Course overview

Discover a different ocean after dark with the PADI Night Diver Specialty on Bangaram Island, exploring the lagoon reefs of remote Lakshadweep when nocturnal life emerges. With torches lighting the coral you learn to navigate, communicate and stay oriented in low light. The course earns you the PADI Night Diver certification.

What you’ll learn

• Plan, organise and conduct night dives safely
• Use primary and backup dive lights effectively
• Communicate with light signals after dark
• Navigate and maintain orientation in low visibility
• Enter, descend and exit safely at night
• Identify nocturnal marine life and behaviour

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12 (Junior) or 15
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higher
• Comfortable with basic navigation and buoyancy
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

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
   Night dives

   Cover the theory and light-handling, then complete the night dives on Bangaram's reefs, practising signalling and orientation, and earn your certification.

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