

Step up from guiding to teaching with the SSI Open Water Instructor programme on Kadmat Island. The protected lagoon stretching along this Lakshadweep atoll is a calm, controlled classroom for rehearsing teaching presentations, while the ocean-side reef slopes deliver open-water training in 24-metre visibility. You finish ready for the SSI Instructor Evaluation and the authority to certify your own students.
SSI delivers instructor training through authorised training centres and an Instructor Certifier, with the final qualification awarded after the SSI Instructor Evaluation. SSI certifications are digital, recognised worldwide and ISO-aligned, and the rating must be kept active to teach.
Pool-equivalent workshops run in Kadmat's sheltered lagoon, while open-water teaching takes place on the atoll's reef slopes in 24-metre visibility. The October-to-May season gives the calmest Arabian Sea conditions for instructor training.

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