You’re thrilled with snorkeling in the Red Sea and wondering what it’s like to breathe underwater? Then you should just give it a try and join us for a try dive.
If you enjoy swimming and snorkeling, the Basic Diver is the perfect program for you. Our instructors will provide you with an introduction to diving and guide you through a few safety exercises that we will complete in shallow water. We’ll take you on a dive to a maximum depth of 12 meters. Throughout the entire underwater tour, our instructor will be with you, taking care of your safety. All you have to do is breathe and enjoy the beauty of the Red Sea.
The Basic Diver is not a certification, but allowes you to dive with a dive professional to a depth of 12 m and, should you decide to continue your training with the SSI Open Water Course, can be acknowledged as part of the training for up to six months after your Basic Diver course. This program gives you an insight into the world of diving and may inspire you to explore more.
You want to learn to dive but don’t have enough time for the SSI Open Water Diver course? In that case, the SSI Scuba Diver program is ideal for you. Learn the essential basics in 2 days to dive confidently with a dive professional.
Through online learning and dives in both open water and confined water, the SSI Scuba Diver course provides you with the perfect foundation to become an independent and confident diver. You’ll learn everything you need for open water dives up to a maximum depth of 12 meters, together with an SSI Professional. With this course, you complete about half of the Open Water Diver course and can later upgrade your certification to Open Water Diver. To do so, you just need to complete the remaining theory and confined water sessions, along with two training dives in open water.
As a diver, the whole world is open to you. Practically anywhere in the world, you can go diving. Whether it’s at colorful reefs here in the Gulf of Aqaba in Dahab, expansive underwater landscapes in the Mediterranean Sea, or in a crystal-clear mountain lake in the Alps.
Your first big step into this world begins with your SSI Open Water Diver course. In this course, you will learn all the theoretical basics and practical skills you need to dive into the most beautiful places in the world, all in small groups. Start your underwater adventure now with Blue Ocean Dive Dahab!
Course Overview
During the course, you will learn how to:
Already have your Scuba Diver certification? Excellent – complete the remaining theory and confined water sessions, as well as two training dives in open water to upgrade your certification to the full SSI Open Water Diver level.
Scuba skills can easily rust, and after a while, one may lose confidence in their abilities. An SSI Scuba Skills Update will get you back in the water and back to your former strength in no time.
In this refresher course, you will review and practice the diving skills from your Open Water Diver program under the guidance of an SSI Professional. However, a Scuba Skills Update is not just a relaxed method to refresh your diving skills but often a requirement to resume diving education after a break. If you don’t want to worry about your skills during your diving vacation and would rather enjoy the underwater world, take the course at the beginning of your trip. Let us know what you want to practice so you can focus on your weaknesses, and we’ll help you gain more confidence.
The SSI Advanced Adventurer course provides insights into various aspects of recreational diving and gives you the opportunity to try 5 specialties. You are free to choose which specialties you want to explore – Navigation Diving, Perfect Buoyancy, Fish Identification, and many more. Our recommendation: Definitely choose the Deep Dive. This way, you can explore the oceans up to a depth of 30 meters in the future.
If you’re not sure which specialty courses are right for you, the SSI Advanced Adventurer course is a good option! Here, you can explore various diving topics before committing to a full specialty course. It’s the ideal way to figure out what your advanced training is about and how it can enrich your diving adventures.
In the SSI Advanced Adventurer course, you can try five specialties. After a detailed briefing with your SSI Instructor, you’ll do one open water training dive for each specialty. This gives you an overview of all the specialty courses that interest you. If you choose to, you can later complete each specialty course and count the Advanced Adventurer training dive towards it.
The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Course is the best course to learn how to protect yourself and other divers. You will learn how to recognize stress, prevent accidents, and apply practical techniques for conducting rescues and emergency care.
What if something happens? Stress negatively impacts our judgment and becomes one of the main causes of diving accidents, making rescue situations more challenging. This program provides the necessary knowledge and skills to recognize stress, prevent accidents, and respond appropriately in emergency situations.
What you will learn:
As a deep diver, you have the unique opportunity to explore some of the best dive sites in the world and encounter popular marine creatures. There’s so much waiting for you in the deep blue sea, below 18 meters.
Many exciting dive sites are located in deeper waters. Without proper training, deep dives can be very dangerous. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty offers you the opportunity to safely and comfortably plan and dive dives deeper than 18m up to a maximum of 40 m. This is also a prerequisite for your further diving career.
Take part in an Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty course if you want to shorten your surface intervals and extend your dive time. This way, you’ll spend more time exploring your favorite dive sites instead of waiting around!
