Scuba diving specialty courses in Lanzarote: find the right one for you

If you are already certified (Open Water or equivalent) and want to keep moving forward, here you have several SSI scuba diving specialty courses to help you feel more confident, try new things and enjoy your dives even more.

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Your next step if you are already diving and want to get more out of your dives

Specialties are short courses that focus on one specific part of your diving. If you want to feel more comfortable, try something new, gain more control or feel more at ease in situations that still give you a bit of respect, this is a very good next step.

Choose your specialty by what you want to work on:

More bottom time

 Nitrox

 More depth

Deep 40 m

More adventure

 Night / Wreck

More control

Navigation and Perfect Buoyancy

More safety

React Right

More comfort

Dry Suit

More practical skills

Search & Recovery

More fun

 DPV / Scooter and Photo

The best thing about a specialty is not just the card

More confidence

You practise one specific thing until you really understand it and do it with more ease.

And you notice that quickly: you get in the water feeling more comfortable, calmer and with fewer doubts.

More options

The more tools you have, the more ways of diving open up to you.

New types of dives, new destinations and more freedom to choose what you feel like doing.

More control

You improve the small things that make a big difference: how you descend, how you navigate, how you manage your gas, how you move and how you react in certain situations.

More enjoyment

When you feel more comfortable and clearer underwater, you stop thinking about everything at once and focus on the best part: diving, looking around and enjoying it.

Start with the specialties that can make the biggest difference

Nitrox course (SSI Enriched Air Nitrox)

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Deep Diver course – 40 m (SSI Deep Diver)

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Wreck Diving (SSI Wreck Diving)

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First Aid Course (SSI React Right)

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Perfect Buoyancy course (SSI Perfect Buoyancy)

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Underwater photography course (SSI Photo & Video)

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Other specialties worth having on your radar

To build more skills, have more tools underwater and, while you’re at it, enjoy it even more.

Night Diver course (SSI Night Diving & Limited Visibility)

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Underwater navigation course (SSI Navigation)

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Search & Recovery course (SSI Search & Recovery)

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Scooter diving course (SSI DPV Diving)

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Dry suit diving course (SSI Dry Suit Diving)

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If you want to qualify as an Advanced Specialty Diver  SSI

This pack is designed for divers who already have the Open Water and want to keep progressing with something more complete than a single course.

Across 8 dives, you work on four very useful specialties: Perfect Buoyancy, Deep Diving, Navigation and Enriched Air Nitrox. 

The idea is to help you gain more control, better judgement and more tools to enjoy your next dives even more.

See Advanced Specialty Diver SSI pack

Nitrox course( SSI Enriched Air Nitrox)

The Nitrox course is one of those specialties that makes sense and then becomes very useful in real diving.You learn how to use enriched air safely, analyse the mix, and plan dives with more margin and more comfort.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent.
  • Min age: 10 years.
  • Duration: 3 – 6 hours.
  • Format: theory + gas analysis
  • Max training depth: 30 m.
  • Dives: not required for certification*

*If you want to put it into practice afterwards, you can use Nitrox on your dives with us.

What you will learn

  • What Nitrox is and when it is worth using.
  • How to analyse a tank.
  • How to choose the right mix according to depth.
  • How to plan dives more carefully.
  • What limits you need to keep clear to use it safely.

It is one of those specialties that does not stay on the card: you understand it, you use it, and you end up being glad you have it on many dives.

Price of the SSI Nitrox specialty:

100 €

Includes: digital materials, training and SSI Enriched Air Nitrox certification up to 40%

I want to do the SSI Nitrox Specilaty

Deep Diver course – 40 m ( SSI Deep Diver)

The deep diver course is for divers who want to go down to 40 m and do it with more judgement, more control and without rushing into it.

You learn how to plan deep dives more carefully, manage gas better and use your dive computer so you can move with more safety and more confidence within the limits of recreational diving.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent.
  • Min age: 15 years.
  • Duration: 2 days.
  • Format: theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Max training depth: 40 m.
  • Dives: 4 open water dives.

