Course overview

Take your first breaths underwater with the SSI Try Scuba experience in Muscat, an instructor-led introduction in Oman's warm, sheltered coastal water. After a friendly briefing you explore a shallow reef with turtles and reef fish, with no prior experience or certification needed. It is the ideal first step before deciding to certify.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Safety and equipment briefing with an SSI instructor
  • Shallow-water skill practice
  • One guided open-water dive to a maximum of 12 metres
  • All scuba equipment provided
  • Close instructor supervision throughout
  • SSI Try Scuba experience (credit toward Open Water available)
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Discover Scuba pathway

SSI Try Scuba is an introductory experience rather than a certification, and the skills completed can credit toward the SSI Open Water Diver course if you continue.

Where you'll dive in Muscat

SSI Try Scuba dives are run at sheltered shallow reefs near Muscat and Bandar Khayran, where warm 24-30C water, calm seas and abundant reef life make a relaxed, memorable first dive.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Discover Scuba in Muscat →
iDive

iDive Partner Network

SSI-affiliated dive schools across 57 destinations · India's first scuba aggregator

4.8 · 200 reviews SSI Network curated 2026
Partner assigned on booking

Ready to dive Muscat?

Chat with our dive experts on WhatsApp — we'll send your full itinerary + real-time pricing in minutes.

₹11,800incl. GST