Course overview

SSI's Dive Guide professional rating trains you to supervise and guide certified divers across Sharm El Sheikh's reefs, walls and wrecks. Combining digital theory with a hands-on apprenticeship at sites like Ras Mohammed, it builds the leadership and dive-management skills to work in the Red Sea industry. It is the first professional certification on the SSI ladder.

What you’ll learn

• Guiding and supervising certified divers
• Dive-site assessment and briefings
• Group and risk management
• Demonstration-quality dive skills
• Professional dive-leadership standards

Prerequisites

• SSI Stress & Rescue
• React Right / CPR current
• Minimum age 18
• Logged-dive requirement met
• Medical clearance

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
   Theory and assessments

   Digital theory plus watermanship and skill assessments.
2. Day2
   Guiding workshops

   Dive-management and briefing practice.
3. Day3
   Apprenticeship

   Supervised guiding of certified divers across varied sites.

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