Courses for beginners
International diving courses of the SSI organisation
Important information
The 1-star course opens every Sunday
all year round
Sunday - Wednesday: from 8:30 to about 15:30
Thursday - Saturday: from 8:30 to about 14:00
For the observant: Instead of Saturday, you dive on Sunday
(private - at no extra cost)
All the dives are in the sea, and only in the sea
And you already dive on the first day, yes, yes
We are in the open reserve on South Beach
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Combined 1+2-star course, recommended!
- Age
- From age 15
- Length
- 7 days
(Sunday to Saturday) - Instructor ratio
- By law the instructor-to-student ratio is 1:6. In the first days we strengthen it to 1:4, until the group finds its feet.
- Your level of diving will be higher - the course has 15 sea lessons, 12 of them open-water dives in a row, so you take in the suggestions for improvement better
- The run of 12 dives allows you to dive independently in accordance with the regulations of the Sport Diving Authority.
- A week of holiday and fun by the sea in Eilat.
And as you already know, fun equals safety, and the other way round!
- Price
- 2,100 NIS
instead of 2350 NIS
Open Water Diver (1-star)
- Age
- From age 12 on the day the course starts
- Length
- 5 days, Sunday to Thursday
- Each day
- About 2 dives a day + a classroom lesson + homework
- Instructor ratio
- By law the instructor-to-student ratio is 1:6. In the first days we strengthen it to 1:4, until the group finds its feet.
- At the end
- By the end of the course you will have mastered mask clearing, regulator recovery and buoyancy, even diving without a mask or with no air, all under control, down to 18 metres.
- Price
- 1,500 NIS
Advanced Adventurer (2-star)
- Age
- From age 15
- Length
- Two and a half days, from Thursday to Saturday
Thursday: if a refresher dive is needed, arrive at 08:30 for the refresher.
If no refresher is needed, arrive at 10:30.
Friday and Saturday: until about 14:00 - The days
- On Thursday one dive and theory lessons, on Friday 3 dives and on Saturday 2 dives
- On the course
- Each dive a different subject: drills, marine environment, dive planning, orientation, depth, and skills practice.
- Price
- 850 NIS
For every course
How to register
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(on the combined 1+2 course, a separate voucher for each course),
and accepts the discharged soldiers' deposit (Department for Discharged Soldiers' Fund).
Before the course
- Install and register on the SSI app
Children up to age 18 register through the website on a computer and then log in through the app. - Make sure the health declaration is in order; if one of the answers is “yes”, check the second page of the declaration and contact a diving doctor.
- Over age 45 - a diving doctor's approval is required
- Students under age 18 - must have parental consent
Staying during the course
The rooms are inside the club itself: you wake up, cross the road, and walk into the sea with no driving.
Rooms and stays
On a course and staying with us? The Saturday night before is on us!
Safety means enjoyment, and the other way round
- Permanent instructors, whose training takes about two years
- Regular maintenance and professional care of the gear



