Dive Guide — SSI
Dive Guide — SSI (recreational level)
The SSI Dive Guide programme is the first step towards a truly rewarding experience: sharing your passion by guiding other divers underwater.
Please note: this is a recreational-level certification. It allows you to guide certified friends and fellow divers, but does not permit paid or professional guiding.
Requirements:
- Minimum age: 15 years old (written parental or legal guardian consent is mandatory for anyone under 18)
- A medical certificate of fitness to dive (issued within the last year)
- At least 40 logged dives totalling a minimum of 25 hours to begin the programme
- Own a complete set of personal diving equipment
- The following certifications are required:
- Diver Stress & Rescue (or equivalent from a recognised agency)
- React Right or a first aid certificate including oxygen administration and AED, issued within the last 2 years
- Deep Diving (or equivalent from a recognised agency)
- Navigation (or equivalent from a recognised agency)
- Night & Limited Visibility (or equivalent from a recognised agency)
Certification Requirements:
- Complete 50 dives and 32 hours of diving to obtain the SSI Dive Guide certification
- Approximately 45 hours of theory sessions and practical evaluations
- SSI Dive Guide digital certification card
Duration: approx. 15 days
Many other specialties are available on request, including: Boat Diving / Wreck Diving / Computer Diving / Nitrox / Marine Ecology and other environmental specialties. SSI will recognise your growing skills and experience by awarding the following digital recognition cards:
- Speciality Diver SSI (12 logged dives and 2 specialties)
- Advanced Speciality Diver SSI (24 logged dives and 4 specialties)
- Master Diver SSI (50 logged dives and 5 specialties, including Diver Stress & Rescue)
The Dive Guide Course in Djerba
Blue Dolphin offers Dive Guide certification courses in Djerba, in small groups and using the center's equipment. See our page for pricing details. rates, the entire curriculum on Our Training Programs, and the dive sites where the sessions take place at sea. The center is located at Beach Center and at the Aldiana Club. Certification issued by SSI.