Course overview

Expand your diving with the SSI Advanced Adventurer course in Port Blair, completing five adventure dives that let you sample specialties and extend your depth limit to 30 metres. In the Andaman Sea around Chidiyatapu you try disciplines like deep, navigation, wreck and night diving while building real experience across varied sites. The certification is your springboard into SSI specialty and leadership training.

What you’ll learn

• Dive confidently to 30 metres
• Sample five different adventure dives and specialties
• Improve navigation with compass and natural references
• Refine buoyancy, trim and air management
• Plan deeper and more varied dives
• Identify the specialties you want to pursue further

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification
• Basic comfort and skills from entry-level training
• 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
   Deep & navigation

   Complete deep and navigation adventure dives in the Andaman Sea, building depth and orientation skills.
2. Day2
   Adventure selection

   Try further adventure dives such as wreck or night at sites near Chidiyatapu and certify as an SSI Advanced Adventurer.

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