Course overview

Take your first breaths underwater with the SSI Try Scuba experience in Phuket, an easy introduction to diving in the warm Andaman Sea. Guided closely by an SSI professional, you practise simple skills in shallow water and explore a sheltered reef, with no certification or prior experience needed. It is the ideal way to test the waters before committing to a course.

What you’ll learn

• Breathe underwater comfortably for the first time
• Use basic scuba gear with guidance
• Practise mask-clearing and regulator skills
• Equalise as you descend
• Control your movement underwater
• Enjoy a supervised reef dive

Prerequisites

• No experience or certification required
• No swimming certification required, though water comfort helps
• Minimum age 10
• Reasonable health and a completed medical questionnaire

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
   Try scuba

   Scuba and safety briefing, equipment orientation and shallow-water skills, then a guided reef dive to a maximum of 12 metres with an SSI professional.

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