Course overview

Experience your first breaths underwater with the SSI Try Scuba experience at Netrani Island on Karnataka's Murdeshwar coast. A patient instructor briefs you, helps you practise a few basic skills, then guides you on a shallow dive over the island's reef among reef fish and coral. It is a relaxed, no-pressure introduction to scuba for complete beginners.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Scuba-safety and equipment introduction
  • Confined-water or shallow practice of fundamental skills
  • One guided shallow dive to around 12 metres
  • All scuba equipment provided
  • One-to-one or small-group instructor guiding
  • SSI Try Scuba experience (not a certification)
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. If you continue, the experience can be credited toward the SSI Open Water Diver course through the SSI digital learning system.

Where you'll dive in Netrani Island

Try Scuba sessions use the sheltered, shallow parts of Netrani Island's reef, reached by boat from Murdeshwar, where clear, warm water and easy conditions in the October-to-April season suit a first-time diver.

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