Course overview

Certified and ready to explore? Join guided SSI fun dives in Djibouti and discover the Gulf of Tadjoura, one of the Red Sea's quietest diving spots. With coral reefs, sheer walls and current-swept drop-offs drawing reef sharks, eagle rays, turtles and barracuda, an SSI professional guides you to sites suited to your level, with whale-shark season running October to February nearby.

What you’ll learn

• Explore reef, wall and drop-off sites with a local guide
• Dive at a comfortable pace matched to your certification
• Identify regional marine life such as reef sharks, eagle rays, turtles and barracuda
• Refine buoyancy and air consumption over multiple dives
• Gain local dive experience and grow your logbook

Prerequisites

• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification
• Minimum age 10, depending on depth and site
• Recent dive experience or a refresher if inactive
• Diver medical questionnaire, with physician clearance if indicated

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
   Guided fun diving

   Join a briefed boat trip to one or more Gulf of Tadjoura sites, diving the reefs, walls and drop-offs with a guide matched to your certification level.

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