wet and dry suits and many other items of diving equipment. Your SDI instructor will train you on:
• Proper cleaning of diving equipment;
• Proper storage; Transportation and storage of diving bottles
If you want to introduce your children to sports, with which you have fun, SDI offers a suitable program for this! The Future Buddies program is a course, specially designed to provide children aged between 8 and 9 years introduction to diving in a controlled environment under the direct guidance of an experienced SDI instructor. In this program, children are given the opportunity to try breathing underwater in a pool. The instructor introduces the young students to topics such as the history of the sport of diving, diving equipment and the aquatic environment. After they are done 10 years, prospective divers can sign up for SDI's Junior Open Water Diver course
For many divers, night diving is the favorite type of diving. As with other specialties, night diving procedures are different from open water diving. The purpose of the SDI Night course & The Limited Visibility Diver is to familiarize the Open Water Scuba diver with the procedures, techniques and potential risks, related to diving at night or in reduced visibility. You will learn about the use of diving lights and techniques such as:
• Navigation (orientation);
• Partnership procedures;
• Communications;
• Buoyancy control;
• Interaction with nocturnal marine life;
• So you will be able to enjoy night diving with maximum safety and comfort.
The SDI Rescue Diver course is designed to develop your knowledge and skills to effectively perform casualty diver rescues, as well as assist in performing and providing first aid. You will learn how to help yourself, to your partner, how to recognize and calm panicked divers, how to render assistance to divers, injured while diving, lead search and manage incident cases. After the SDI Rescue Diver course, you can continue with the SDI Master Scuba Diver Development program or start the professional levels by moving on to the SDI Divemaster course.
The course Search & Recovery Diver will teach you the basics of searching for objects lost in the water from boat motors to jewelry. You'll also learn to restore objects once you've found them, which includes methods of raising and tying ropes underwater, to extract the objects. Your SDI instructor will teach topics such as:
• Methods and means of elevation;
• Search management;
• Prevent tangles;
• Recovery and preservation of objects
One of the most important skills, that a diver must master is good orientation, which can be done with a compass or by using natural landmarks. The SDI Underwater Navigation course will teach you the skills, needed for both compass navigation, as well as for natural orientation. During the course, your SDI instructor will introduce you to:
• The features of the compass;
• Distance determination;
• Reliance on ocean floor contours;
Practical activities
Diving and the accompanying underwater wonders, that divers see in the marine environment can only be captured by underwater photography, to be shared afterwards with friends and family. The SDI Underwater Photography course will allow you to familiarize yourself with some special features of underwater photography, as well as with its various aspects according to the photographer's interests. During the course, your SDI instructor will assist you in choosing a camera, mastering buoyancy control techniques, underwater lighting and capturing the perfect shot. Whether you want to use a tape or digital camera, the course and your SDI instructor will teach you everything you need
Diving to shipwrecks can be one of the most exciting aspects of the sport of diving and can reveal bits of history, seen by only a few so far. Any effort on such a dive, however, should be directed towards performing safe diving techniques. In the SDI Wreck Diver course we will discuss and use the special equipment and techniques, which are applied in diving to sunken ships. The course can be of two types - without penetrating the sunken ship (two dives) and with partial penetration (total 3 diving). In case per course, in which it is partially penetrated, limited penetration means swimming, in the space illuminated by the light, surrounding the point of entry into the sunken ship. Your SDI instructor will teach you how to plan and execute safe and fun wreck dives.