SSI Full Cave Diving – Become the Ultimate Cave Diver
SSI Full Cave Diving teaches you complex underwater navigation skills as you learn how to manage a traverse, jump, tee, and gap within a cave system. Performing advanced cave dives is as technical as it gets and will take you to exciting dive locations worldwide.
Prepare to dive the deepest caves in the world by learning lost line, lost light, gas sharing, and lost diver procedures. Utilizing either an XR Sidemount, Twinset, or Rebreather Total Diving System, the Full Cave Diving program is SSI’s highest-level overhead environment certification, providing all the tools you need to explore the world’s underwater caves.
Facts and Training Standards
Amount of Academic Sessions
8
Amount of Pool/Confined Water Sessions
1
Amount of Open Water Sessions
6
Maximum Training Depth
100 m / 330 ft
Suggested duration (h)
20
Certification Prerequisites
Minimum 75 logged dives, Minimum 10 cave dives, Cave Diving certification
All the tools to explore
Here are the benefits you can expect from attending this training program:
Make multiple navigation decisions - jumps, gaps, and tees
Advance your knowledge of dealing with cave diving emergencies like lost line or lost diver
Take your cave diving deeper and add decompression; the full cave diver is a fully rounded explorer