What you will learn

  • How to plan deep dives safely.
  • How to manage gas consumption better.
  • How to use your dive computer at depth.
  • What changes when you go deeper and how to adapt.
  • How to enjoy deep dives with more judgement and more calm.

It is a specialty that opens the door to another depth range, but without rushing into it or going deeper just for the sake of it.

Price of the SSI Deep Diving course:

245 €

Includes: digital materials, training and SSI Deep Diving Specialty certification.

I want to do SSI Deep Diving course

Wreck Diving ( SSI Wreck Diving)

The wreck diver course is for divers who want to enjoy diving on sunken boats with more safety and better judgement.

You learn how to move around a wreck in a safe and controlled way, use equipment like reels, and improve buoyancy and orientation so you can get much more out of this kind of diving.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent.
  • Min age: 10 years.
  • Duration: 1 day.
  • Format: online theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Dives: Max training depth: 30 m.
  • Dives: 2 open water dives.

What you will learn

  • How to do wreck dives safely.
  • How to use specific equipment, such as reels and lines.
  • How to improve buoyancy around structures.
  • How to navigate better during the dive.
  • How to enjoy this kind of diving with more confidence and more control.

It is a very enjoyable specialty because it mixes technique, history and that feeling of diving somewhere with much more life than you expected.

Price of the SSI Wreck Diving specialty:

225 €

Includes: digital materials, training and SSI Wreck Diving Specialty certification.

I want to do The SSI Wreck Diving course

First Aid Course(SSI React Right) (SSI React Right)

The SSI React Right course is a first aid course designed to help you know how to act with more calm and more order if something ever happens.

You learn primary assessment, first aid, CPR, basic stabilisation techniques and how to respond better to a medical emergency, both in and out of diving.

  • Minimum level: no previous certification needed.
  • Min age: 12 years.
  • Duration: 1 day.
  • Format: theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Max training depth: N/A.
  • Dives: N/A.

What you will learn

  • How to do a primary assessment in an emergency.
  • How to respond with first aid and CPR.
  • How to apply basic stabilisation techniques.
  • How to administer oxygen in a diving emergency.
  • How to use an AED at a basic level.

It is a very useful course for any diver, and it is also the certification you need to do the SSI Stress and Rescue course.

Price of the SSI React Right specilaty:

150 €

Includes: digital materials, training, SSI React Right certification and practice in diving CPR, first aid, oxygen and AED.

I want to do the SSI React Right course

Perfect Buoyancy course (SSI Perfect Buoyancy)

This perfect buoyancy course is designed to improve your buoyancy in diving and help you gain real control on every dive.

You learn how to fine-tune your weighting, improve your trim and work on different finning techniques so you can move more comfortably underwater, touch the bottom less and stop fighting with your buoyancy.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent, or in combination with Open Water.
  • Min age: 10 years.
  • Duration: 5 – 1 0 hours.
  • Format: theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Max training depth: 30 m.
  • Dives: 2 open water dives.

What you will learn

  • How to adjust your weighting so you are neither too heavy nor too light.
  • How to improve your trim and body position underwater.
  • How to use breathing and small adjustments to control depth better.
  • How to stay stable without correcting all the time.
  • How to fin more efficiently without disturbing the bottom.
  • How to apply better buoyancy to any kind of dive.

It is one of those specialties that you notice everywhere afterwards: you feel more comfortable, more stable and enjoy every dive much more.

Price of the SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty:

190 €

Includes: digital materials, training, 2 practical sessions and SSI Perfect Buoyancy certification.

I want to do The SSI Perfect Buoyancy Course

Underwater photography course (SSI Photo & Video)

The underwater photography specialty is for divers who want to come back with better memories from their dives and stop getting home with photos that “didn’t really look like that”.

You learn how to use a camera underwater with more control, understand how light and colours change, and get better photos and video without losing comfort or safety in the water.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent.
  • Min age: 10 years.
  • Duration: 5 – 10 hours.
  • Format: theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Max training depth: 30 m.
  • Dives: 2.

