Course overview

Try breathing underwater for the first time with PADI Discover Scuba Diving in Pondicherry. After a pool session you'll take a guided dive into the warm Bay of Bengal to around 12m, gliding over fish-aggregation reefs alongside parrotfish and butterflyfish with an instructor by your side.

What you’ll learn

• Breathe comfortably underwater
• Use a mask, fins and regulator
• Clear your mask and recover a regulator
• Equalise and control simple buoyancy
• Enjoy a guided ocean dive safely

Prerequisites

• None

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Pool and first sea dive

   Learn basic skills in confined water, then take a guided dive into the Bay of Bengal.

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