Increase your awareness of divers' varying abilities and explore adaptive techniques to apply while diving with a buddy with a disability.  The SSI Classified Diving program provides adaptive training for students with limited mobility and/or sensory disorders, allowing them to dive with one or more Classified Dive Buddies, or a Dive Professional. 

The Classified Dive Buddy certification qualifies an SSI Stress & Rescue diver (or higher) to dive with a certified Classified Diver.

This program is about more than just teaching adaptive diving techniques.  It creates a network of Classified Divers, Buddies, and Professionals so everyone can safely experience the thrill of scuba diving. 

​THEORY - Complete SSI's online learning program, so that you can learn the academics at your own pace.

PRACTICAL - A combination of Confined Water Pool training, plus some Open Water scenarios are required to earn the rating of Classified Diver Buddy.

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age for this course is 18 years old.
• Minimum level of certification of SSI Diver Stress & Rescue (or equivalent) is required to enrol in this course.
• First Aid & CPR training within the last 2 years.

The Classified Diver Buddy course can be run as an integrated part of our SSI Diver Stress & Rescue program at Aquatic Adventures, or alternatively it can be run separately.

When run separately, and with a minimum of 4 participants, this course costs: $300.00 per person.

Private courses are available.

Course dates can be found on our Calendar, as well as on your MySSI app.  Please email us to enquire about other dates for this course if the listed dates don't suit.