What you will learn

  • How to use a camera underwater more comfortably.
  • How light, colour and distance affect your photos.
  • How to get better quality images and video.
  • How to care for, maintain and store your equipment.
  • How to improve your diving while using a camera.
  • How to take photos without making things complicated or stopping enjoying the dive.

It is a very rewarding specialty because you come away with better photos, yes, but you also end up diving with more calm and more control.

Price of the SSI Underwater Photography specialty:

190 €

Includes: digital materials, training, 2 dives and SSI Photo & Video Specialty certification.

I want to do underwater photography

Night Diver course (SSI Night Diving & Limited Visibility)

A specialty to learn how to dive at night with more safety, more control and better feelings.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent.
  • Min age: 10 years.
  • Duration: 5 – 10 hours.
  • Format: theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Max training depth: 30 m.
  • Dives: 2 open water dives.

Price from:

225 €

I want to do The SSI Night Diving & Limited Visibility course

Underwater navigation course (SSI Navigation Specialty)

A specialty to help you navigate better underwater, gain more control and stop diving with that feeling of “let’s see where we come out”.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent.
  • Min age: 10 years.
  • Duration: 5 – 10 hours.
  • Format: theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Max training depth: 30 m.
  • Dives: 2 open water dives.

Price from:

190 €

 I want to do SSI Navigation Specialty

Search & Recovery course (SSI Search & Recovery)

A very practical specialty to learn underwater search techniques and recover objects with more safety, more order and better team communication.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent.
  • Min age: 12 years.
  • Duration: 10 – 15 hours.
  • Format: theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Max training depth: 30 m.
  • Dives: 1 confined water session + 2 practical open water dives

Price from:

225 €

I want to do Search & Recovery course

Scooter diving course (SSI DPV Diving)

You learn how to use a DPV with more control and more safety so you can move better underwater, stay in contact with your buddy and enjoy each dive even more. And yes, it has a very good chance of becoming one of your favourite specialties.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent
  • Min age: 12 years.
  • Duration: 10 – 15 hours.
  • Format: theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Max training depth: 30 m.
  • Dives: 1 confined water session + 2 practical open water dives.

Price from:

225 €

I want to do SSI Scooter / DPV

Dry suit diving course (SSI Dry Suit Diving)

A specialty to learn how to dive in a dry suit with more comfort, better buoyancy control and good feelings in cold water too.

  • Minimum level: Open Water Diver or equivalent, or in combination with Open Water.
  • Min age: 12 years.
  • Duration: 10 – 15 hours.
  • Format: theory + practical sessions in the water.
  • Max training depth: 30 m.
  • Dives: 1 confined water session + 2 practical open water dives.

Price from:

225 €

 I want to do the SSI Dry Suit Diving course

Advanced Specialty Diver SSI pack — €699

Includes:

  • Perfect Buoyancy specialty.
  • Deep Diving specialty.
  • Navigation specialty.
  • Enriched Air Nitrox specialty.
  • 8 dives in total.
  • Advanced Specialty Diver SSI certification.

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Book Advanced Specialty Diver SSI pack

Important: to obtain the Advanced Specialty Diver SSI certification, you need to have 24 logged dives by the end of the course. If you do not have them yet, you will need to complete them during the training.

A very complete option if you want to improve properly as a diver and finish with a stronger base for your next dives.

If you want to combine specialties and get more out of your dives

These SSI Specialty Diver packs combine two specialties in one plan, with 4 dives in total. The idea is to choose according to what you most want to improve underwater.

Deep Diving + Nitrox pack — €330

Includes:

  • Deep Diving specialty.
  • Nitrox specialty.
  • 4 dives in total.

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Book Deep + Nitrox

A very good option if you want more margin, better planning and more confidence on deep dives.

Photography + Fish Identification pack — €360

Includes:

  • Photography specialty.
  • Fish Identification specialty.
  • 4 dives in total.

Save €20

Book Photo + Fish ID

Ideal if you want to look at the water in more detail, improve your photos and better understand the marine life you come across.

