Want to hone your skills in a particular area or perhaps learn some entirely new ones? Dive Winnipesaukee offers several specialty courses that provide you with the proper knowledge and skills to truly consider yourself an experienced diver. With SSI's continuing education program each specialty course taken is also earning you credit towards diver ratings such as Specialty Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, and Master Diver. We have also assembled packages that combine our most popular and beneficial courses with the required courses for each advancement.

• Boat Diving
• Computer Diving
• Deep Diving
• Diver Stress and Rescue
• Dry Suit Diving
• Enriched Air Nitrox
• Equipment Techniques
• Ice Diving
• Navigation
• Night and Limited Visibility
• Search and Recovery
• Underwater Photography
• Waves, Tides and Currents
• Wreck Diving
• Cave Diving

Ratings and Courses

Speciality Diver

To earn this rating you must have logged a total of 12 dives and complete 2 specialties.

Advanced Open Water Diver

SSI AOWD rating is the most complete advanced diver rating in the industry, requiring the highest combination of diving knowledge and experience. To obtain this level a diver must have logged 24 dives and completed 4 specialty courses. We have put together a package that combines four specialties that will help hone the skills most beneficial to the majority of divers.

Advanced Open Water Course Includes:

• Open Water Review
• Boat Diving
• Night and Limited Visibility
• Navigation
• Deep Sport Diving

Master Diver Course

The most elite non-leadership rating in the dive industry. To earn this rating you must have logged 50 dives completed 4 specialties and Diver Stress and Rescue.

• Diver Stress and Rescue
• CPR & First Aid
• Dan O₂