The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox program teaches you how to safely plan and conduct dives using enriched air blends with up to 40% oxygen. Compared to air, diving with enriched air (EAN) extends your no-decompression limits and safety while reducing your surface intervals compared to air.
This specialty course provides you with the knowledge and advanced skills you need for safe and confident underwater navigation.
You will learn the correct use of the compass, techniques for natural navigation, estimating distances, exiting and returning to a specific point, as well as simple navigation patterns. You will also learn how to combine navigation techniques to optimize your diving experience. All of this sharpens your observation skills underwater, increases your dive safety, and helps you make the most of every dive.
The SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty course is the best way to improve your buoyancy control and experience relaxed dives.
Buoyancy control is one of the most important diving skills, but every experienced diver will confirm that perfecting it takes some time. In this course, you will learn advanced buoyancy skills and techniques. By improving your body position in the water and optimizing buoyancy control, you can reduce your air consumption and extend your bottom times. In this essential course, you will also learn new skills to protect the underwater world, which can always come in handy. Being well-balanced, you’ll soon glide effortlessly through the water, take the underwater photos you’ve always dreamed of, or simply enjoy the weightlessness.
Deepen your knowledge in decompression theory and how it relates to your dive computer. Learn to understand and utilize the functions of your computer, and discover additional options it offers. When you know and can use all the features of a dive computer, you not only increase your dive safety but also facilitate the planning and execution of your dives.
The SSI Computer Diving program shows you the functions and capabilities of various dive computers and explains how to use these functions before, during, and after your dive. Often, divers buy a computer and only use it for basic information. Get the most out of your investment by learning how to optimize the use of your dive computer.
The sea is full of dive sites, and many top spots are only accessible by boat. If you want to explore these incredible dive sites, become an SSI Boat Diver.
It’s the best way to learn how to dive safely and comfortably from different boats: from small private boats to comfortable safari ships. As a Boat Diver, you can experience offshore dive sites where huge pelagic fish schools roam and the marine fauna unfolds, which you won’t find near the coast.
Limited Visibility
Night dives require completely different skills than dives during daylight. The SSI Night Diving & Limited Visibility Specialty course is the best way to learn all about night diving and practice the necessary techniques that will make you a safe and confident night diver.
This program provides the necessary knowledge and skills for safe and comfortable night or limited visibility diving. Your dives don’t have to end at sunset because some of the most amazing ocean creatures appear only at night. You will learn how to handle special equipment, the correct entry and exit techniques, and how to communicate with your dive buddy at night and in limited visibility.
Sidemount Diving
What is already common practice in cave and wreck diving is now also being discovered by more and more recreational divers: the simple, pleasant, and weightless diving experience without feeling the burden of the dive gear on your back – who wouldn’t want to have this experience at least once? To safely conduct these types of dives, special training is required. This is offered through the SSI Recreational Sidemount Specialty course.
You will learn everything about the background, history, benefits, and equipment of Sidemount diving in the theory class. In practice, you will learn how to configure your equipment and handle it in the water. You will quickly realize that the comfortable buoyancy and easier maneuverability will give you a whole new diving experience.
The SSI Decompression Diving Specialty course shows you how to safely dive beyond the no-decompression limits.
You will learn to plan and conduct dives up to a maximum depth of 40 meters with limited decompression using your recreational diving equipment and a single dive tank. You will learn and practice how to effectively use the functions of your dive computer, such as gas switching or integration, remaining air time, and ascent time. Using these computer functions will quickly become routine for you, allowing you to conduct safe limited decompression dives without hours of dive planning. After completing the course, you can explore breathtaking deep dive sites or large wrecks without the limitation of no-decompression limits. Your chances of enhancing your diving adventures have just increased!
This program provides in-depth and detailed information on physics, physiology, decompression theory, aquatic environment, and diving equipment.
Extensive content on the theoretical basics of diving forms the foundation for most SSI Professional courses as well as some Extended Range courses and is an essential component for deepening your diving expertise. The Science of Diving program is also an integral part of your Divemaster training.
Divers love coral reefs, and with good reason. Gliding over a healthy reef where underwater life thrives is something magical. These valuable ecosystems are fascinating, and the SSI Coral Identification Specialty course is the best way to learn more about coral reefs and make the most out of your reef dives.
In this specialty course, you will learn skills and methods to identify and name the most important coral species.
The world’s oceans are home to countless species of fish, and on your dives, you’ll encounter many fascinating marine creatures!
