Course overview

Experience scuba for the first time with the SSI Try Scuba experience in Tarkarli-Malvan. Following a simple briefing and shallow-water practice you make a guided dive to around 12 metres in the calm, sheltered bay beside Sindhudurg Fort - one of India's most beginner-friendly places to breathe underwater.

What you’ll learn

• Breathe underwater comfortably on scuba
• Use the mask, fins, regulator and BCD
• Clear the mask and recover the regulator
• Equalise and manage basic buoyancy
• Use simple underwater hand signals
• Relax and enjoy a guided reef dive

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• No experience or swimming certification required
• Reasonable comfort in water
• Basic medical questionnaire / fitness to dive

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
   Briefing & skills

   Cover scuba fundamentals and practise core skills in shallow water with your instructor.
2. Day1
   Guided reef dive

   Make a guided dive to around 12 metres in the calm Tarkarli bay near Sindhudurg Fort.
3. Day1
   Debrief & next steps

   Review your dive and how the experience credits toward the SSI Open Water Diver course.

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