If you are looking into getting into scuba for the first time...please read this before spending hours on our super cool website.  Diving is a life support orientated sport. Unlike things like bowling, soccer and vollyball, it requires a certain amount of disipline and common sense to be comfortable in a hostile environment like the ocean.

With that being said, SSA knows you have choices you need to make to become a certified scuba diver. Time, money, and safety just to name a few.  The diving industry is full of quickey, short and unprofessional diving programs. If you are looking for that type of program...please save yourself the time an look no further in this website.  If you are concerned with your safety and you want to be taught by the best the diving industry has to offer...then please stay.

The typical diving certification program is a two to three day program...THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.  It takes weeks, sometimes even months,  to develop safe diving habits. We will not certify you as a diver until you have developed your habits.  Our instructors have been trained to hold your hand through every step of the the instruction process to assure your safety and comfortability.  All of our instructors are full time instructors. You won't have "Bob the Builder or Billy in the Bike Department" as one of your instructors. We are not here to sell you a certification card.....period.

If you would like an instructor to get back to you today email one at rusty@scubaschoolsofamerica.com  

Of course SSA is the only dive store in Southern California that continously takes pictures of all of our divers and posts them just for your enjoyment!  No MUPPET divers!!!

Hey Gang!  SSA is a proud supporter of the Riverside County Sheriff's Underwater Search and Rescue Team. They have new t-shirts and sweat shirts available. Please email Dana Haywood at dchaywood@sbcglobal.net if you want to purchase a cool t-shirt or sweat shirt. These are available for a limited time only. Or you may call the store for more information 888-99-SCUBA.

The Shirts come in Gray or White they are $10 the Sweat Shirts come in Gray Hooded-non hooded and zippered. They are $20 or $30 for the zippered ones.

This is the front                                                            This is the Back of the Shirt

SSA introduces another way that travel vendors, boat opporators, divemasters and instructors can have additional assurance that the rebreather divers on their watch have done what they are supposed to do before a rebreather dive. Click here to see the Pre Dive Planner.

http://www.scubaschoolsofamerica.com/Instruction/RebreatherTraining/SSAANDICCRPreDivePlanPage/tabid/142/Default.aspx

SSA now requries all CCR divers to fill this page out before each CCR dive. The page is given to the divemaster or travel opporator to give additonal reassurance that the diver has done the right things to keep him safe. Feel free to copy it, share it and use it.

SSA was awarded the 2007CORE award.  CORE is the Councel on Retailing Excellence.  The goal of CORE is to bring up the standard for the Retail Dive Store.  SSA was graded on store appearance, website, advertising, customer service, pool facility, community outreach programs, store personel, repair facilities just to name a few. Go to www.dema.org to learn more about CORE.  It is truly an honor to be named the #1 Dive Store in Southern California.

Create your own Dry Suit Online!

Announcing fantastic new features including:

• A members only site featuring Blogs, Forums, Galleries and more!
• State of the Art technology and functionality
• and much much more!

TESTIMONIAL PAGE...see what our divers say about us!!