In this course, you will learn all the skills and methods to identify the most common reef fish families in the Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, and especially the Red Sea.
How does the ocean work? With this program, we’ll find out exactly that!
This program teaches a general understanding of the complex and exciting interconnections within marine ecosystems. This includes how organisms interact with each other and their environment, the flow of energy through communities, and the connectivity of ocean ecosystems.
You would like to learn more about the ecology, biology, and conservation of marine mammals? This SSI program familiarizes you with the wonders of these amazing creatures. Dive into the world of whales, dolphins, and seals and explore this incredibly diverse group of marine animals.
In this program, you’ll learn what distinguishes marine mammals from terrestrial mammals, discover where they live, explore their physiology, and learn how to identify different species. You’ll also learn about the conservation of marine mammals—a great way to contribute to ocean preservation.
In the SSI Shark Ecology course, you’ll learn to interpret shark behavior, why they are often misunderstood, and how to dive safely with them.
In the SSI Shark Ecology course, you’ll learn to interpret shark behavior, why they are often misunderstood, and how to dive safely with them. It’s the perfect course for shark enthusiasts as well as for divers who are afraid of sharks and want to overcome this fear.
(First aid course)
React Right is the SSI emergency course that teaches you the knowledge and practical skills to act correctly as a first responder in a medical emergency.
In this flexible course, you can choose your topics, such as initial assessment, first aid, CPR, and stabilization techniques. You will learn more about administering emergency oxygen and using the defibrillator (AED). With a combination of theory and practical training scenarios, this course provides you with important tools and confidence for emergency assistance. Once certified, you can act as a first responder, provide first aid and CPR, administer oxygen, and provide AED support.
The correct mixing of gases is essential for safe breathing underwater. The SSI Gas Blender course teaches you the skills and concepts required for safely blending nitrox and helium-based trimix gases.
This non-diving program is open to certified and non-certified divers, teaching the correct application of mathematics, gas blending software, physics, and techniques necessary for safely blending breathing gases.
Perfect your skills and kick-start your career as a diving professional!
The SSI Divemaster is the most popular certification at the professional level. In addition to guiding certified divers, Divemasters have the opportunity to assist in courses, work on dive boats and in resorts, and teach snorkeling courses.
The Divemaster training at Blue Ocean Dive Dahab is an internship where you participate in the daily life of a busy dive shop. The course includes developing skills both in confined and open water until you can demonstrate them to others. Your training will also cover the safety aspects of a dive guide, and you will learn how to best assist your guests under various conditions. You will accompany our instructors in their daily activities and work with them so that you can learn and benefit from their experience.
The SSI Divemaster course consists of the SSI Dive Guide, which prepares you to lead certified divers in a professional environment, and Science of Diving, which deepens your understanding of the theories behind diving.
Many practical workshops are conducted, including deep, navigation, night, guide, and briefing dives, as well as buoyancy, dive skills and stress and rescue exercises, including search for missing divers. Additionally, you will be trained as a snorkeling instructor.
Theory sessions cover topics such as physics, decompression theory, physiology, ecology, equipment, as well as the management of dive businesses and marketing.
We firmly believe that you need to gain a wide range of experiences by following different instructors and assisting in courses. Therefore, in addition to the course requirements, when you are not participating in scheduled training, you will assist instructors in all dive courses from Basic Diver to Rescue, and with their support, guide and give briefings yourself.
Depending on your starting level, we tailor the course to your needs. To become certified as a Divemaster, you must have completed the Diver Stress & Rescue course, hold a current first aid certificate with the ability to administer oxygen in emergencies, and have completed at least 40 logged dives.
We recommend planning between 4 and 9 weeks for this program to allow sufficient time to meet all requirements and gain experience.
At this level, you should have a complete set of equipment:
The SSI Extended Range Foundations course offers you the opportunity to expand your already advanced diving skills in a workshop atmosphere. You will learn more about the use of technical equipment in conjunction with the equipment configuration for which you are already certified.
Building on your basic skills, you will perfect buoyancy control, trim, finning techniques, positioning and communication. The Extended Range Foundations course is an additional training to existing certifications and aims to increase the diver’s confidence and control in the water. All training dives are conducted in a limited open water environment above 12 meters.
The SSI Extended Range Nitrox course provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the concepts, techniques, and procedures necessary for planning decompression dives with Nitrox.
Designed as a standalone program or a stepping stone to becoming an SSI Extended Range Diver, this Enriched Air Nitrox course provides the fundamental skills for all future technical courses. It prepares you for planning and executing dives using double tanks with a decompression limit of up to 40 meters. Additionally, this advanced Nitrox course teaches you the techniques and procedures for using gases with up to 50 % oxygen for decompression.