Booking your specialty: how it works

  • Once you know which specialty you want to do, we go through dates, availability and the exact course format with you.
  • Some can be done in half a day, while others need more time or several dives.
  • Before you book, we make it clear what is included, what you need and how everything is organised, so nothing catches you by surprise.
  • To secure your place, we ask for a deposit of 50€. The rest is paid when you arrive at the centre.
  • If a specialty needs anything extra or has any specific detail, we will tell you before confirming anything.

And if you are still not sure which one to choose, write to us and we will guide you based on your level and what you feel like improving.

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Real reviews from divers who have trained and dived with us

The best way to get a real feel for it is not what we say about ourselves, but how people describe their experience after diving and training with us.

Your specialties at Dawn Dives: clear, well guided and easy to follow

We are an SSI Instructor Training Center in Lanzarote.

But beyond the logos, what really matters is how we teach each course: with clear explanations, a solid method and real attention, so you understand what you are doing and do not feel like you are just ticking exercises off.

The point is not only to leave with one more certification. The point is to come out of the water feeling that something has genuinely changed: more control, more ease or more confidence, depending on the specialty you do.

And for us, that is what makes the real difference.

The Dawn Dives team

Behind Dawn Dives there is a team that understands diving the way we like it: well explained, without rushing, and with real attention.

Hervé

After so many years in diving, I still believe that learning properly from the start changes the whole experience.

Pepe

I like teaching calmly, clearly and without assuming anything, so you can enjoy the process while really learning.

Óscar

For me, diving still feels special every time I get in the water, and I like bringing that into every course.

Rinus

I try to make everything flow: for you to understand, gain confidence and experience the course naturally from the very beginning

Claudia

I love being in the water with people and seeing them go from that first doubt to coming out smiling and wanting more.

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FAQs about SSI scuba diving specialties

That really depends on what you feel like improving. If you want something useful from the very beginning, Nitrox or Perfect Buoyancy are usually very good choices. If you are more drawn to trying something different, Deep Diving, Wreck, Night Diving or Underwater Photography may suit you better.

There is no one right answer. If you already know what you want to work on, a specialty course is usually the best way to go straight to it. If you feel like trying different things and progressing in a broader way, Advanced Open Water may make more sense.

Yes, absolutely. If you already have a PADI certification or one from another recognised agency, you can usually continue with SSI specialty courses without any problem.

Yes, the goal is very similar: learning how to use enriched air safely. Here we teach it as SSI Enriched Air Nitrox. See the card above for price, requirements and what is included.

Yes, the goal is very similar: learning how to do deeper dives with more control, better planning and within the limits of recreational diving. Here we teach it as SSI Deep Diving Specialty.

Yes, the goal is very similar. Here we teach it as SSI Wreck Diving Specialty. In our case, the course is designed to help you move safely around the wreck, without going inside it.

Yes, the goal is very similar: learning how to dive at night or in limited visibility with more control and more safety. Here we teach it as SSI Night Diving & Limited Visibility. Check the course card above or write to us and we’ll help you choose.

Yes, the goal is very similar: improving your buoyancy, trim and overall control underwater. Here we teach it as SSI Perfect Buoyancy.

Yes, the goal is very similar: helping you get better results underwater while still diving comfortably and safely. Here we teach it as SSI Photo & Video Specialty.

Ideally, yes, you should bring your own camera, or at least tell us which one you plan to use so we can adapt the course better to your equipment.

Yes. React Right is SSI’s first aid course and plays a role very similar to programmes such as PADI Emergency First Response or comparable courses from other agencies.

Yes. React Right does not require any previous certification, so you can do it even if you are not a certified diver.

It is also the certification you need if you want to move on to the SSI Stress & Rescue course afterwards.

Choose your SSI specialty course and we’ll take care of the rest

If you already know which one feels right for you, perfect.

And if you are still between a few options, that is completely fine too.

Tell us your level, the kind of diving you enjoy and what you would like to work on, and we will help you choose the specialty that makes the most sense for you.

Contact us and we’ll look at it with you