A guide to getting started with diving, one step at a time and in small groups. No experience is needed: we’ll take care of everything.
Your first taste of the sea: your very first dive in safe, shallow waters, guided step by step by an instructor. No experience required – just a desire to discover what it’s like to breathe underwater — and you’ll receive your SSI Try Scuba card.
A short course to really get a taste of scuba diving: you’ll learn the basic skills and dive to a depth of up to 12 metres accompanied by an SSI professional. The ideal way to get started at a leisurely pace before going on to the full certification.
It provides you with everything you need to dive to a depth of 12 metres in the sea with an SSI instructor, combining online theory, pool sessions and open-water dives. It’s the first, exciting step towards becoming an Open Water Diver.
The SSI certification is recognised worldwide: once you’ve completed the course, you’ll be able to dive independently with a buddy to a depth of 18 metres, wherever you like. Personalised theory lessons, pool sessions and open-water dives to ensure you feel completely at ease underwater.
Have you been out of the water for a while? A practical refresher course to help you get back in the water safely and with confidence, revising the key Open Water skills with an instructor. Ideal before resuming diving or going on a diving trip.
Basic courses are your gateway to the underwater world. It all starts with an introductory dive in the pool — your first breath underwater, with no experience and no commitment — and leads to the Open Water Diver, the international certification that qualifies you to dive independently to a depth of 18 metres anywhere in the world. In Rome the practical lessons take place in the pool and along the Lazio coast, always in small groups guided by an instructor.
You don’t need any particular skills: all it takes is feeling comfortable in the water and being keen to give it a try. The theory is flexible (available online too, with the SSI app), the equipment to get you started is provided on hire, and we guide you every step of the way, from your first dive to your certification.
With a free introductory dive in the pool, or directly with the Open Water Diver course. If you’ve never tried it, the pool session is the easiest, no-commitment way to find out whether diving is for you.
No: the basic courses start from scratch and the equipment is provided on hire. All you need is to be able to swim and feel comfortable in the water.