The SSI Extended Range program is the core program upon which all other SSI XR Open-Circuit programs are built. This program marks the beginning of your exciting journey to becoming an experienced tech diver.
In a double tank configuration, this program prepares you to plan and conduct decompression dives to a maximum depth of 45 meters. You will learn the techniques and procedures for using Nitrox blends with up to 100% oxygen for decompression.
The SSI Technical Extended Range Diving Course builds upon the skills and techniques you learned as an SSI Extended Range Diver.
During this course, you will go beyond no-decompression limits by increasing your dive depth and duration. Using technical equipment and a double tank configuration, Technical Extended Range Diving provides enthusiastic underwater explorers with the necessary training to independently plan and conduct mixed gas dives with unlimited decompression down to a depth of 60 meters.
Get ready to push the limits of your technical diving skills. The SSI Hypoxic Trimix course utilizes the full package of knowledge, skills, equipment, and experience you acquired in your previous Advanced Training to take you on a journey into the depths of the ocean.
Conduct the ultimate decompression dive safely by applying trimix diving techniques. Learn how to carry and properly use at least three stage bottles for travel and deco gases alongside your double tanks. With hypoxic trimix breathing gases, you will plan and conduct dives up to a depth of 100 meters.
The TDI Intro to Tech program allows you to get a taste of the world of technical diving. This course is an ideal preview for the TDI Advanced Nitrox course and the TDI Decompression Procedures course.
In this course, you will become familiar with technical equipment configurations and improve your diving skills in open water (such as buoyancy, trim, and situational awareness). Additionally, you will learn advanced gas planning techniques as part of a no-decompression dive.
Would you like to extend your bottom times? Perhaps you’re a scientific diver or an underwater photographer and just want to stay underwater longer?
The TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver course allows the use of EAN21 to EAN100, within your current certification level, up to a depth of 40 meters for no-decompression dives. This course is often taught in conjunction with the TDI Decompression Procedures course and lays the foundation for technical diving. TDI Advanced Nitrox is also a prerequisite for SCR or CCR divers.
Are you limited by your No-Decompression Limits (NDLs) during dives, having to ascend earlier than you’d like? The TDI Decompression Procedures course prepares you for planned decompression dives.
With a maximum dive depth of 45 meters, this course is your first step beyond the normal recreational diving limits. The TDI Decompression Procedures course, combined with the TDI Advanced Nitrox course, forms the foundation for all other technical diving courses. After completing these two courses and gaining some additional experience, the path is clear for further technical advancements.
Many spectacular dive sites are often deeper than 39 meters, but you may have limited or no access to helium in this part of the world. In the TDI Extended Range course, you will learn the correct techniques to dive with compressed air as a breathing gas with an acceptable risk at a maximum depth of up to 55 meters. This way, you won’t have to miss out on these dives!
The TDI Extended Range diving course provides you with the necessary training and experience for deep diving using air. This course also educates you about the correct techniques, equipment requirements, and potential hazards involved. You will learn to safely and competently use air for decompression dives up to 55 meters, as well as nitrox blends or oxygen for your decompression stops.
You want to expand your depth range while reducing the effects of narcosis during deep dives? Then the TDI Trimix Diver course is the perfect course for you!
During your diving career, you may eventually find that you want to go deeper, whether to explore a historically significant wreck or an impressive cave system. One of the main factors limiting deep diving is narcosis. The TDI Trimix Diver course demonstrates how adding helium to the breathing gas reduces the effects of narcosis. During the Trimix Diver course, your TDI Instructor will teach you how to plan and conduct dives using a breathing gas with only 18 percent oxygen. You will dive with a helium mixture appropriate for the planned depth, up to a maximum depth of 60 meters.
The TDI Advanced Trimix Diver course is the pinnacle of training for technical divers in open circuit. It enables you to dive to depths of up to 100 meters using hypoxic gas mixtures (less than 17 percent oxygen content). This course is one of the most informative and challenging of all TDI courses. Upon completion, you will belong to the divers who are capable of doing and seeing more while diving than other divers out there.
The TDI Advanced Trimix course provides the necessary training to competently and safely use helium-based breathing gases for dives up to a maximum depth of 100 meters and to properly conduct the required staged decompression. Nitrox and/or oxygen mixtures are used during decompression. The goal of this course is to educate you on the benefits, risks, and proper procedures for using individual oxygen/helium/nitrogen mixtures as breathing gases.