Course overview

Pondicherry is one of India's premier wreck-diving destinations, making the PADI Wreck Diver specialty especially rewarding here. You learn mapping, penetration lines and survey techniques on the Bay of Bengal's sunken structures, where reef fish and moray eels now make the wrecks their home.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Wreck-diving knowledge development
  • Reel and line-running techniques
  • Four specialty wreck dives
  • Wreck mapping and survey exercise
  • Hazard-avoidance and penetration planning
  • Equipment configuration for wrecks
  • PADI Wreck Diver specialty certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Wreck Diver pathway

PADI's Wreck Diver specialty is delivered with eLearning theory plus four open-water dives, carries a Project AWARE conservation message and issues a lifetime PADI specialty card.

Where you'll dive in Pondicherry

Pondicherry's Bay of Bengal holds wrecks and large artificial structures sitting around 20-30m, encrusted with coral and patrolled by moray eels, stingrays and schooling fish. The clear Oct-May season and 27-30C water give the good visibility that safe wreck mapping and line work demand.

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