Course overview

Become an SSI Open Water Instructor in Cozumel and Cancún, training on the same legendary drift walls - Palancar, Columbia and Santa Rosa - that draw divers worldwide. SSI's modular, digital-first path lets you build teaching competency dive by dive before your Instructor Training and Evaluation.

What you’ll learn

• Teach SSI academic, pool and open-water sessions
• Demonstrate all core skills to professional standard
• Apply SSI Total Diving System and dive science
• Run safe sessions in Cozumel's signature current
• Pass the Instructor Evaluation

Prerequisites

• 18 years minimum
• SSI Dive Guide / Divemaster with required logged dives
• Valid first-aid and CPR provider rating
• Medical clearance to dive

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   ITC kickoff

   SSI Standards and the Total Diving System teaching model.
2. Day2
   Pool teaching circuits

   Repeatable skill demonstrations honed until mastery.
3. Day3
   Open-water teaching

   Lead practice sessions on calm Cozumel reefs.
4. Day4
   Science and standards

   Dive-science exams and SSI procedures review.
5. Day5
   Instructor Evaluation

   Certifier assesses teaching and skill demonstrations.

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