SSI Specialty Instructor Courses Tenerife | SPI Seminars
Diversify Your Teaching, Boost Your Income & Avoid Instructor Burnout
Teaching Open Water courses is rewarding, but repeatedly teaching entry-level skills can lead to routine. SSI Specialty Instructor Seminars allow you to teach what you are passionate about: whether that’s deep exploration, wreck diving, night diving, or underwater navigation.
Adding specialty teaching ratings makes you significantly more employable at dive centers worldwide, increases your earning potential, and builds the foundational certifications required to reach the SSI Divemaster Instructor (DMI) and Assistant Instructor Trainer (AIT) ratings.
Course fee:
180 EUR per specialty (including SSI fees)
700 EUR for 5 specialties (including SSI fees) in our Divemaster Instructor bundle
Fast Facts
- Duration: 1 Day (simpler specialties) to 2 days (complex specialties), see table below
- Format: seminar with our in-house Instructor Trainer or co-teaching with an experienced instructor
- Location: Abades for confined water, navigation and night training, Tabaiba (wreck), and a combination of Las Eras, Radazul, and El Poris for the other specialties.
- Prerequisites:
- Status: active status
- Level: SSI Open Water Instructor, or Assistant Instructor for Navigation, React Right and Computer Diving.
- Experience: No minimum logged dives needed in the applicable specialties if you choose the seminar format. For co-teaching, 10 logged dives needed in the specialty.
- Student level certification: for advanced wreck, dry suit and search and recovery, you need to be certified as a diver. We can run the specilaty course if you miss this requirement.
- Medical approval: Valid physician-signed diving medical exam dated within the past 12 months.
Two Ways to Become an SSI Specialty Instructor
We offer two distinct pathways to earn your Specialty Instructor ratings.
Seminar (Recommended & Fastest)
Take a direct 1- or 2-day seminar with our Instructor Trainer or Master Instructor. You master the specialty standards, conduct academic teaching, demonstrate in-water skill mastery, and learn specialty-specific marketing strategies. You earn your teaching rating immediately upon completion.
Co-Teaching
Co-teach the specialty program alongside an active SSI Specialty Instructor. Note: This path takes longer and depends on customer course volume.
Why Train at Tenerife Diving Academy?
- Direct Instructor Trainer Mentorship: Learn directly from our lead IT trained under high-level international SSI leadership.
- Zero Logistics Friction: Our dive center in Abades sits steps away from our entry point, saving hours of transport time between theory and in-water sessions.
- Pathway to Divemaster Instructor and Assistant Instructor Trainer: We make it easy to bundle the exact specialties you need (Deep, Night and Limited Visibility, Navigation) to hit your SSI Divemaster Instructor (DMI) rating in one efficient visit.
Have questions? Book a quick call with our Instructor Trainer. No pressure, just straightforward advice.
Train under direct mentorship from our in-house Instructor Trainer, educated in Canada alongside top-tier SSI international leadership. Located directly in front of our Abades facility, our primary shore-training site is home to resident sea turtles, giving you a unique dive location combined with rigorous, high-level professional instruction.
Popular Specialty Instructor Programs in Tenerife
We conduct Specialty Instructor seminars across all core and advanced SSI categories. We can run almost any specialty on-demand:
Required for Divemaster Instructor rating:
- Deep Diving Instructor: Teach divers to dive safely to 40 meters.
- Navigation Instructor: Teach orientation skills and see your students grow with confidence.
- Night and Limited Visibility Instructor: Teach one of the most popular specialties and watch your students light up with excitement.
Additional specialties:
- React Right Instructor: Conduct essential CPR, First Aid, and O2 Provider courses.
- Wreck & Advanced Wreck Instructor: Guide students through specialized and overhead environments.
- Search & Recovery Instructor: Teach one of the most fun courses, while also refining your students' navigation and buoyancy control.
- Waves, Tides & Currents Instructor: Train divers in shore entries, wave navigation, surge control, and drift diving techniques across dynamic ocean environments.
- Dry Suit Diving Instructor: Teach buoyancy control in dry suits. Cover suit selection, care, emergency drill management, and maintaining proper trim.
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What to Expect During the Seminar
Our Specialty Instructor Seminars go far beyond just checking off skill boxes. Under direct mentorship from our Instructor Trainer, you will cover:
- Academic & Standards Workshop: Deep-dive into specific SSI Specialty Training Standards, student materials, and administrative completion.
- Candidate Teaching Presentations: Deliver micro-teaching academic presentations tailored to the specialty curriculum.
- In-Water Demonstration Mastery: Demonstrate demonstration-grade in-water skills and simulate scenario management in confined or open water.
- Specialty Marketing & Pricing Workshop: Learn how to package, price, and sell specialty courses to existing recreational divers to increase your revenue.
Specialty Course Details
| Specialty Category | Duration | Description / Examples | Minimum level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Response and Ecology Specialties | 1 day | React Right, Marine Ecology, Sea Turtle Ecology, Shark Ecology | Divemaster |
| Knowledge and Confined Water Specialties | 1 day | Navigation, Equipment Techniques, Altitude, Computer, Photo and Video | Assistant Instructor |
| Open Water Specialties | 1 day | Deep Diving, Night and Limited Visibility, Waves, Tides & Currents, Wreck | Open Water Instructor |
| Complex specialties | 2 Days | Advanced Wreck Diving, Dry Suit Diving | Open Water Instructor with corresponding student-level certification |