SSI Technical Extended Range AIR – Push Your Depth Limits Safely

Master Technical Diving to Greater Depths with Air

The SSI Technical Extended Range AIR course is tailored for technical divers ready to safely extend their dive depths beyond traditional recreational limits using air as a primary gas. This training allows you to plan and conduct dives up to 50 metres, mastering advanced decompression procedures, gas management strategies, and specialised technical diving equipment.

Through a combination of rigorous theory sessions, confined water training, and open water dives, you’ll develop the essential skills needed for safe technical air diving. Under expert guidance from experienced SSI Extended Range instructors, you’ll build confidence and proficiency, enabling you to safely explore deeper dive sites.

Why Choose the SSI Technical Extended Range AIR Course?

Completing this course allows technical divers to:

• Dive Deeper with Confidence: Safely perform dives down to 50 metres on air, extending your underwater adventures.

• Master Decompression Techniques: Become proficient in staged decompression and emergency gas management.

• Enhance Equipment Proficiency: Expertly handle technical diving gear including twinsets, stage cylinders, and redundant equipment configurations.

• Increase Safety Awareness: Develop a strong understanding of dive planning, contingency scenarios, and decompression risk management.

This course is ideal for divers aiming to push their technical diving skills further and serves as excellent preparation for deeper trimix training.

What’s Included in the SSI Technical Extended Range AIR Course?

Comprehensive Knowledge Development

• Deep Air Diving Theory: Learn dive planning, gas management, decompression strategies, and risk mitigation.

• Advanced Decompression Models: Understand different decompression algorithms, staged decompression profiles, and emergency procedures.

• Technical Equipment Mastery: Become proficient in configuring and managing advanced twinset systems, stage cylinders, and decompression gases.

Technical Extended Range AIR Practical Skills Development

• Confined Water Training (1 Dive): Refine buoyancy, trim, propulsion techniques, valve drills, and emergency scenarios.

• Open Water Training (6 Dives): Execute deeper dives progressively, practising complex decompression stops, gas switching, and contingency procedures under realistic conditions.

Course Requirements & Prerequisites

• Minimum Age: 18 years

• Certification Level: SSI Extended Range (or equivalent)

• Minimum Logged Dives: 50 dives recommended

• Medical Clearance: Valid diving medical certificate

Duration & Training Schedule

• Total Dives: 1 confined dive + 6 open water dives

• Course Duration: Typically completed in 4-5 days

• Flexible scheduling available

What’s Included in Technical Extended Range AIR?

• Professional instruction from SSI Extended Range instructors

• SSI Technical XR AIR certification upon successful completion

• Use of advanced technical diving gear (twinsets, stage cylinders, regulators)

• All air fills and decompression gases required for training

Not Included

• SSI Technical XR AIR digital learning materials (purchased separately)

• Personal dive gear (mask, fins, exposure suit—available for rent)

Your Next Steps in SSI Extended Range Diving

Upon successful completion of the SSI Technical XR AIR course, divers can pursue deeper technical certifications such as:

• SSI Technical Extended Range Trimix – Explore depths beyond 55 metres with trimix blends.

• SSI Hypoxic Trimix – Advanced trimix diving down to 100 metres.

Take Your Diving to New Depths

The SSI Technical XR AIR course empowers you to safely dive deeper, enhancing your confidence and technical diving capabilities using air.

Contact Us To Book Your SSI Technical Extended Range AIR course today!